Spotlighting some of the many awards and honors recently earned by Feinberg faculty members.
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In collaboration with four local institutions, Northwestern University will receive $51 million over 5 years via the National Institutes of Health to help launch the Cohort Program of President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.
Robert Murphy, MD, director of Feinberg’s Center for Global Health, will lead a program training scientists in Mali to conduct research on HIV and mycobacterial disease.
Ali Shilatifard, PhD, has been named the 15th recipient of the Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence, an honor given annually by the provost that recognizes excellence in research at Northwestern University.
Deborah Clements, MD, chair of Family and Community Medicine, has been appointed as a member of the National Resident Matching Program’s board of directors.
The first annual Biomedical Data Science Day brought together biomedical informatics scientists and clinical informatics leaders from Feinberg and its health care affiliates.
Nicholas Volpe, MD, chair of Ophthalmology and George and Edwina Tarry Professor of Ophthalmology, was recently accepted into the American Ophthalmological Society.
Herbert Meltzer, MD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology and Physiology, has been chosen to receive a Pioneer in Psychopharmacology Award from the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Samuel Stupp, PhD, director of the Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, has been honored with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award.
Dane Chetkovich, MD, PhD, professor of Neurology and Physiology, has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop novel antidepressant therapies.