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Hobnob with Northwestern Transplant Experts Oct. 28 The thousands of people affected by organ failure — and their family and friends — wonder what the medical future holds for them. What are the latest research advances that may benefit them and future generations? They’ll find out from top Northwestern organ transplant experts on Oct. 28[…]

Feinberg School of Medicine Instructor Receives 2009 Pfizer Teacher Development Award Dr. Tuwanda Williamson Dr. Tuwanda C. Williamson, a family physician and clinical instructor in the Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine, was selected to receive the 2009 Pfizer Teacher Development Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP[…]

Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing New technology 300 times more sensitive than commercial tests, defines new PSA “zero” Chad A. Mirkin, PhD, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, professor of medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine, and professor of materials sciences and engineering in[…]

Feinberg Student Awarded National Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership in Healthcare Blayne Amir Sayed aims to address challenges faced by medically underserved communities Blayne Amir Sayed, an MD-PhD student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has been awarded one of five Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Herbert W. Nickens Scholarships. The scholarships are presented[…]

Spotlight: Doctor of Medicine Degree Sarah Connell, M4 Northwestern University has been training medical students for 150 years. The focal point of Feinberg School of Medicine undergraduate medical education programs is the one degree all students look forward to attaining: the Doctor of Medicine. The Feinberg integrated doctor of medicine curriculum is designed to prepare[…]

Former Professor, Edward Jozef Kaminski Passes Away Edward Jozef Kaminski, professor emeritus of pathology at the Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern University Dental School died peacefully October 6, after a long illness. He was 83 years old. Born in Torun (Thorn), Poland, he immigrated to Scotland after World War II, where he learned English,[…]

New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like a Fence Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor’s dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences – physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place. When breast cancer spreads or metastasizes, it crashes through the body’s protective fences. The disease[…]