Category: Uncategorized

Chicago VA Renamed to Honor Former Secretary The VA affiliate in the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University has undergone a name change. On May 25, 2004, the VA Chicago Health Care System was renamed the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. The late Jesse Brown served as executive director of American Disabled Veterans before being[…]

Design Show Taps Annual Report for Top 100 The Feinberg School of Medicine’s fiscal year 2003 annual report, “On Course,” has been selected as one of 100 annual reports to be honored in Black Book’s AR100 Award Show Book. AR100 is considered the nation’s largest and most prestigious annual report competition, according to Liz Haldeman,[…]

June 1, 2004 Blood Pressure Control Poor in Elderly NEW YORK— Improved blood pressure control of people 80 years and older, especially women, must be made a national priority, a Northwestern University researcher urged at the American Society of Hypertension’s 19th Annual Scientific Meeting in May. “The current rates of blood pressure control in the[…]

In Memoriam (Maurice Gore) Maurice Gore, MD ’37, associate professor emeritus of medicine, died on May 19 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 92. Born and raised in Chicago, Dr. Gore completed an internship at Cook County Hospital and received a master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1939. He[…]

June 7, 2004 Contact: Megan Fellman at (847) 491-3115 or atfellman@northwestern.edu Nano Diagnostic Method Could Rival PCR EVANSTON— Since the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nearly 20 years ago, scientists have been trying to overturn this method for analyzing DNA with something better. The “holy grail” in this quest is a simple method[…]

Orthopaedics Faculty Member to Join NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class Robert L. Satcher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, describes himself as part scientist, part explorer, and part humanitarian. As a member of NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates, the 38-year-old says he can now fulfill all three ambitions[…]

Cancer Walk Draws 4,000 Survivors, Friends Approximately 4,000 cancer survivors, family members, and friends participated in the 11th annual Cancer Survivors’ Walk and Celebration on June 6. Organized by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, the five-mile lakefront walk, which began at Grant Park in downtown Chicago, included 1,000 cancer survivors[…]

May 19, 2004 Mechanism Found That May Protect Kidneys in Early Stages of Diabetes CHICAGO— A group of Northwestern University researchers has identified what they believe is a built-in biological mechanism that prevents kidney damage in the early stages of diabetes associated with obesity. Their study was led by Daniel C. Batlle, MD, Earle, del[…]

Job Fair Slated for May 26 The Feinberg School of Medicine hopes to repeat the success of last year’s job fair, which brought more than 1,800 resumes for 107 positions, with the fourth annual “open house recruitment event” on May 26 from 3–6 p.m. in the Method Atrium of the Chicago campus, 300 East Superior[…]

May 3, 2004 $11 Million Grant Funds Lung Injury Research CHICAGO— Northwestern University has received an $11 million Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Institutes of Health to define the mechanisms that cause changes in the alveolar epithelium during lung injury. Jacob I. Sznajder, MD, Dr. Roy Patterson Professor of Medicine and chief of[…]