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Dr. Holl Leads NIH-Funded Study on Children’s Health Dr. Jane Holl What are the most critical health problems of children in DuPage County, Illinois, and how can these problems best be prevented or treated? Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine will help answer these important questions with an historic federally-funded study that will follow 1,000[…]

VA Awards Contract to Palliative Care Project The Veterans Administration awarded a one-year contract to the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC) Project based at Northwestern University to develop a program to help meet the palliative care needs of veterans and their families and caregivers. Explains Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD, Buehler Professor of[…]

Research Funding Increases 14 Percent to $269 Million Researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have been awarded $268.7 million in funding from external sources in fiscal year 2008, a 14 percent increase over fiscal year 2007, and following a 17 percent increase between 2007 and 2006. The majority of the research support comes[…]

Dr. Carla Pugh to Speak on Educating Doctors of the Future Giving the phrase “hands of a surgeon” new meaning, Carla Pugh, MD, assistant professor of surgery and director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Education at the Feinberg School will discuss the inspiration behind her invention of cutting-edge simulation tools to teach future physicians[…]

Obesity Center Director Offers Health and Wellness Tips Dr. Kushner offers insight into enhancing personal health and wellness at the University’s 2008 Health & Benefits Fair. Will power isn’t the key to losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle, says Robert Kushner, MD, professor of medicine at the Feinberg School. Instead, the clinical director of[…]

Laimonis A. Laimins, PhD Dr. Laimonis A. Laimins Guy and Anne Youmans Professor of Microbiology-Immunology What are your research interests? My research focuses on the human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in the development of cervical cancer. I first became interested in this field of study about 20 years ago, when the association between certain[…]

Student Named Fogarty Research Scholar by NIH Fourth-year Feinberg student Brock Daniels sent this photo of the view of Burma (Myamnar) across the Moei River from the Thai town of Mae Sot. The river marks the border between the two countries. Under the best of circumstances, clinical researchers face daily challenges—from intellectual to technical. Mix[…]

A Welcoming Investiture for Douglas E. Vaughan, Chair of Medicine Dr. Vaughan and family celebrate his investiture as the Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine. During a special midday ceremony held in the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, department chairs, faculty members, family, and friends gathered to honor Douglas Vaughan, MD, as the newly[…]

Dr. Daviglus Leads National Hispanic/Latino Study Dr. Martha Daviglus The Feinberg School of Medicine is one of four national sites participating in the largest study of health and disease in the Hispanic/Latino population living in the United States. Martha Daviglus, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of preventive medicine, is the principal investigator for the study. She[…]

Silverstein Series Welcomes Bioengineering Pioneer Drew Endy, PhD Drew Endy, PhD, a pioneer in the field of bioengineering, will deliver a free lecture, “Building a New Biology,” in Evanston on Monday October 27 and in Chicago on Tuesday October 28. The lecture will explore the powerful new technologies that allow researchers to design DNA and[…]

Dr. Aarati Didwania Childhood Cancer Survivors May Face Toxic Boomerang The women at the spa party swapped personal histories as their fingernails and toenails were painted hot pink or bright red. But their conversations were not about where they worked or how many kids they had. They talked about the one thing they all shared[…]

Many Adults Who Survived Childhood Cancer Face Toxic Boomerang From Their Treatment Dr. Aarati Didwania The women at the spa party swapped personal histories as their fingernails and toenails were painted hot pink or bright red. But their conversations were not about where they worked or how many kids they had. They talked about the[…]

A Prestigious Title Provides an Opportunity to Lead The investiture of William A. Muller, MD, PhD, as the Magerstadt Professor of Pathology (L to R) Drs. Jameson, Muller, and Steinman “A superb combination of a positive attitude coupled with a myriad of talents.” Ralph M. Steinman, MD, Henry G. Kunkel Professor and senior physician at[…]

Northwestern, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare to Terminate Affiliation Agreement ReadDean Jameson’sletter to theFeinberg School ofMedicine Community Northwestern University and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare [ENH] have agreed to terminate the affiliation agreement between Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, the two institutions leaders announced today (June 16, 2008). Ending the agreement means that following a[…]

Lecture Features Renowned Cardiovascular Physician Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD It’s not every day that junior investigators in the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute rub shoulders with “icons of cardiology” but thanks to the continued support of the Feinberg family that day came on September 19. Invited to speak at the Frances Feinberg Memorial Lecture, renowned cardiovascular[…]

Entering Class Profile Approximately one of every five applicants to U.S. medical schools for the 2008–09 academic year applied to the Feinberg School. The 169 members of the Class of 2012 include 95 men and 74 women. Their undergraduate majors span the spectrum from biology to biomedical engineering, economics, psychology, and history. Our new students[…]

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