Raymond Glassenberg, MD, associate professor in anesthesiology, has developed iLarynx, an iPad app that uses a three-dimensional representation of the human airway to teach intubation.
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Three scientists from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the United States government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Northwestern has recently been issued patents to cover this new drug class and has licensed the commercial development to a biotech company that has recently completed the first human Phase 1 clinical trial for the drug.
With a number of recent studies showing the accuracy of magnetic resonance elastography in diagnosing and staging liver damage, Frank Miller, MD, professor in radiology, is researching its validity.
Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH, associate professor of neurology and physcial medicine and rehabilitation, is building a first-of-its-kind network to address sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), which accounts for an estimated 20 percent of epilepsy-related deaths, Schuele is hoping to increase the availability of data available to researchers.
Six Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members were accepted into the 2012-13 Searle Fellows Program, a year-long faculty development program for early career faculty.
Medical students extend their classroom education by interacting with patients, residents, and physcians during shadowing experiences.
In the 2012 ranking of the nation’s “Best Hospitals” published by U.S. News & World Report, both Northwestern Memorial and Northwestern Lake Forest hospitals earned recognition in Illinois and the Chicago metro area, with Northwestern Memorial ranked No. 1 in both areas and named to the prestigious honor roll of the nation’s top hospitals.
Turning concussion theories into a verified model is the basis of a new Northwestern study on concussive events among grade-schoolers.
To encourage interest in the study of physical therapy, The Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences created the Northwestern University Pre-Physical Therapy Scholars Program, an early Doctor of Physical Therapy acceptance program for high-achieving Northwestern students with a demonstrated commitment to a career in the field.
Researcher Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD, professor in microbiology-immunology, aims to test the ability of lipid vaccines to offer resistance to mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
A weekly stress management program for patients with multiple sclerosis prevented the development of new brain lesions, a marker of the disease’s activity in the brain, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.
A team led by a physician-scientist and a chemist – from the fields of dermatology and nanotechnology – is the first to demonstrate the use of commercial moisturizers to deliver gene regulation technology that has great potential for life-saving therapies for skin diseases.
A troubling new national study finds many agencies recruit random strangers off Craigslist and place them in the homes of vulnerable elderly people with dementia, don’t do national criminal background checks or drug testing, lie about testing the qualifications of caregivers, and don’t require any experience or provide real training.
Founded in 2005 by Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center graduates David Krupa, CP, and Eric Neufeld, CPO, the Range of Motion Project has provided prostheses and orthoses to thousands of Guatemalans.
The medical device start-up company, BriteSeed developed by a team of four Northwestern University graduate students, won first place at the second annual 2012 TechWeek LAUNCH competition, earning the company more than $100,000 in cash and prizes.
Third-year medical students received their white coats on July 3 to symbolize their transition from the classroom to the clinic.
Theresa Sukal Moulton, DPT/PhD ’12, is the first graduate of the new Doctor in Physical Therapy and PhD in Engineering Program at Northwestern University. The dual degree, the only of its kind in the country, offers individuals interested in movement and rehabilitation sciences the training to help them become the next generation of leaders in engineering, rehabilitation sciences, physical therapy, and device development.
June Robinson, MD, research professor of dermatology, has spent more than 20 years advocating for restrictions on indoor tanning and more than 30 years treating melanoma.
A new bill signed by Illinois Gov. Quinn aims to train all sixth through eighth graders across the state in hands-only CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator.
Open to investigators with all levels of qualitative research experience, a new collaborative group led by experienced researchers in the field, and sponsored by the Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators and Faculty Affairs, is providing peer mentorship and dialogue on the topic.
Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act means nearly 32 million more Americans will have their healthcare expenses covered by some form of insurance. The ruling, according to Northwestern Memorial’s Chief Medical Officer, Stephen L. Ondra, MD, has potential to lead to improved treatments and outcomes for millions of patients as well as a need for more trained physicians.
Lewis Landsberg, MD, director of the Northwestern University Comprehensive Center on Obesity, was awarded the 2012 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education during a ceremony on June 26.
Today’s senior citizens are reporting fewer visual impairment problems than their counterparts from a generation ago, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Katherine Wisner, MD, MS, an expert in the identification, characterization, and treatment of mood disorders in women, and a pioneer in psychiatric disorders associated with childbirth, is joining Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on July 1 as the Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
The Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences (PTHMS) celebrated its 6th annual Clinical Practice White Coat Ceremony on June 22. The event recognizes Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students as they transition from academic coursework to their first full-time clinical internship.
Seventy incoming interns woke up early to start “bootcamp” at 7 a.m. on June 20. But instead of pushups, jumping jacks, and crunches, this group from specialties such as internal medicine, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and neurology, went through a rigorous three-day physician orientation.
A part of April’s images in clinical medicine section of the New England Journal of Medicine, the image of a 69-year-old truck driver illustrates the damaging powers of UVA rays.
Susan Quaggin, MD, an international authority in the field of nephrology, will join Feinberg as the Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine, and serve as director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute and chief of the Division of Nephrology.
Northwestern University Nikon Imaging Center-Cell Imaging Facility is the first American imaging center to become a member of the EuroBioImaging Consortium.