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  • Founders’ Day Convocation to Welcome New Medical Students

    Founders’ Day Convocation to Welcome New Medical Students Members of the Class of 2006 at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine will become bona fide medical students as they don their white coats for the first time during the school’s Founders’ Day Convocation, slated for 2 p.m., Friday, August 30, 2002, in Thorne Auditorium, Arthur[…]

  • Women With PCOS, Siblings Have Same Gene Defect

    August 19, 2002 Women With PCOS, Siblings Have Same Gene Defect CHICAGO— Siblings of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have metabolic and hormonal abnormalities that are linked to the same gene defect that causes PCOS, a disorder associated with irregular periods, infertility, excessive body hair, and increased risk for diabetes. These new findings came[…]

  • Physical Therapy Program Celebrates 75 Years

    Physical Therapy Program Celebrates 75 Years The physical therapy (PT) education program at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is commemorating its 75th year with an alumni weekend on November 8–9, 2002. Several hundred alumni from all over the country are expected to attend the weekend, which will feature educational seminars, research posters, tours, and[…]

  • Recruitment Publication Wins Design Award

    Recruitment Publication Wins Design Award The primary recruitment publication to attract MD degree applicants to Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has won a 2002 American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design: usa, a monthly journal distributed to more than 30,000 graphics industry leaders. The viewbook, which was published in May 2002, presents in a[…]

  • Welfare Reform Impacts Parents’ Health Insurance

    August 14, 2002 Contact: Charles R. Loebbaka at 847/491-4887 or at c-loebbaka@northwestern.edu Welfare Reform Impacts Parents’ Health Insurance EVANSTON, ILL— Loss of health insurance, especially for parents, appears to be an unintended consequence of welfare reform, according to new findings from the Illinois Families Study (IFS) at the Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research. “We[…]

  • Memorial Service Held for Dr. David Hanson

    Memorial Service Held for Dr. David Hanson David G. Hanson, MD, chair of otolaryngology—head and neck surgery at The Feinberg School of Medicine from 1989–2000, died July 10 of pancreatic cancer. He was 58. A memorial service was held Monday, July 15, at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, where he was a deacon. A native[…]

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    The 1995 Heat Wave: Autopsy of Disaster

    The 1995 Heat Wave: Autopsy of Disaster

    During Chicago’s 1995 heat wave, thousands of cars broke down in the street. Roads buckled. And power outages rendered air conditioners and lights useless. Few, however, remember the scale of human devastation during that catastrophic week, chronicled in a faculty member’s book.

  • Researcher Calls for Less Toxic HIV Therapy

    July 8, 2002 Researcher Calls for Less Toxic HIV Therapy BARCELONA— A Northwestern University researcher today called on HIV researchers and clinicians to develop more simplified and less toxic strategies to insure patient compliance and quality of life without sacrificing the potency of a protease inhibitor-containing regimen. The current standard of care for HIV includes[…]

  • Patricia Spear Elected to National Academy of Sciences

    Patricia Spear Elected to National Academy of Sciences Patricia G. Spear, PhD, Guy and Anne Youmans Professor of Microbiology—Immunology at the medical school, recently received what is considered to be one of the highest honors that can be awarded to an American scientist—election to the National Academy of Sciences. Nationwide, only 72 people this year[…]

  • Pediatrics Faculty Featured in Public Television Series

    Pediatrics Faculty Featured in Public Television Series The patients, families, and physicians of Children’s Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Chicago were recently featured in a six-week public television series called “Children’s Hospital” that began airing nationally in early July. Selected from among several children’s hospitals across the country, CMH is a member of the McGaw Medical[…]