Category: Campus News
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Northwestern Scientists Explore Impacts of Genomic Variation In Disease In NIH Project
Northwestern Medicine is part of the research team on a $185 million NIH project that will explore the millions of genetic variants that cause disease around the world.
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Ryans Make Historic Gift Naming the Havey Institute for Global Health
Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan have made a historic gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health.
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Northwestern Physician-Scientist Named to National Cancer Advisory Board
Northwestern Medicine physician-scientist Amy Heimberger, MD, has been named by President Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in setting the course for the nation’s cancer research programs.
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Lurie Cancer Center Receives Renewal of Prostate Cancer SPORE Grant
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University has been awarded a five-year, $9.2 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute to continue a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in prostate cancer.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Mourns the Passing of Joanne C. Smith, MD, President & CEO
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), today announced that AbilityLab’s president and CEO, Joanne C. Smith, MD, has died following treatment for cancer.
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Advancing Health Equity Research at Feinberg
Supporting research projects that partner scientists and individuals with diverse lived experiences is an area of growth for the research enterprise. At Feinberg, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) is helping move that needle forward.
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Prominent Immunologist Named Chief of Allergy and Immunology
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, of Yale University, has been named chief of Feinberg’s Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine, and director of the newly formed Center for Human Immunobiology.
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Award Funds International Vascular Malformation Research
An international collaboration for which Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD, chair of Cell and Developmental Biology, serves as North American coordinator, has received a five-year, $7 million Transatlantic Networks of Excellence Program award from the Leducq Foundation.
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Eminent Physician-Scientist Sachin Patel Named Chair of Psychiatry
Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, has been named chair and Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-chief at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Norman and Ida Stone Institute of Psychiatry.
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Hasan Alam, MD: Trauma Trailblazer
Noted trauma surgeon Hasan Alam, MD, takes the reins of the Department of Surgery and as the Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery, and professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.
