Category: Campus News
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Chicago Fire Department and Northwestern Medicine Physicians Practice for Emergencies
Northwestern Medicine physicians and nurses collaborated with the Chicago Fire Department to develop practice scenarios that will enhance communication between paramedics and physicians as well as continuity of care for patients.
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$17.4 Million Grant to Tackle Cancer in Chicago’s Lower-Income, Minority Neighborhoods
A new grant from the National Cancer Institute will help three Chicago universities work together with many of the city’s underserved communities to foster impactful cancer research, education, training and outreach.
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New Era for Advancing Pediatric Research
Thomas Shanley, MD, takes on leadership roles at Feinberg and Lurie Children’s Hospital and shares his plans to increase collaboration between scientists, advance discoveries and make a bigger impact on the health of children.
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Bulun Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Serdar Bulun, MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will be a national resource and advisor on women’s health issues as a newly-elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine.
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Lurie Cancer Center Members Elected to Leadership of the American Society of Hematology
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH and Jane Winter, MD, have been elected to the executive committee of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
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Cubs Physician Shares in Team’s Success
Stephen Gryzlo, MD, associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Feinberg and team orthopaedist for the Chicago Cubs, discusses sports medicine and the team’s focus on health.
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Bonow Named Founding Editor of JAMA Cardiology
Robert Bonow, MD, the Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, has been named editor-in-chief of JAMA Cardiology, a new journal in the JAMA Network that will debut in 2016.
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New Faculty Members Join Department of Medicine
New faculty members, Guillermo Oliver, PhD, and Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, PhD, joined the Department of Medicine and the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute.
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Faculty Receive Funding for Research with Commercialization Potential
The NUCATS Institute and the Innovation and New Ventures Office recently announced the recipients of funding to assist promising biomedical research and moving it into a self-supporting commercial pathway.
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New Chair of Urology Named
Prostate cancer physician-scientist Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the departments of Urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
