Byline: Roger Anderson
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Students Support Local Charities with Annual Fusion Show
Showcasing the cultural diversity of the student body through song, dance, and artistic performance, Fusion 2013 included 13 acts. The event, held April 20, benefited five local charities.
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Alumni Return to Greet Old Friends, See Evolving Campus
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
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Narahashi, Founding Father of Modern Pharmacology, Remembered for Six Decades of Research
Colleagues remember Toshio Narahashi, PhD, John Evans Professor of Pharmacology, for his contributions to the field and his dedication to mentoring.
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Education, Adherence to Medical Regimen Increase Survival Following Heart Transplant
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has shown that survival following heart transplantation is associated with several patient characteristics, including education, higher social and economic satisfaction, and adherence with the medical regimen.
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Feinberg, RIC Announce Expanded Collaboration
A new agreement with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) means the RIC will provide the clinical venue for Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences faculty, expand clinical education experiences for students, create a joint Northwestern-RIC physical therapy residency program, and allow Feinberg and RIC researchers the ability to better pursue investigative questions…
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Physician Assistant Program Receives Continuing Accreditation
Graduating its first class in 2012, Feinberg’s Physician Assistant Program has moved from provisional to continuing accreditation, receiving a rating of 100 percent compliant from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
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Seifert Presented Second Consecutive MERIT Award
Hank Seifert, PhD, has received a second-consecutive Method to Extend Research in Time Award, an extremely rare honor for NIH-funded scientists.
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Genome Collaboration Leads to Prostate Cancer Finding
Published in Nature Genetics, new research has helped outline the benefits of whole genome sequencing in validating the genes associated with a person’s susceptibility to prostate cancer.
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Oxygen Exposure Linked to Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Babies
Research findings from the lab of Kathryn Farrow, MD, PhD, associate professor in pediatrics-neonatology, illustrate that common treatment options may be detrimental to a newborn’s health.
