Category: Campus News
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Remembering Martha Pitel, Former Chair of Nursing
An October 21 memorial will be held in honor of Martha Pitel, PhD, RN, professor emerita and former chair of nursing education at Northwestern University.
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Cella Honored for Career Focusing on Patient Voices
David Cella, PhD, chair of Medical Social Sciences, received the prestigious John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize for his contributions in the field of patient-reported outcome measures.
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Platanias Appointed Director of Lurie Cancer Center
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a position he has served in interim since January.
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Feinberg Professor Mark Hersam Named MacArthur Fellow
Mark C. Hersam, PhD, a Northwestern University materials engineer and Feinberg School of Medicine professor has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow.
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Feinberg Faculty Review NIH Grant Applications
Dane Chetkovich, MD, PhD, and Brian Mustanski, PhD, are the latest of many faculty members who are members of National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections, through which they peer review NIH research grant applications.
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Faculty Experts Discuss Ebola Virus During Global Health Day
A panel of Northwestern Medicine experts focused on the current Ebola outbreak during Global Health Day 2014 on September 10.
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Les Turner ALS Foundation Commits $10 Million for New Center
The Les Turner ALS Foundation made a $10 million commitment to create the Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine to accelerate research and advance patient care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
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Kibbe Named Editor in Chief of JAMA Surgery
Melina R. Kibbe, MD, ’03 GME, Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research, starts her new position with the scientific journal on January 1, 2015.
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Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day Showcases Research
The fourth annual event featured research blending physical therapy, engineering and neuroscience.
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Faculty Receive Grants for Patient-Centered Research
Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, and Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, were each awarded funding of more than $1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
