Two Feinberg faculty members received Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for projects exploring autism spectrum disorder and Crohn’s disease.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s new 242-bed research hospital will put scientists and physicians in shared spaces, allowing innovation and treatment to collide.
Lifang Hou, MD, PhD, chief of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention in the Department of Preventive Medicine, has been named a member of a blue ribbon panel that will help inform the scientific direction of Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
Feinberg ranked 18th among U.S. medical schools in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in 2015, according to calculations by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Eric Olson, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, will present the Research Day Keynote on heart development, disease and regeneration.
Melina R. Kibbe, MD, ’03 GME, Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research and vice chair of Research in the Department of Surgery has been named the winner of the Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
Feinberg has moved up two spots to become the 17th best medical school in the country for research, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Northwestern Simulation in the Department of Medical Education invited guests to participate in hands-on demonstrations and a tour of their center at an open house on March 3.