Category: Campus News
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Grant Supports Research on Most Common Tumor in Women
A $7.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health supports a second phase of basic science research to identify novel targets for treating uterine fibroids.
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New Grant Will Fund HIV Screening and Intervention for At-Risk Youth
A team of researchers from Lurie Children’s, Rush University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Chicago and the Howard Brown Health Center has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to integrate substance use screening and brief intervention into the traditional community-based HIV testing environment.
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Feinberg Welcomes New Director of Diversity and Inclusion
Teresa Mastin, PhD, the new Director of Diversity and Inclusion, joins Feinberg to strengthen and expand diversity and inclusion efforts across the medical school.
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New Faculty to Study Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Dan Foltz, ’02 PhD, Panagiotis Ntziachristos, PhD, and Marc Mendillo, PhD, have joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
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Research Will Determine Optimal Antidepressant Drug Doses During Pregnancy
Northwestern Medicine scientists received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine the optimal drug doses for treating pregnant women with depression.
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Grant Will Explore New Treatments for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
A multi-center team of scientists have received funding from the National Cancer Institute to develop compounds that may lead to an entirely new treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The grant, which will provide $1.58 million over three years, will support medicinal chemistry, molecular modeling, and biological testing to optimize small molecule CXCR4-receptor antagonists and…
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Dr. Vahid Yaghmai Honored by Radiology Society of North America
Vahid Yaghmai, MD, professor of Radiology, has been announced as the recipient of the 2015 Honored Educator Award from the Radiology Society of North America.
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US Rep. Dold Visits Feinberg to Discuss Medical Research Funding
U.S. Rep. Robert Dold visited Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to participate in a roundtable discussion on biomedical research funding with Northwestern Medicine scientists.
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Using Nanotechnology to Fight Cancer
Northwestern University has received a five-year, $11.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to use nanotechnology to develop next-generation cancer treatments.
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New Partnership Unites All Fields of HIV Research
The Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, a partnership between Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the Chicago Department of Public Health and several community organizations, integrates multiple disciplines of research to help slow and stop HIV.
