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Feinberg School Annual Report Now Online The latest annual report for Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, 50 Questions, 50 Answers, is now available online. The print version of the report came with a note from Dean Lewis Landsberg, MD, explaining that the cream-colored box contained neither coasters nor playing cards but rather the school’s…

A Harrowing Journey to Medical School Emmanuel Bessay, PhD, typifies—and then some—the nontraditional Northwestern medical student. Like the 30 other members of the Class of 2010 who didn’t go directly from their undergraduate alma maters to the Feinberg School of Medicine, this 36-year-old West African native took a different and somewhat harrowing route to medical…

Former Dermatology Chair Samuel Bluefarb Dies Samuel M. Bluefarb, MD, professor emeritus of dermatology, died at his home in Kilua-Kona, Hawaii, on June 7. He was 94. He was chair of Northwestern’s Department of Dermatology from 1962–77 and the first Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology. The Chicago Dermatology Society’s Annual Bluefarb Lecture is named…

June 4, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Old Memory Traces in Brain May Trigger Chronic Pain, as Newly Identified Drug Relieves Suffering CHICAGO—Why do so many people continue to suffer from life-altering, chronic pain long after their injuries have actually healed?…

June 1, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Researchers Find Deadly Effects of Prescription Drugs Six Years before FDA and Drug Firms CHICAGO—Northwestern University’s Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, is a super sleuth of potentially deadly prescription drug reactions. He leads a national SWAT team of physicians called RADAR (Research on Adverse…

Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Linda Teplin Tracks Health of Youth Who Fall Between the Cracks CHICAGO—During polite chitchat at cocktail parties, someone will ask Linda A. Teplin, PhD, what she does for a living. Dr. Teplin then rivets guests with stories about her research on youth in the juvenile justice system—their…

Terra Incognita Premieres at Northwestern When college student Carrie Kaufman suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after diving off a pier into a Wisconsin lake, friends quickly pulled her from the water. Although unable to move her arms and legs, Carrie had the presence of mind to offer advice to her frantic companions, according to…

Former Medical School Dean Harvey Colten Dies Harvey R. Colten, MD, who served as medical school dean and vice president for medical affairs at Northwestern University from 1997–99, died May 24 at New York Presbyterian Hospital of complications from colon cancer. He was 68. A native of Houston, Dr. Colten received his undergraduate degree from…

May 8, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Researcher Explores Estrogen’s Effect on Seizures CHICAGO—In more than a third of women with epilepsy, seizures fluctuate across the menstrual cycle, due in part to continually fluctuating effects of estrogen on the neural circuitry in the hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in…