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Nora Dunne is the publications editor for the medical school’s Office of Communications. She edits Northwestern Medicine Magazine and writes news stories about research ranging from basic and translational sciences to public health. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University and is currently earning a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications at Northwestern. nora.dunne@northwestern.edu

Disease Discoveries

Oct 27, 2016 0

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.

Campus News

Oct 18, 2016 0

Renowned Neuro-oncologist Joining Northwestern

Internationally renowned Swiss neuro-oncologist Roger Stupp, MD, will join Northwestern Medicine as a professor of Neurological Surgery.

Campus News

Oct 3, 2016 0

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.

Clinical Breakthroughs

Sep 28, 2016 0

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.

Disease Discoveries

Sep 26, 2016 0

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.

Disease Discoveries

Sep 15, 2016 0

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.

Clinical Breakthroughs

Sep 6, 2016 0

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.

Campus News

Aug 23, 2016 0

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.

Clinical Breakthroughs

Aug 22, 2016 0

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.

Disease Discoveries

Aug 8, 2016 0

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.

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