
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been recognized as one of the best research-oriented medical schools in the nation, rising three spots to rank an all-time high of 15th, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, released today.

Forty-four new members were inducted into Northwestern’s chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society during a virtual ceremony on March 17.

Linda Suleiman, MD, ’17 GME, and Quentin Youmans, ’15 MD, ’18 GME, have been included in the National Minority Quality Forum’s 2021 “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health” list.

Karen Gutzman, MSLS, MA, head of Research Assessment and Communications at the Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, has received the Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Medical Librarian of the Year.

A model forged at Northwestern, academic affiliations with Veteran’s hospitals changed American medicine — providing care for veterans, training for future physicians and advancing scientific discovery.

Susan Quaggin, MD, has been elected president of the American Society of Nephrology.

From a record-breaking year of research funding to impressive research publications, 2020 showed the skill, talent, and resilience of the entire Feinberg community. See a selection of the year’s biggest stories.

At a recent virtual event, students, residents and faculty were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and recognized as exemplars of compassionate patient care who serve as role models, mentors and leaders in medicine.

A series of recent discoveries by Northwestern Medicine scientists point to a more nuanced understanding of how epigenetic regulators function.

Using proxy measures of preparedness for hypertension or diabetes care did not accurately assess the ability of low- and middle-income countries to treat patients, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.