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Researcher Steven Kosak Wins NIH ‘New Innovator’ Award Steven Kosak, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, was recently named a recipient of the NIH New Innovator Award for his interest in innovative, risk-taking research. Steven T. Kosak, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern[…]

Northwestern Inventor Wins Highest Presidential Award Researcher’s breast simulators will measure doctors’ ability to detect breast cancer Carla Pugh, MD, PhD, associate professor of surgery at Feinberg, has been awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her novel research to develop the first physical test that measures medical students’ and physicians’[…]

Career Development Program Helps Students Choose Medical Specialty, Residency Medical students face numerous questions related to career specialty and residency program selection. To help student make these important decisions, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offers a comprehensive Career Development Program. The program, based in the Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME), includes[…]

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Master’s Program Educates Students in Public Health Research and Design The Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MSEB) Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offers its students an intensive four-quarter curriculum focused on the design (epidemiology) and analysis (biostatistics) of research that considers the health problems plaguing large populations.[…]

Cancer Drug May Also Work for Scleroderma Drug appears to prevent fibrotic diseases of skin and lungs in human cells and animals A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma. The drug, with the generic name[…]

One Size Doesn’t Fit All When it Comes to Vitamin D for Men African-American men especially need high doses of supplements African-American men living in areas with low sunlight are up to 3 ½ times more likely to have Vitamin D deficiency than Caucasian men and should take high levels of Vitamin D supplements, according[…]

Seifert, Davis Named Medical Faculty Council Mentors of the Year (L-R) The Medical Faculty Council 2011 Mentor of the Year awards honored A. Todd Davis, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, and Hank Seifert, PhD. professor in the Department of Microbiology-Immunology. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Faculty Council (MFC) –[…]

Poster Session Highlights Global Health Experiences of Northwestern Students At the Global Health Poster Session, M2 Shauna Gunaratne won first place for her poster, “Postpartum Family Planning: Programmatic Gaps and Issues,” which detailed her experience in Geneva, Switzerland, at the World Health Organization. The Center for Global Heath at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine[…]

New ‘Bouncer’ Molecule Halts Rheumatoid Arthritis Protective protein prevents immune system from ravaging joints and bones Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have discovered why the immune cells of people with rheumatoid arthritis become hyperactive and attack the joints and bones. The immune cells have lost their bouncer, the burly protein that keeps[…]

New Hope for HIV Vaccine Gates Foundation grant supports scientist’s quest to develop new vaccine concept The road to finding a vaccine for HIV has been long and frustrating — marked by false starts and grave disappointments. Several vaccine candidates have been tested, including two that made it to Phase III clinical trials, but, in[…]