Tag: Faculty
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McDermott Honored With AHA Clinical Research Prize
Mary McDermott, MD, ’92 GME, the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been awarded the American Heart Association 2023 Clinical Research Prize.
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New Leadership in the Department of Medicine
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, has announced his intention to step down as chair of The Department of Medicine, effective September 1; Susan Quaggin, MD, has been named as his successor.
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Northwestern Resident Wins Prestigious Burroughs Award for Medical Scientists
Sam Weinberg, ‘19 MD, PhD, has won the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists, a prestigious award given to early-career physician-scientists.
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McNally Honored with Walder Award
Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD, the Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine, has been awarded the 2023 Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence.
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Improving Cancer Detection for Women with Dense Breasts
The use of ultrasound screening and 3D mammography only slightly increases the detection rate of breast cancer in women with dense breasts, according to a prospective multicenter study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Discussing New Frontiers in Biomedicine
An expert panel of Northwestern leaders recently explored hot topics in longevity, AI, regenerative medicine, bioelectronics and new approaches to cancer treatment.
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Northwestern Accepting Nominations for $350,000 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
Northwestern University is accepting nominations for its $350,000 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.
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Celebrating Advances in Alzheimer’s Research and Clinical Care
Attendees gathered on May 11 for Alzheimer Day, an annual event hosted by the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease to showcase dementia and aging research conducted throughout Northwestern and bring those discoveries to the community.
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Understanding How Hormones Influence Anemia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how peptides produced by bones during inflammation prevent anemia in mice, according to a recent study published in the journal Blood.
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Groundbreaking Geneticist Delivers Epigenetics Lecture
Huda Yahya Zoghbi, MD, the inaugural winner of the 2016 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science at Northwestern University, returned to Feinberg on Monday as part of the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics Distinguished Lecturer Series.
