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December 20, 2006 Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847/491-4892 or atp-tremmel@northwestern.edu Paying Attention Sets Off Symphony of Cell Synchronization EVANSTON, Ill.—You know the sensation. When something has your full attention you see it vividly. And when you don’t pay attention, you’re liable to miss something important. Now a new Northwestern University study sheds light on[…]

In Memoriam (William Brand)William N. Brand, MD ’62, former director of radiation oncology and a medical school faculty member for 35 years, died December 14 in Durango, Colorado, of complications from emphysema exacerbated by acute pneumonia. He was 72. The native Chicagoan served as a physician assistant in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War,[…]

Using Feedback Effectively With communication, feedback comes in many forms, from written and verbal to modifying behavior. In the case of Monica van de Ridder, a graduate student from the Netherlands, her “positive” feedback to a talk given by William C. McGaghie, PhD, professor of medical education and faculty development, resulted in a plane ticket[…]

Psychoanalysis—Couch and All—Still Going Strong As president-elect of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), Prudence Leib Gourguechon, MD, GME ’83, wants people to know that the field of psychoanalysis is alive and well and helping many people who don’t respond to quicker therapies. “My patients have usually been in psychotherapy or on medication for 10–20 years,”[…]

January 3, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Older People Needlessly Suffer Sleepless Nights CHICAGO—The sleep problems of older people are often not addressed by their primary care physicians, even though treatment of those sleep disorders could improve their physical and mental[…]

In Memoriam (Cecile Kramer) Cecile E. Kramer, director of the Northwestern medical school library from 1975–91, died January 25 in Boca Raton, Florida, at age 80. She had been in declining health for the last year. Ms. Kramer came to Northwestern from Columbia University’s health sciences library. A native of New York City, she began[…]

Emergency Medicine Experience Serves Faculty Member Well in Iraq Whenever Martin J. Lucenti, MD, PhD, would retire to his hut near the helicopter pad to sleep, he knew that the sound of whirling blades could soon awaken him and have him back in the marbled hallways of the hospital Saddam Hussein built. Director of clinical[…]

January 15, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Surprising Drug Blocks Malaria CHICAGO—Northwestern University researchers have discovered how malaria parasites persuade red blood cells to engulf them—and how to block the invading parasites. The malaria marauders hack into the red cell’s signaling system and steal the molecular equivalent of its password to[…]

In Memoriam (Joseph Pasternak) Joseph F. Pasternak, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and of neurology at the Feinberg School, died December 5, 2006, after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Pasternak received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from the University of Iowa in[…]