Author: medweb
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Terra Incognita—January 15 Broadcast on PBS
January 15 Broadcast Nationwide on PBS Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, a feature length documentary film featuring John A. Kessler, MD, chair of the neurology department, will broadcast nationally on the PBS series, Independent Lens, on January 15, 2008. The film puts a human face on stem cell research through the story of Dr.[…]
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Northwestern Postdoctoral Fellow’s Work Becomes Cover Story
Northwestern Postdoctoral Fellow’s Work Becomes Cover Story Dr. Xin Liu (center) works closely with his fellowship advisers, Drs. James Carr (left) and Debiao Li, investigating clinical applications of cardiovascular MR imaging techniques. When graduate student Xin Liu, MD, PhD, submitted a manuscript detailing the benefits of the targeted use of magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in[…]
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Alum trains for International Space Station duty
Alum Trains for International Space Station Duty Michael R. Barratt, MD, ’85, GME ’88, is in Star City, Russia, training for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. In this e-mail interview, he provides insight into the world of a medical professional who is also a space traveler. Astronaut Dr. Michael Barratt trains for[…]
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Lurie Cancer Center Receives NCI Grant
December 4, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Lurie Cancer Center Receives Highest Rating and $25.6 Million Grant CHICAGO—The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University has been awarded a $25.6 million five-year renewal of its Cancer Center Support Grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). With this grant, the[…]
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Making National News
Faculty members at the Feinberg School of Medicine frequently are quoted or featured in national and international news stories.
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Subliminal Smells Bias Perception About a Person’s Likeability
December 11, 2007 Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847/491-4892 or atp-tremmel@northwestern.edu Subliminal Smells Bias Perception About a Person’s Likeability EVANSTON, Ill.—Anyone who has bonded with a puppy madly sniffing with affection gets an idea of how scents, most not apparent to humans, are critical to a dog’s appreciation of her two-legged friends. Now new research[…]
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Breaking a Sweat Helps Control Weight Gain Over 20 Years
November 4, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Breaking a Sweat Helps Control Weight Gain Over 20 Years CHICAGO—Don’t slack off on exercise if you want to avoid packing on the pounds as you age. A consistently high level of physical activity[…]
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Why You Remember Names and Ski Slopes: Researchers Discover Personal Trainer for Your Memory
November 21, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Why You Remember Names and Ski Slopes: Researchers Discover Personal Trainer for Your Memory CHICAGO—When you meet your boss’s husband, Harvey, at the office holiday party, then bump into him an hour later over[…]
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Making National News
Faculty members at the Feinberg School of Medicine frequently are quoted or featured in national and international news stories.
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Northwestern Exposing Most Deadly Infectious Diseases in 3-D
November 1, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Northwestern Exposing Most Deadly Infectious Diseases in 3-D $31 Million Federal Project Aims to Spur Wave of New Drug Discoveries CHICAGO—A scientist slides on a pair of plastic 3-D glasses and an unearthly blue[…]
