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Resident Recognized for Commitment to Diversity
Linda Suleiman, MD, a fourth-year resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, has been awarded the 2015 Marco Ellis Legacy Award for her outstanding leadership and commitment to diversity.
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Continuing Medical Education Expands Future Offerings
As the first medical director of Feinberg’s Office of Continuing Medical Education, Clara Schroedl, MD, plans to expand and improve current education offerings through innovation and technology.
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Searching for Molecules that Slow Parkinson’s Disease Progression
A clinical study led by Northwestern Medicine scientist Tanya Simuni, MD, crossed a promising compound off the list of potential agents that may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
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Assessing the Accuracy of Hospital Quality Measurements
An Affordable Care Act program to reduce hospital-acquired conditions more frequently penalized hospitals if they had accreditations, offered advanced services, were major teaching institutions and performed better on other quality measures, showed a Northwestern Medicine study.
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Northwestern Receives $17 Million Grant for HIV Prevention Research
Northwestern Medicine scientists will lead an interdisciplinary project funded by the National Institutes of Health to invent, develop and test an implantable drug delivery system to protect high-risk individuals from HIV infection.
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Uncovering Genetic Factors in Leukemia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a gene linked to leukemia functions, a finding that may have important implications for children with Down syndrome who have a higher risk of developing the blood cancer.
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High School Students Explore Careers in Medicine at Feinberg
Feinberg welcomed high school students from across the nation for a day of interactive learning at Northwestern Simulation.
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Green Honored for Research Accomplishments
Kathleen Green, PhD, Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology, has received a Humboldt Research Award, which recognizes her achievements in epithelial cell biology and provides her the opportunity to visit Germany for research collaborations.
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Feinberg Faculty Honored by Bone and Mineral Research Society
Paula Stern, PhD, professor in Pharmacology, received the 2015 Louis V. Avioli Foundation Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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Graduate Student Investigates the Role of Proteins in Immune Cell Development
Kyle O’Hagan, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, studies Pak2, a protein essential in the development of a subset of immune cells called regulatory T-cells.
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New Tool For Investigating RNA Gone Awry
A new technology called “Sticky-flares” developed by nanomedicine scientists offers the first real-time method to track and observe the dynamics of RNA distribution as it is transported inside living cells.
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Fatherhood Makes Men Fat
Men gain weight after the birth of their first child, raising their risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
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Music Education Alters Adolescent Brain Development
Music training, introduced as late as high school, may help improve the teenage brain’s responses to sound and sharpen hearing and language skills.
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Understanding a Cell Component Integral for Mechanical Stability
Two Northwestern Medicine studies help explain how components of the cytoskeleton called intermediate filaments move and assemble to protect cells.
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Three Northwestern Medicine Hospitals Among “America’s Best Hospitals” in 2015 U.S. News Ranking
Northwestern Medicine hospitals continue to earn national recognition as part of the U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Hospitals.
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Investigating the Role of Enzymes in Pelvic Pain
Lizzie Aguiniga, a fifth-year graduate student, studies the role of enzymes associated with pelvic pain and other bladder problems.
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Uncovering the Spread of Bacteria in Pneumonia
Northwestern Medicine scientists have revealed how a pneumonia-causing bacterium uses a toxin to spread itself from the lungs to the bloodstream.
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Mechanisms Behind Mutations in Calcium Ion Channels and Immunodeficiency
Northwestern Medicine scientists investigated the mechanism behind a mutation in a calcium ion channel that leads to an immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Your Phone Knows If You’re Depressed
Time spent on smartphones and GPS location sensor data can help detect depression, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
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Perlman Named Chief of Rheumatology
Harris Perlman, PhD, professor in Medicine-Rheumatology, will succeed Richard Pope, MD, as chief of Rheumatology.
