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  • Dean Recognizes Faculty for 25 Years of Service

    Dean Recognizes Faculty for 25 Years of Service

    Representing 35 specialties, 48 faculty members were recently celebrated for 25 years of service at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  • Students Practice Splinting Skills

    Students Practice Splinting Skills

    The Emergency Medicine Group, Sports Medicine Interest Group, and Orthopedic Surgical Society held a hands-on splinting workshop on May 2.

  • New Research Uncovers Possible Colon Cancer Target

    New Research Uncovers Possible Colon Cancer Target

    Research by Debu Chakravarti, PhD, associate professor in reproductive biology, reveals that THAP11, a protein in a family of 12, stood out as being overexpressed in human colon cancer cells.

  • Woloschak Leading World’s Largest Tissue Archive

    Woloschak Leading World’s Largest Tissue Archive

    The Northwestern University Radiation Tissue Archives is believed to be the world’s largest collection of irradiated animal tissue samples.

  • Alzheimer’s Day Explores Feinberg, National Research Advances

    Alzheimer’s Day Explores Feinberg, National Research Advances

    The annual CNADC Alzheimer’s Day provides an opportunity for students and researchers to learn more about the important aging and dementia research taking place at Northwestern.

  • Students Support National Women’s Health Week by Selling T-shirts and Pins

    Students Support National Women’s Health Week by Selling T-shirts and Pins

    In honor of National Women’s Health Week, which runs now through Saturday, May 19, the American Medical Women’s Association, American Medical Student Association, and Medical Students for Choice are raising money for the Chicago Women’s Health Center by selling women’s health t-shirts for $15 and lapel pins for $3. Donations are also welcome.

  • PPH Service Initiative Pilot Program a Success

    PPH Service Initiative Pilot Program a Success

    Students in the Program in Public Health service initiative spent six months as consultants on a host of client issues ranging from sexual education in the nation’s third-largest school district, to analyzing data for the city of Evanston.

  • Celebrating Women’s Health Awareness Week

    Celebrating Women’s Health Awareness Week

    The Institute for Women’s Health Research is hosting a forum, poster session, and exhibit May 15 to celebrate National Women’s Health Awareness Week.

  • Curriculum Development Symposium Offers Skills, Case Study for Change

    Curriculum Development Symposium Offers Skills, Case Study for Change

    The Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators (FAME) hosted its first-ever curriculum development symposium May 2-3. The event included workshops, brown-bag lectures, and personal consultations.

  • Preparing Students for Research and Clinical Careers

    The Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, offered through the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Center for Genetic Medicine (CGM), is the only program of its kind in Illinois and the only program in the country that offers an option to pursue a combined Master of Science in Genetic Counseling and Master of Arts in…