Byline: Nora Dunne
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Potential Target for Treating Severe Malaria Identified
A pair of proteins that promote blood vessel formation are associated with the development of severe malaria, and they may be a target for future therapeutics, according to recent research.
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Renowned Neuro-oncologist Joining Northwestern
Internationally renowned Swiss neuro-oncologist Roger Stupp, MD, will join Northwestern Medicine as a professor of Neurological Surgery.
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New Leader of Public Health Named
Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has been named senior associate dean for public health and director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), succeeding IPHAM’s inaugural leader, Rowland Chang, MD, MPH.
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New Consortium Will Capture How Environmental Exposures Impact Child Health
Northwestern University has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to help scientists across the country study how environmental factors influence health outcomes for children.
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Defining a Key Protein’s Role in Autoimmune Diseases
Northwestern Medicine scientists continue to demonstrate that a protein called Hrd1 may be an important target for treating autoimmune diseases.
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Stopping Diabetes in its Tracks
For the last decade, Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has worked on implementing a method to halt diabetes that is both effective for patients and affordable for insurers. He and colleagues have focused on adapting an intervention called the Diabetes Prevention Program.
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Accelerating Precision Medicine for African American Patients
Northwestern Medicine scientists have received a $7.5 million grant to study how genetic information from African American patients can predict their responses to medications.
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Bringing LGBT Health to the Forefront
Northwestern hosted the inaugural State of LGBT Health Symposium, bringing together scientists, policymakers and community members to discuss how federal resources are being mobilized to improve the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender-nonconforming people.
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Guidelines Published for Managing Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors
An expert panel led by Northwestern Medicine investigator Judith Paice, PhD, RN, developed recommendations to help clinicians manage the chronic pain of cancer survivors.
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Investigating Mechanisms Behind Immunological Mystery
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new potential target for treating autoimmune diseases in recent research published in Nature Communications.
