Category: Education News
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Medical Honor Society Inducts New Members
The newest members of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society were inducted at a ceremony on March 18.
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Internal Medicine, Women’s Health Rise in Medical School Rankings
Feinberg is one of the nation’s top 20 medical schools in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, with women’s health, internal medicine and pediatrics positioned highly in medical specialty rankings.
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Physician Assistant Student Honored for Lifesaving
The Addison Fire Protection District presented second-year physician assistant student Andrea Duffey with an American Heart Association award for saving a woman’s life.
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Schleimer Wins Tripartite Prize
Robert Schleimer, PhD, chief of Division of Medicine Allergy-Immunology and Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine, has been named the winner of the Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
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Graduate Student Receives Award for Bone Development Research
Rebecca Anderson, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, received the Graduate Student Award from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her research on bone development to better understand skeletal dysplasia.
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Investigating Medical Careers with High School Students
Feinberg medical and physical therapy students organized a hands-on learning workshop and guided students from underrepresented backgrounds in high school and college through a research project as part of the six-week Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP).
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“One Book One Northwestern” Author Discusses Stereotype Threat
Claude Steele, PhD, author of One Book One Northwestern selection “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do,” spoke to students about navigating stereotype threat as professionals.
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Returning Home for a Clinical Rotation
Second-year physician assistant student Shanta Clark returned home to complete her family medicine rotation with her American Indian tribe, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, and its Department of Health Services in Southwestern Michigan.
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Lessons Learned When a Physician Becomes a Patient
Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD, Buehler Professor of Geriatric Medicine, wrote about her own brush with cancer and the realization that physicians need to help patients feel joy in the present, rather than focusing primarily on maintaining their hope for the future.
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Pipeline Program Fosters Mentorship in Medicine
A new pipeline program promotes mentorship and networking for students, residents and faculty members from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in medicine, with the goal of preparing medical students for residency and future careers.
