Category: Campus News
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Les Turner ALS Symposium Celebrates Advances in Research and Patient Care
Northwestern scientists and clinicians demonstrated their continued commitment to advancing knowledge and therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis during the 11th annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS.
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Accomplished Physician-Scientist Named Chief of Organ Transplantation
Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD, has been named chief of Organ Transplantation in the Department of Surgery and director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center.
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$18 Million For Parkinson’s Disease Research to Study Brain Circuits Driving Symptoms
Northwestern University scientists have received two awards totaling nearly $18 million to address key knowledge gaps in the basic circuit mechanisms that contribute to the development and progression of Parkinson’s disease.
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Lloyd-Jones Testifies in Support of Cardiovascular Health Legislation
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, chair of Preventive Medicine and the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Heart Research, and current president of the American Heart Association, recently testified before Congress in support of legislation that would improve cardiovascular health in the U.S.
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Three Feinberg Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD; Melissa Simon, MD, MPH; and Guillermo Ameer, ScD; have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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Clements Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from IAFP
Deborah Smith Clements, MD, received the Illinois Academy of Family Physician’s Distinguished Service Award.
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Passion for Equity
New assistant dean for medical education Linda Suleiman, MD, weaves health equity into her curriculum goals and her own career as an orthopaedic surgeon.
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Wong Honored with NIH New Innovator Award
Yvette Wong, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, has received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, which supports early-career investigators conducting unconventional and innovative research projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences.
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Stupp to Receive Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry
Samuel Stupp, PhD, the Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering, will receive the 2022 American Chemical Society Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry.
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Surmeier Wins 2021 Tripartite Prize
D. James Surmeier, PhD, the chair and Nathan Smith Davis Professor of Neuroscience, has been named the winner of the 2021 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
