Category: Campus News
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New Book Helps Bring Patients’ Perspectives to Measurements of Health Care Performance
A new book co-authored by David Cella, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Social Sciences, offers health care providers a way to integrate patients’ voices into measures of health care performance.
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Training Faculty at Universities in Africa
Northwestern Medicine mentors will help junior faculty at three universities in Nigeria develop research skills during a five-year program funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Research Funding Hits Record-Breaking $620M
Northwestern’s sponsored research awards grew to $620 million in fiscal year 2015, the largest amount in the University’s history, including awards to Feinberg School of Medicine scientists, which topped $400 million.
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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.
