Serdar Bulun, MD, authored an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that combines recent uterine fibroid research into a useful framework for scientists, clinicians, patients and the pharmaceutical industry.
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The director of melanoma research within the Northwestern Skin Cancer Institute presented his validation study at a meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Scientists are working to determine if a specific receptor inhibitor could be used to augment chemotherapy or prevent relapse in individuals with the disease.
Students in the Physician Assistant Program celebrated National Physician Assistant Week by raising awareness about the training and career of PAs, as well as by holding a keynote lecture and reception.
Two students in the PhD/MPH program launched the first edition of Northwestern Public Health Review.
Bronwyn Rae, MD, MPH ’13, lecturer in preventive medicine, will spend the next year as a professor of anesthesia in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as part of a new public/private initiative of the Peace Corps and Seed Global Health.
Northwestern Medicine, Walgreens, Alliance of Chicago community health centers and Merck are collaborating on a study with the goal of providing clear instructions on prescription medicine labels so patients don’t make mistakes.
The new portal is designed exclusively for female scientists and engineers to provide crucial career development exposure within Chicagoland’s research community.
A new intravaginal ring filled with an anti-retroviral drug demonstrated a 100 percent success rate protecting primates from the simian human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV).
Comprised of the world-class Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and Feinberg
Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Heart Institutes at Northwestern Medicine are poised to become a recognized leader in cardiovascular medicine through clinical excellence and the discovery of innovative new therapies.
Most recently the chief of genetic medicine and director of the Institute for Integrative Genomics at Vanderbilt University, Alfred L. George Jr., MD, arrives at Feinberg on March 1, 2014.
Published in Developmental Cell, the Mitchell Lab’s discovery could someday affect scientists’ understanding of the way centriole duplication goes awry in cancer development.
Scientists at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center recently used an existing assessment tool to quantify issues of balance in individuals with lower-limb amputation. Findings were published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
The nanoscientist is one of 28 investigators named in the annual “Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates” study, which has accurately forecasted 27 winners since its inception in 2002.
Recently published research by Liang Zhou, MD, PhD, has revealed that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor helps fight infection and keeps the body from attacking itself.
Smoking at least a pack a day also increases the odds of this community developing a severe and harder to treat form of the disease.
Shirley Chi, MD’01, GME’02, discusses how her education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shaped her career as a dermatologist, teacher, and advocate.
The finding offers a potentially new way to enhance typical daytime treatment of phobias by adding a nighttime element.
A Northwestern University-led research team underscores the importance of the biological timing system to the proper use of stored fuel.
More than two dozen medical students presented their summer research projects during the annual event that also included the University’s first One Book One Northwestern discussion of the year.
Four awards were presented at the Second Annual Driskill Day – two to current students and two to recent graduates. The event celebrates the $10 million gift from the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Foundation.
In a study published September 16 in the journal Pain, A. Vania Apkarian, PhD, found that abnormalities in brain axons predispose people to chronic back pain after injury.
Cara Gottardi, PhD, is using a Pilot Project grant from the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center to study why half of the system that sticks cells together seems to pull double-duty, gravitating toward the nucleus and affecting gene expression.
The Office of Diversity and Feinberg students partnered with the Fourth Presbyterian Church to create a new program, Good Neighbors. This group will provide resources and build relationships with the homeless population in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago.
John E. Pandolfino, MD, professor of medicine, has been appointed the Hans Popper Professor and chief of gastroenterology-hepatology in the Department of Medicine.
Northwestern Medicine study illustrates the potential benefits of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation and a promising solution to accessible health care for what are expected to be up to 30 million people who will remain uninsured even after ACA implementation.
Written in part with convicted killer Tom Odle, Robert Hanlon, PhD, has authored “Survived By One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer,” which offers rare insight at how child abuse, family dynamics, and a child’s antisocial behaviors and drug use can result in the ultimate act of domestic violence.
John Pandolfino, MD, recently published a review meant to shed light on gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common disorder affecting an estimated 20 percent of Americans.
More than 70 students join programs ranging in focus from neuroscience to clinical psychiatry.
National Medical Fellowships, Inc. awarded scholarships to two Feinberg medical students and one alumnus who have a commitment to improving the quality of healthcare in underserved communities of Chicago.