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Weese-Mayer Honored with 2025 Stern Award
Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor of Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Feinberg and Chief of the Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has been awarded the 2025 Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Biomarkers May Improve Preterm Infant Care
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision care strategies for infants born prematurely, according to a recent study.
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Pre-Health Day Invites Undergraduates to Explore Careers in Health Professions
More than 100 Northwestern University undergraduate students gathered for a Pre-Health Day hosted by Feinberg on January 25 and designed for Northwestern undergraduates interested in pursuing careers in the health professions.
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Investigating the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Many have posited the reason for rising mental health concerns among kids and teens – social media, the COVID-19 pandemic, stigma, etc. But the reality is there is a constellation of factors that contribute to this crisis, according to experts.
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Illinois Has a New Tool to Track Violence
A new dashboard operated by Northwestern scientists will allow Illinois to better monitor violent deaths and non-fatal firearm violence at the county level to help prevent and reduce violence in the state.
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Cancer Survivorship Expert Named Chair of Pediatrics
Tara O. Henderson, MD, MPH, has been named the Founders’ Board Centennial Chair of Pediatrics, effective March 31.
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Watson Named Hastings Center Fellow
Katie Watson, JD, professor of Medical Education, Medical Social Sciences in the Division of Determinants of Health, and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named a 2024 Hastings Center Fellow.
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Reprogramming Compromised Immune Cells to Fight Cancer
Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new avenue to reprogram compromised immune cells to work against tumors, according to a study published in Science Advances.
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Genomic ‘Memory’ Governs the Building Blocks of Life, Study Reveals
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating the building blocks of life, according to a new study published in Science Advances.
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Young Physician-Scientist Awards Honor Feinberg Pathologists
Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology in the Division of Molecular Pathology, and Waihay Wong, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, have been named recipients of the 2025 Young Physician-Scientist Award.
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Investigating the Impact of Vaccination on Long COVID Symptoms
Vaccination status does not impact the severity of neurological symptoms of long COVID, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led study published in Brain Communications.
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Drug Reverses Groin Hernias in Male Mice Without Surgery, Shows Promise in Humans
A new Northwestern Medicine study using a novel medication-based approach successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.
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Combination Therapy Improves Outcomes for Rare Blood Disorder
A combination treatment has shown promise for treating a rare blood disease, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Blood.
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Uncovering the Molecular Drivers of B-cell Lymphoma Tumor Growth
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a key pathway controlling tumor growth in B-cell lymphomas, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Microbial Therapy Offers New Hope for Vitiligo Patients
A natural compound derived from gut-friendly bacteria can significantly slow the progression of vitiligo and may restore pigmentation, according to a new study.
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Coordinated Brain Networks Support Recognition Memory
Investigators have discovered that activity in two widely distributed brain networks previously considered separate are actually correlated with each other and together play a key role in recognition memory, according to Northwestern Medicine study published in Cell Reports.
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Medicaid Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely to Access Telehealth After COVID-19
Patients with opioid use disorder enrolled in Medicaid were less likely to receive telehealth care after the COVID-19 pandemic compared to patients with private insurance, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.
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Understanding How Poxviruses Hijack Protein Production
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details on how poxviruses manipulate host cells to enhance their own protein production, according to a study published in Cell Reports.
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Hepatitis B Network Addresses Key Research Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases team is leading collaborative efforts in Africa to provide critically needed data about Hepatitis B prevention, care and knowledge to benefit communities in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
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Novel Mechanism Eliminates ‘Bad’ Enzyme During Gene Expression
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism that recognizes and eliminates ‘bad’ transcriptional elongation enzymes during gene expression, findings that may inform the understanding of adrenal diseases, according to a recent study published in Science Advances.