Erin Spain is a communications director in the Office of Communications. She is a writer, editor and multimedia producer who focuses on research and faculty news. Erin has a bachelor’s degree in media studies from Loras College and a master’s degree in communication from Northwestern University.
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When an accident that summer left her with a serious spinal cord injury, Samantha Schroth, a MD/PhD student at Feinberg, realized her true passion lay in medicine.
Suneel Kamath, MD, has perfected the art of letting people know that it is not as depressing as they think and that there is much joy, even laughter, in his work as an oncologist.
In 2015, the same year the Supreme Court struck down state bans on same-sex marriage, the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing was founded at Northwestern. Center Director Brian Mustanski, PhD, recalls 2015 and the new battles his community faces in 2019.
Mina J. Bissell, PhD, will deliver the keynote address at Feinberg’s 14th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day.
An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern, has determined the 3-D atomic structure of more than 1,000 proteins that are potential drug and vaccine targets.
A new grant from the National Cancer Institute will help three Chicago universities work together with many of the city’s underserved communities to foster impactful cancer research, education, training and outreach.
Many patients on antihypertensive medications are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, despite controlled numbers, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Thomas Shanley, MD, takes on leadership roles at Feinberg and Lurie Children’s Hospital and shares his plans to increase collaboration between scientists, advance discoveries and make a bigger impact on the health of children.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have found evidence that a protein that has a genetic link to ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases destroys mitochondria in neurons.
In the first study of its kind, scientists using data mining techniques have identified a genetic susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome that appears to be unique to European women.