Category: Campus News
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First-Year Medical Students Welcome New Academic Year at Founders’ Day 2023
First-year medical students donned their white coats for the first time at Founders’ Day on August 4 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.
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Make-A-Wish Participant and Kidney Transplant Recipient Experiences a Day as a Doctor
A twelve-year-old kidney transplant patient experienced a day as a doctor thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Northwestern, and Lurie Children’s Hospital.
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Shields Receives NCI Cancer Moonshot Scholars Award
Mario Shields, PhD, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and a member of the Lurie Cancer Center, has received the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Scholar Award.
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Feinberg Announces 2023 Mentors of the Year
This year’s recipients were Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, professor of Medical Social Sciences, and Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH, the John Benjamin Murphy Professor and vice chair of research and innovation in the Department of Surgery.
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Northwestern Hospitals Rank Among the Best by U.S. News & World Report
In its annual Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News & World Report has once again recognized Northwestern Medicine hospitals as leaders in clinical excellence, and for the 12th consecutive year, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
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McDermott Honored With AHA Clinical Research Prize
Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been awarded the American Heart Association 2023 Clinical Research Prize.
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New Leadership in the Department of Medicine
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, has announced his intention to step down as chair of The Department of Medicine, effective September 1; Susan Quaggin, MD, has been named as his successor.
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CHET Juneteenth Celebration Addresses Health Disparities Experienced by the Black Community
The Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) held its annual Juneteenth Celebration of Black Culture, Art and Music webinar on June 15, and featured a discussion exploring persistent health disparities experienced by the Black community.
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Northwestern Resident Wins Prestigious Burroughs Award for Medical Scientists
Sam Weinberg, ‘19 MD, PhD, has won the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists, a prestigious award given to early-career physician-scientists.
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ISGMH Hosts State of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Symposium in DC
The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing convened scientists, policymakers, community organizations and LGBTQ+ community members to discuss the inclusion and advancement of LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM fields for its annual State of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Symposium, held in Washington, D.C..
