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Robert Kalb, MD, Director of the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine is optimistic that more breakthroughs in the basic biology of the disease are on the way and a cure is possible.

Katherine Wisner, MD, is working to understand how medications can be used to treat mental illnesses, such as depression, during pregnancy.

John A. Rogers, PhD, has created a fleet of wireless, wearable devices that have the potential to change the way physicians collect data and treat patients, from NICU preemies to stroke patients in recovery.

Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH, discusses the importance of palliative care in pediatric hospitals.

Becoming a father can impact a man’s health, mentally and physically. Craig Garfield, MD, shares insights about modern-day dads that might surprise you.

Find out how this scientist, educator and advocate for the underserved is working to improve the cancer mortality gap in Chicago.

Peter Penzes, PhD, says the field of autism neurobiology is ripe for discovery and his team at Feinberg is laying the groundwork for new treatments for the disorder.

Daniel Brat, MD, PhD, is spearheading the evolution toward precision medicine within the arena of brain tumor diagnostics.

Feinberg scientists Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, and Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH, discuss their striking discoveries in the area of health disparities.

A Northwestern Medicine course called Cooking Up Health is giving medical students, trainees and health professionals the opportunity to learn culinary medicine and food-as-medicine science concepts. Melinda Ring, MD, created the course and explains how it can improve the health of patients and train more nutrition-aware physicians.