Byline: Sarah Plumridge
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Using Smartphones to Assess Trainee Skills
Jonathan Fryer, MD, professor of Surgery-Organ Transplantation, and his colleagues developed a new smartphone-based system that simplifies and facilitates the assessments of general surgery trainees.
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Jampol Honored by the Macula Society
Lee M. Jampol, MD, professor in Ophthalmology, delivered the Michaelson lecture at the Macula Society annual meeting, and received the Michaelson medal, the society’s highest honor.
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Celebrating Match Day 2015
At Match Day, the Class of 2015 learned where they will spend the next phase of their medical careers.
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Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations on U.S. Children
A Northwestern Medicine study estimated the incidence and etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children and found that respiratory viruses were more commonly detected in children with pneumonia than bacterial pathogens, suggesting that new anti-viral vaccines or treatments could reduce the overall burden of pediatric pneumonia.
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Medical Honor Society Inducts New Members
The newest members of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society were inducted at a ceremony on March 18.
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Physician Assistant Student Honored for Lifesaving
The Addison Fire Protection District presented second-year physician assistant student Andrea Duffey with an American Heart Association award for saving a woman’s life.
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Exploring Bacterial Competition in Reproductive Tract Infections
Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown that the bacteria that cause gonorrhea may have evolved mechanisms to stimulate white blood cells into killing other bacteria, promoting the survival of gonorrhea bacteria in the human reproductive tract.
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Graduate Student Receives Award for Bone Development Research
Rebecca Anderson, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, received the Graduate Student Award from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her research on bone development to better understand skeletal dysplasia.
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Exploring Age-Related Differences in Herpes Encephalitis
Northwestern Medicine scientists have revealed age-dependent differences in cellular mechanisms for protection from herpes simplex virus encephalitis.
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Investigating Medical Careers with High School Students
Feinberg medical and physical therapy students organized a hands-on learning workshop and guided students from underrepresented backgrounds in high school and college through a research project as part of the six-week Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP).
