Media Coverage
The work done by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members (and even some students) is regularly highlighted in newspapers, online media outlets and more. Below you’ll find links to articles and videos of Feinberg in the news.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Both Men and Women Aren’t Well Represented in Clinical Trials
“Sex bias in clinical trials can negatively impact both men and women by creating gendered data gaps that then drive clinical practice,” lead author Dr. Jecca Steinberg, a medical resident in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said in the statement. “Neglecting one sex in clinical trials — the gold standard scientific exploration and discovery — excludes them from health innovation and skews medical evidence toward therapies with worse efficacy in that sex.”
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Los Angeles Times
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Need mental health help? There are apps for that, but picking the right one is tough
“Digital mental health can be viewed as a way to extend the mental resources that we have,” said David Mohr, who directs the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A step-care model, for example, would allow patients with milder symptoms to be treated via technology while reserving in-person care for patients who need something more.
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CNN
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Violent public outbursts and unruly behavior may keep some from reentering society — but likely not for long, experts say
Reentering public spaces can put many of us on edge. Filling public spaces with people again — people who have weathered the last year in different ways — may increase the likelihood of incidents of chaos, said Dr. Crystal Clark of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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ABC 7
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Northwestern doctor’s career inspired by mother’s HIV work
Dr. Constants Adams watched her mother run a home for women battling HIV and drug addiction in the early 90s in Detroit. That inspired her to become a doctor.
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CNN
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It’s not just Delta — other coronavirus variants worry scientists, also
“The concerning part of all these variants, is that they keep appearing,” said Ramon Lorenzo Redondo, an infectious disease specialist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He said that in areas where vaccination is low, variants could spread, replicate and evolve even faster. “In that situation, you could push the virus to adapt … not only to transmit faster– they can — but also to evade immunity,” he said.
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U.S. News & World Report
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Sickle Cell Plagues Many Black Americans, But There’s Hope for Better Treatments
“The data is clear there is benefit to patients being on disease-modifying therapies,” said Dr. Alexis Thompson, head of hematology for the Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. “The natural history of sickle cell disease is devastating. To not think about where the opportunities are to intervene early, to modify the natural history of the disease and really reduce suffering, is something we all need to be committed to.”
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National Public Radio
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Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine In Teens And Myocarditis: What You Need To Know
Pediatric cardiologist Stuart Berger of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, says vaccine-related myocarditis in teens is not all that worrisome. “Although they appear with some symptoms of chest pain, and maybe some findings on EKGs, all of the cases we’ve seen have been on the mild end of the spectrum,” he says.
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National Public Radio
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Five Ways To Stop Summer Colds From Making the Rounds In Your Family
In pre-pandemic times, it might have seemed like a weird move to put on a mask during storytime with your drippy-nosed kid, but Dr. Tina Tan says that’s her top tip. She’s a professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and a pediatric infectious disease physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
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Column: ‘A tapestry of class and dignity.’ A new Chicago mural pays tribute to Black pioneers of medicine.
The mural will include, among others, Dr. Justina Ford, one of first Black female physicians in the United States, and Dr. Dinee Simpson, the first Black, female transplant surgeon in Illinois. It will feature Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the first African American cardiologist and the first doctor to perform successful open heart surgery.
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NBC News
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A Texas ruling backed vaccine mandates. But businesses are still wary.
Dr. Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist and assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said requiring health care workers to get a Covid-19 vaccine is a no-brainer. “I believe health care organizations have a responsibility to protect immunocompromised and vulnerable patients,” Khan said.
