Category: Campus News
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New Leader of Public Health Named
Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has been named senior associate dean for public health and director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), succeeding IPHAM’s inaugural leader, Rowland Chang, MD, MPH.
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Krainc Receives Javits Award for Parkinson’s Research
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor and chair of Neurology, has received the Javits Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Team Physician for Paralympic Soccer Team Shares Experience in Rio
Monica Rho, ’05 MD, ’09 GME, traveled to the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as head team physician for the U.S. Paralympic Men’s Soccer Team.
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Horiuchi Receives Grant for Breast Cancer Study
Dai Horiuchi, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology, has been awarded a $450,000 research grant from Susan G. Komen to explore a potential targeted therapy against triple-negative breast cancer.
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Zoghbi Delivers Keynote Nemmers Prize Lecture
Huda Zoghbi, MD, recipient of the inaugural Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science at Northwestern University, gave a presentation on her research journey studying the neurological disorder Rett syndrome.
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One Year of Progress on the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center
The senior project manager for the the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center shares the current progress on the construction of the university’s largest single construction project to date.
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NIH Director Visits Northwestern to Discuss Importance Of Research Funding
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin spoke to an auditorium of nearly 300 physicians and researchers at Northwestern about the critical importance of sustaining momentum in medical research funding.
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Northwestern’s Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center Receives $8.6 Million Renewal
The National Institute on Aging has renewed funding for the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center, supporting an additional five years of research, and marking 25 years of continuous grant support.
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Green Elected to German National Academy of Sciences
Kathleen Green, PhD, Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology and professor of Dermatology, has been elected to the German National Academy of Sciences for her scientific achievements.
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Bringing LGBT Health to the Forefront
Northwestern hosted the inaugural State of LGBT Health Symposium, bringing together scientists, policymakers and community members to discuss how federal resources are being mobilized to improve the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender-nonconforming people.
