Byline: Nora Dunne
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Kibbe Named Editor in Chief of JAMA Surgery
Melina R. Kibbe, MD, ’03 GME, Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research, starts her new position with the scientific journal on January 1, 2015.
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Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day Showcases Research
The fourth annual event featured research blending physical therapy, engineering and neuroscience.
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Drug Discovery Screening 100 Times Faster
Milan Mrksich, PhD, professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, has created a tool and a startup company to test biological reactions quickly and cheaply.
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Smartphone App Helps Parents of Premature Infants Transition Home
Craig Garfield, MD, interviewed parents with very low-birth-weight infants and developed a smartphone app to help them cope with concerns about the transition home from the hospital.
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Faculty Receive Grants for Patient-Centered Research
Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, and Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, were each awarded funding of more than $1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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Equalizing Access to Kidney Transplants
A system adopted in Florida and Tennessee equalized access to kidney transplants for patients living in different geographic areas within each state, with just a minor change to the current system used in other states.
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Depression Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Northwestern Medicine investigators found that depressive symptoms were under-recognized and under-treated for many patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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New Target for Huntington’s Disease Therapy
Northwestern Medicine scientists have proven an old therapeutic focus for Huntington’s disease wrong, and they propose a new one in its place.
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New Chair of Biochemistry Named
Ali Shilatifard, PhD, has been named the Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and the Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
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Proteins Involved in Blood and Bone Marrow Disease
Northwestern Medicine scientists have expanded the understanding of how myelodysplastic syndromes develop.
