Category: Campus News
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Trailblazing Biochemist Delivers Kimberly Prize Lecture
Influential biochemist Craig M. Crews, PhD, who pioneered the pharmaceutical field of targeted protein degradation, delivered the second Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Lecture to a full auditorium of Feinberg faculty, staff, fellows and students.
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2024 Population Health Forum Rallies Public Health Workers and Allies From Across Illinois
Health experts from across the state visited Northwestern for the fifth annual Population Health Forum, focusing on maternal health, racial disparities, endemic violence and other pressing public health issues.
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Eminent Epidemiologist Mercedes Carnethon Named Chair of Preventive Medicine
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, vice chair and Mary Harris Thompson Professor of Preventive Medicine and co-chair of the Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure Committee at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, effective September 1.
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3D Anatomy Learning Tool Wins National Science Foundation Prize
A digital anatomy learning tool developed by Kirsten Moisio, PT, PhD, professor of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, has been named a winner of the National Science Foundation VITAL Prize Challenge.
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Health Equity Week Explores the Leap From Promises to Practice
Faculty, residents, trainees and students from Feinberg, the local community and beyond recently came together for Health Equity Week, a week-long series of educational programming designed to expose the roots of healthcare inequities as well as avenues to addressing them.
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Women in Medicine Conference Celebrates Empowerment and Successes
Women in the healthcare field and their allies convened in the Feinberg Pavilion at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to celebrate women’s empowerment and success during the sixth annual Women in Medicine Conference on March 8.
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Renowned Pulmonologist and Accomplished Clinical Educator Named Inaugural Director of Center for Bedside Medicine
Brian Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, professor of Medicine and of Physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named the Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine and the inaugural director of the new Center for Bedside Medicine at Northwestern.
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Feinberg Faculty Inducted into American Society for Clinical Investigation
Four Feinberg faculty have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and three additional Feinberg faculty have been honored with the ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award.
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Wakschlag Honored With 2024 Paula H. Stern Award
Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded the Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine by the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization.
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Nobel Laureate and World-Renowned Geneticist to Speak at 2024 Commencement
Michael S. Brown, MD, director of the Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics and Regental Professor at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, will address graduates and their guests at Feinberg’s 165th commencement ceremony on Monday, May 13.
