Author: medweb
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Student Trio Performs for Hospital Community
Three first-year medical students, Paul Jansson, Andres Camacho, and Jessica Shim, performed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 23 for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra citywide event “Pianos in Public Spaces.”
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Penedo Joining Medical Social Sciences as Roswell Park Professor
Frank Penedo, PhD, a nationally-renowned health psychologist, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on June 1 as a professor of medical social sciences.
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Study Shows Long-term Effects of Therapy to Reduce Fears
Northwestern study first to document the immediate and long-term brain changes after treatment to reduce fears, and to illustrate how the brain reorganizes long-term to reduce fear as a result of the therapy. The findings show the lasting effectiveness of short-exposure therapy for a phobia and offer new directions for treating other phobias and anxiety…
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Dean Recognizes Faculty for 25 Years of Service
Representing 35 specialties, 48 faculty members were recently celebrated for 25 years of service at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Students Practice Splinting Skills
The Emergency Medicine Group, Sports Medicine Interest Group, and Orthopedic Surgical Society held a hands-on splinting workshop on May 2.
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New Research Uncovers Possible Colon Cancer Target
Research by Debu Chakravarti, PhD, associate professor in reproductive biology, reveals that THAP11, a protein in a family of 12, stood out as being overexpressed in human colon cancer cells.
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Woloschak Leading World’s Largest Tissue Archive
The Northwestern University Radiation Tissue Archives is believed to be the world’s largest collection of irradiated animal tissue samples.
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Inaugural PA Class Celebrates Graduation at Feinberg
On the second Saturday in May, members of the inaugural class of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant program became its first graduates.
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Alzheimer’s Day Explores Feinberg, National Research Advances
The annual CNADC Alzheimer’s Day provides an opportunity for students and researchers to learn more about the important aging and dementia research taking place at Northwestern.
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Students Support National Women’s Health Week by Selling T-shirts and Pins
In honor of National Women’s Health Week, which runs now through Saturday, May 19, the American Medical Women’s Association, American Medical Student Association, and Medical Students for Choice are raising money for the Chicago Women’s Health Center by selling women’s health t-shirts for $15 and lapel pins for $3. Donations are also welcome.
