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Northwestern Panel at NIH Workshop to Support Team Science, Influence Women’s Health Research Andrea Dunaif, MD, Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine in the Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Medicine. Members of the Team Science initiative at Northwestern University will moderate and serve on a panel[…]

Press Release Dosing Instructions for Kids on Tamiflu May Cause Serious Errors MEDIA CONTACT: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or marla-paul@northwestern.edu CHICAGO (September 23, 2009) — Parents giving their children Tamiflu for the H1N1 virus could potentially give the wrong dose because the prescription instructions on the label may not match the markings on the[…]

Former Lecturer, Dr. Leonard Fenninger Passes Away Dr. Leonard D. Fenninger, a former lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, passed away on September 10 at the age of 91. Dr. Fenninger was active on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital staff from 1985 until his retirement in 1990. He received his[…]

Surprising Rate of Recurring Heart Attacks, Strokes Globally: U.S. Doesn’t Fare as Well as Japan and Australia Mark Alberts, M.D., professor of neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine and director of the stroke program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital August 31, 2009 – Despite many medicines and other treatments for patients with vascular disease, a[…]

Professor, Student Identify Alternative DNA Structure for Shape-Shifting Pathogen Light micrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and white cells from a person with gonorrhea August 21, 2009 – Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine have identified an alternative DNA structure existing within the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae that enables the pathogen to change its shape to avoid[…]

2009 Founders’ Day Address Stephen L. Ondra, MD, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, gave the keynote address at the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Founders’ Day Convocation. August 28, 2009 – Stephen L. Ondra, MD, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, gave the[…]

Tissue Engineering Topic of 13th Annual Frances Feinberg Memorial Lecture Anthony Atala, MD More than 50 years after the first organ transplant (kidney) in Boston, the medical profession is still grappling with the same challenges – namely, organ rejection and the lack of availability, according to Anthony Atala, MD, during the Frances Feinberg Memorial Lecture,[…]

Traffic Jam in Brain Causes Schizophrenia Symptoms: Researchers Reveal How Schizophrenia Works in the Brain and Provide a Fresh Opportunity for Treatment There are fewer pathways (green strands on right) for information to flow between neurons in the brain of a mouse bred to have symptoms of schizophrenia compared to a normal mouse. Fewer pathways[…]