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Medical Faculty Council Announces 2010 Mentors of the Year The Feinberg Medical Faculty Council honored Kiang Liu, PhD, professor and associate chair of research for the Department of Preventive Medicine (LEFT), and Stanford T. Shulman, MD, Virginia H. Rogers Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, with 2010 Mentor of the Year awards. The Northwestern University Feinberg[…]

Northwestern Joins Michael J. Fox Foundation in $40 Million Five-year Study Northwestern Medicine’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center has been selected as one of 18 official study sites for the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a landmark observational study that aims to identify the biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease. By using a combination of advanced[…]

Northwestern First Site Open for Spinal Cord Stem Cell Trial Northwestern Medicine is the first site open for enrollment in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury. Following the procedure, participants will receive rehabilitation treatment at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago[…]

Aerobic Exercise Relieves Insomnia The millions of middle-aged and older adults who suffer from insomnia have a new drug-free prescription for a more restful night’s sleep. Regular aerobic exercise improves the quality of sleep, mood and vitality, according to a small but significant new study from Northwestern Medicine. The study is the first to examine[…]

New Book by Feinberg Professor Gives Doctors Scientifically Proven Approaches to Integrative Cardiology Stephen Devries, MD, a preventive cardiologist and associate professor of medicine-cardiology at Northwestern Medicine, is taking sides in the decades-long debate over the merits of traditional medicine versus alternative treatment for cardiac care—both sides! A new breed of cardiologist, Devries shares an[…]

Medical Scientist Training Program Prepares Students for Careers as Physician-Scientist Each year, about 15 students enter the Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) to pursue a combined Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (MD/PhD) degree. This program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), involves two years of pre-clinical medical education, followed by three[…]

Founders’ Day Marks Opening of 2010-11 Academic Year Students from the Class of 2014 were welcomed into the medical profession by donning their white coats and reciting the Declaration of Geneva for the first time. With the passing of the Affordable Care Act earlier this year, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2010 Founders’[…]

Jameson to Step Down as Dean of Feinberg J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, became dean of the medical school in 2007. He began his tenure at Feinberg in 1993 as chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine. In 2000, he was named Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and chair of the[…]

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine2010 Founders’ Day Convocation

Genetic Testing Critical for Women with Family History of Ovarian and Breast Cancers A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely to develop lethal breast or ovarian cancer, says[…]