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Update: Emergency Relief Effort for Haiti Earthquake Survivors A deadly, magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on January 12. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital sent physicians and health care workers on Monday, January 25 to provide medical relief to the earthquake victims in Haiti. The group includes doctors who speak French[…]

Doctors Miss Major Cause of Infertility and Obesity Gail Donnelly’s classmates nicknamed her “Knobby” because she was so skinny all her bones seemed to poke out from under her skin. But when Donnelly turned 27, that once knobby frame disappeared under mysteriously ballooning weight. Her diet hadn’t changed, she was still walking several miles a[…]

United States Senate, House Pass Resolutions Congratulating Feinberg on 150th Anniversary The United States Senate and House of Representatives passed resolutions congratulating Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on its sesquicentennial and its 150-year commitment to advancing science and improving health. In a statement addressed to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.),[…]

IGP Offers Students Flexible Path for Pursuing Scientific Interests While Earning PhD The Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (IGP) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been training graduate students in both basic science and clinical research for twenty years. The IGP offers students an integrated, interdepartmental PhD education in nine distinct[…]

New “Suicide” Molecule Halts Rheumatoid Arthritis A researcher from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has invented a novel way to halt and even reverse rheumatoid arthritis. He developed an imitation of a suicide molecule that floats undetected into overactive immune cells responsible for the disease. Whimsically referred to as Casper the Ghost, the stealthy[…]

Creativity Flows from Feinberg Community at Annual Art in the Atrium Exhibit Jennifer Hoffmann, first year medical student at Feinberg, displays her oil painting, Innocent Girl at the Seashore. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently held its 17th annual Art in the Atrium exhibit in the Ryan Family Atrium of the Lurie Research[…]

Feinberg Researchers Simplify Dangerously Confusing Warnings on Prescription Bottles Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the instructions that are critical to their health, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg[…]

Thomas A. Mustoe Honored with Endowed Professorship Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and chair, Department of Surgery, congratulates Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, Orion H. and Lucille W. Stuteville Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, upon being honored with his endowed professorship. An investiture was held to celebrate the naming of Thomas[…]

Award-winning author Harriet Washington delivered the keynote address at Northwestern University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2010 on the Chicago campus. Northwestern Celebrates MLK Day Healthcare disparities in the U.S. are “deeper than a mass grave,” said keynote speaker Harriet Washington during her keynote address at Northwestern University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration[…]

In Vivo 2010 Took Cast Where No Feinberg Student Has Gone Before A few of the cast members from In Vivo 2010 celebrate backstage after their performance. Looking to let loose in medical school? There’s an app for that. If you attended Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s 31st annual sketch comedy show, you were[…]