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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U.S. News & World Report
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A Strong Bond: Friendship Helped These Two Doctors Cope With the Pandemic
During the height of the pandemic, Gates and Prickett, longtime close friends, leaned on each other for support. Before the pandemic, Gates and Prickett would serve on the intensive care unit about one week per month, which changed dramatically amid COVID-19. Their friendship helped them navigate emotionally challenging situations.
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Chicago Tribune
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Why some Illinois residents will keep wearing masks, for now
Dr. Michelle Prickett, who was on the front lines treating some of the most severely ill COVID-19 patients last year, plans to keep hers on in the clinic and in other areas, like airplanes.
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WGN 9
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Silenced by pandemic, COVID-19 survivor once again finding her voice
But the organization that reinvigorated Longe-Asque once before would become instrumental in lifting her spirits again during a most trying time. Now, after a double lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine and six months of not being able to talk, Longe-Asque has found her voice once more.
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HealthDay
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Why Do So Many Kids Never Get Swimming Lessons?
“Swimming is one of the most important life-saving skills that children and adults should master. Whether for fun or for exercise, swimming will serve them well for the rest of their lives, and it’s never too early to start learning,” said Dr. Matthew Davis, chair of medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The recent poll of more than 1,500 Chicago parents found that 46% of their children never had swimming lessons.
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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.”
