Byline: Olivia Dimmer
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Groundbreaking Geneticist Delivers Epigenetics Lecture
Huda Yahya Zoghbi, MD, the inaugural winner of the 2016 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science at Northwestern University, returned to Feinberg on Monday as part of the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics Distinguished Lecturer Series.
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Investigating the Benefits of Salt Substitutes in Elderly Patients
Salt substitutes may be effective in lowering blood pressure and reducing cardiovascular events in residents of elderly care facilities, according to a recent multi-center study published in Nature Medicine.
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Understanding How Aggressive Thyroid Cancer Evolves
Northwestern Medicine scientists have shed new light on how the deadliest form of thyroid cancer becomes more aggressive, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Honoring the MD Class of 2023
Feinberg honored the MD Class of 2023 during the medical school’s 164th commencement ceremony in the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier.
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Improving Immune Responses in Prostate Cancer
Men with high-risk prostate cancer who received immunotherapy treatment with enoblituzumab in the weeks leading up to surgery had favorable rates of disease remission and tumor downgrading after surgery, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.
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Combination Treatment Improves Survival in Endometrial Cancer
Patients with endometrial cancer who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab in addition to chemotherapy had longer progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy alone, according to a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Students Investigate the Value of Free and Charitable Health Clinics
In partnership with the Illinois and Wisconsin Associations of Free and Charitable Clinics, third-year medical students Raj Dalal, Melissa Bak and their peers have created a data tool that estimates the value free and charitable clinics provide to patients and the healthcare sector.
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Understanding the Role of Octopamine in Neurodegeneration
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how octopamine, the major “fight-or-flight” neurotransmitter in invertebrates, communicates with other cells to prevent cell death in mammalian brains, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Medical Student Receives Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Zhanlin Chen, a first-year medical student at Feinberg, has been awarded the 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a prestigious scholarship granted to immigrants or children of immigrants.
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Admitted Students Take a Second Look at Feinberg
On April 13 and 14, more than 200 prospective medical students visited Feinberg for a “Second Look” at the medical school. The two-day event allowed admitted students to get a feel for life at Feinberg by attending seminars, touring campus and meeting with current students and faculty.
