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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[…]

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[…]

Dr. Markus Bredel Featured on CBS News Dr. Markus Bredel Markus Bredel, MD, director of the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute research program and an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, was featured in a segment on CBS News regarding his work identifying the genes that make brain tumors flourish. Bredel’s[…]

Dr. Woodruff Receives Mentoring Honor Dr. Woodruff Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, was selected by members of the Medical Faculty Council as the 2009 Mentor of the Year. Dr. Woodruff is the director of the Institute for Women’s Health Research, the director of the Oncofertility Consortium and a professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. She[…]