The Medical Scientist Training Program and Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute teamed up to create an interactive learning experience for high school students at the Robert R. McCormick Boys & Girls Club in Uptown. The program, PRomoting Inner-city Youth in Science and Medicine (PRISM), includes five educational sessions over a period of 10 weeks.
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For the first time, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have demonstrated that kinesin-1, a major motor that drives transport of cellular cargo through the cell, requires the regulatory protein ensconsin to function.
The Women’s Faculty Organization honored Andrea Dunaif, MD, professor in medicine – endocrinology, as the 2013 Distinguished Woman in Medicine and Science. Dunaif presented an afternoon lecture titled, “Following the Science from the Ovary to the Pancreas.”
Deborah Clements, MD, nationally recognized for her contributions to education policy, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on May 1 as professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Amisha Wallia, MD, MS, GME’08, an instructor in endocrinology, metabolism, and molecular medicine, pursued her clinical research on glycemic control in transplant populations from residency, through a fellowship, all the way to a faculty position. She attributes her early experience conducting studies as the inspiration for her decision to become a physician-scientist.
A Northwestern Medicine® study aims to compare the long-term effects of a pregnant woman’s blood sugar levels on her child to the effects of her body weight. The study includes participants from around the world and will also determine a mother’s long-term risk for developing diabetes mellitus.
Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, an internationally-renowned neurosurgeon specializing in complex tumors of the brain and spine, will join the medical school on July 1 as the Michael J. Marchese Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. His wife, Charlotte Shum, MD, a hand and upper extremity specialist, has been named associate professor of orthopaedic surgery. She will join the medical school in the fall.
Arun K. Sharma, PhD, research assistant professor in urology, has published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding a unique approach to bladder regeneration that capitalizes on the potential of two distinct cell populations harvested from a patient’s healthy bone marrow.
The Physician Assistant Program accepts 30 students every year. Half of the two-year program is spent gaining hands-on experience during clinical rotations throughout Chicago, with the other half devoted to classroom instruction.
For the past five years, Rick McGee, PhD, associate dean for faculty recruitment and professional development, has facilitated a novel grant-writing program that helps guide junior faculty through the process of writing National Institutes of Health K and R award applications.
The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network, or eMERGE, is one of the Center for Genetic Medicine’s research projects, launched nationally in 2007 with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Now in its second phase, the project is tracking patient and physician actions and responses with genetic information through the electronic medical records.
Fifty-eight high school and college students presented research posters on Saturday, February 16, concluding the six-week Health Professional Recruitment and Exposure Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Medical students organized ethics sessions, problem-based learning cases, and anatomy classes for the participants.
Growing 3D human skin models, researchers are discovering what messaging occurs in healthy skin to try to understand what goes wrong in disease states.
Meghan Bliss-Moreau, a fourth-year PhD candidate in Northwestern University’s Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, develops therapeutics for cancer in the lab of Steven Rosen.
Published in Nature Medicine, investigators have combined two hormones that hold the potential for a new treatment option.
Tiny regulators produced by one of seven human cancer viruses may be the key to understanding the most common AIDS-associated malignancy.
Nonprofit organization Chicago Youth Programs recognized 12 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students for their participation in a one-on-one high school mentoring program.
Northwestern’s Center for Device Development is bringing together clinicians and engineers to develop medical devices with guidance from entrepreneurial experts and through a series of real-world experiences.
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will speak at this year’s medical school commencement ceremony.
Fostering and recognizing outstanding medical educators – including faculty, physician assistants, nurses, fellows, residents, and students – Feinberg’s third annual Medical Education Day carried with it the theme of “Active Learning.”
New Northwestern Medicine research is believed to have uncovered a novel therapeutic target for the number one genetic killer of toddlers in the developed world. Yong-Chao Ma, PhD, assistant professor in pediatrics, neurology, and physiology, is also working to uncover the potential of a new target in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
Started by Dean Eric G. Neilson, MD, the annual luncheon celebrating Feinberg’s endowed professors serves as a way to thank and honor these faculty members for their accomplishments and contributions to science, education, and research.
Jonathan Chou, a third-year medical student, received a $30,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness that will enable him to take a year off from medical school to study the deterioration of eyesight in diabetics.
An innovative year-long pilot program has laid the foundation for training focused on elevating community-engaged research teams to the level of National Institutes of Health funding.
Mihai Gheorghiade, MD, professor of medicine and of surgery, authored an opinion article in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the 30-day readmission rate for heart failure. This rate is used as an indicator of hospital quality and for reimbursement. He argues this timeframe is not a fair performance measure.
Northwestern Medicine researchers developed a new method to predict an individual patient’s brain tumor growth. This growth forecast will enable physicians to quickly identify how well the tumor is responding to a particular therapy.
Jeffrey Barsuk, MD, MS, presented information about the central line insertion simulation training program he developed and implemented with Diane Wayne, MD, to a national audience during an AAMC webinar.
A new study by C. Shad Thaxton, MD, and Leo Gordon, MD, shows that synthetic HDL nanoparticles killed B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of the disease, in cultured human cells.
First- and second-year students put on the annual sketch comedy show In Vivo this past weekend. The money raised from ticket sales benefited Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market, a nonprofit that serves neighborhoods with little access to fresh food.
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