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  • In Memoriam (William Brand)

    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

    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

    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,”[…]

  • Study Finds Many Patients Don’t Understand Their Prescription Medicine Labels

    November 29, 2006 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or at marla-paul@northwestern.edu Study Finds Many Patients Don’t Understand Their Prescription Medicine Labels CHICAGO—When Michael Wolf, PhD, paged though dusty, yellowing pharmacists’ logs from the 1890s at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, he found the following entry about a druggist’s encounter with a confused[…]

  • Researcher to Freeze Women’s Ovaries in Effort to Preserve Fertility after Cancer Treatment

    November 28, 2006 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 Researcher to Freeze Women’s Ovaries in Effort to Preserve Fertility after Cancer Treatment CHICAGO—The Center for Reproductive Research at Northwestern University is launching an experimental research program for young women with cancer who may[…]

  • Lecture Explores Health Disparities

    Lecture Explores Health Disparities Feinberg School alumnus Dr. Charles Modlin, a transplant surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, shares his insight on barriers to health care for minority populations. When a black man living in Harlem has less of a chance of reaching the age of 65 than a man in Bangladesh due to health status[…]

  • Enzyme May Hold Key to New Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease

    November 9, 2006 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Enzyme May Hold Key to New Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease CHICAGO—Researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have found that an enzyme called ACE2 may hold the potential to treat diabetic kidney disease, the most common form of kidney disease. In the[…]

  • Jameson Named Dean of Feinberg School of Medicine

    November 15, 2006 Contact: Alan Cubbage at 847/491-4886 ora-cubbage@northwestern.edu Jameson Named Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine CHICAGO—J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University effective July 1, 2007. His appointment was announced November 15 by University President[…]

  • Landsberg to Step Down

    Contact: Charles R. Loebbaka at 847/491-4887 or atc-loebbaka@northwestern.edu Landsberg to Step Down as Dean of Feinberg School of Medicine and Vice President For Medical Affairs at Northwestern CHICAGO—Lewis Landsberg, MD, has announced that he will step down as dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at Northwestern University effective[…]

  • New Center Bridges Disciplines to Take 21st Century Look at Health Disparities

    November 8, 2006 Contact: Pat Vaughan Tremmel at 847/491-4892 or atp-tremmel@northwestern.edu New Center Bridges Disciplines to Take 21st Century Look at Health Disparities A group of researchers gathered last summer (and gave blood samples) at the first annual Summer Biomarker Institute hosted by Cells to Society. The social scientist didn’t flinch when a fellow social[…]