Byline: Sarah Plumridge
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Seeking to Learn Spanish, Student Discovers Much More
Nicole Araneta, a fourth-year medical student, traveled to Latin America to improve her medical Spanish by volunteering in community clinics and acting as a healthcare advocate for the underserved.
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MD/PhD Students Create Hands-on Learning Experiences for Teens
The Medical Scientist Training Program and Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute teamed up to create an interactive learning experience for high school students at the Robert R. McCormick Boys & Girls Club in Uptown. The program, PRomoting Inner-city Youth in Science and Medicine (PRISM), includes five educational sessions over a period of 10…
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Microtubule-Binding Protein Found Essential for Cell Function and Survival
For the first time, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have demonstrated that kinesin-1, a major motor that drives transport of cellular cargo through the cell, requires the regulatory protein ensconsin to function.
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Dunaif Honored as the 2013 Distinguished Woman in Medicine and Science
The Women’s Faculty Organization honored Andrea Dunaif, MD, professor in medicine – endocrinology, as the 2013 Distinguished Woman in Medicine and Science. Dunaif presented an afternoon lecture titled, “Following the Science from the Ovary to the Pancreas.”
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Collaborative Studies Examine Effect of Hyperglycemia Following Transplant
Amisha Wallia, MD, MS, GME’08, an instructor in endocrinology, metabolism, and molecular medicine, pursued her clinical research on glycemic control in transplant populations from residency, through a fellowship, all the way to a faculty position. She attributes her early experience conducting studies as the inspiration for her decision to become a physician-scientist.
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Physician Assistant Program
The Physician Assistant Program accepts 30 students every year. Half of the two-year program is spent gaining hands-on experience during clinical rotations throughout Chicago, with the other half devoted to classroom instruction.
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Update: Electronic Medical Records Project Tracks Genetic Information
The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network, or eMERGE, is one of the Center for Genetic Medicine’s research projects, launched nationally in 2007 with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Now in its second phase, the project is tracking patient and physician actions and responses with genetic information through the electronic medical records.
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Youth Mentoring Program Concludes with Poster Session
Fifty-eight high school and college students presented research posters on Saturday, February 16, concluding the six-week Health Professional Recruitment and Exposure Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Medical students organized ethics sessions, problem-based learning cases, and anatomy classes for the participants.
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Graduate Student Takes Cancer Research from Bench to Bedside
Meghan Bliss-Moreau, a fourth-year PhD candidate in Northwestern University’s Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, develops therapeutics for cancer in the lab of Steven Rosen.
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Students Honored for Volunteerism in Chicago
Nonprofit organization Chicago Youth Programs recognized 12 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students for their participation in a one-on-one high school mentoring program.
