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Feinberg Welcomes Public Health Expert Ciro de Quadros to Campus on Feb. 23 for Guest Lecture Ciro de Quadros, MD, MPH, executive vice president of Sabin Vaccine Institute. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine will welcome Ciro de Quadros, MD, MPH, executive vice president of Sabin Vaccine Institute, to the Chicago campus on February 23.[…]

Feinberg Students Lead Efforts to Promote Equality and Equity, Lobby for Legislation Shuo Song and Maya Ragavan, both second year MD/MPH students, joined other students at the Health Equality Leadership Institute (HELI) in Washington, DC. Two students from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine had the opportunity to attend the Health Equality Leadership Institute (HELI)[…]

Doctors Miss Major Cause of Infertility and Obesity Gail Donnelly’s classmates nicknamed her “Knobby” because she was so skinny all her bones seemed to poke out from under her skin. But when Donnelly turned 27, that once knobby frame disappeared under mysteriously ballooning weight. Her diet hadn’t changed, she was still walking several miles a[…]

Update: Emergency Relief Effort for Haiti Earthquake Survivors A deadly, magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on January 12. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital sent physicians and health care workers on Monday, January 25 to provide medical relief to the earthquake victims in Haiti. The group includes doctors who speak French[…]

United States Senate, House Pass Resolutions Congratulating Feinberg on 150th Anniversary The United States Senate and House of Representatives passed resolutions congratulating Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on its sesquicentennial and its 150-year commitment to advancing science and improving health. In a statement addressed to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.),[…]

IGP Offers Students Flexible Path for Pursuing Scientific Interests While Earning PhD The Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (IGP) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been training graduate students in both basic science and clinical research for twenty years. The IGP offers students an integrated, interdepartmental PhD education in nine distinct[…]

New “Suicide” Molecule Halts Rheumatoid Arthritis A researcher from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has invented a novel way to halt and even reverse rheumatoid arthritis. He developed an imitation of a suicide molecule that floats undetected into overactive immune cells responsible for the disease. Whimsically referred to as Casper the Ghost, the stealthy[…]

Creativity Flows from Feinberg Community at Annual Art in the Atrium Exhibit Jennifer Hoffmann, first year medical student at Feinberg, displays her oil painting, Innocent Girl at the Seashore. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently held its 17th annual Art in the Atrium exhibit in the Ryan Family Atrium of the Lurie Research[…]

Feinberg Researchers Simplify Dangerously Confusing Warnings on Prescription Bottles Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the instructions that are critical to their health, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg[…]