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A list of honors, awards, and faculty appointments from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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December 27, 2005Grant Funds Schizophrenia StudyCHICAGO—D. James Surmeier, PhD, Nathan Smith Davis Professor and chair…
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant Funds Parkinson’s ResearchCHICAGO—Northwestern University, the University of California-San Francisco, and…
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A list of honors, awards, and faculty appointments from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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January 25, 2006Compound Targets Alzheimer’s Brain Cell DegenerationCHICAGO—Drug discovery researchers at Northwestern University have developed…
Alum Thomas Starzl to Receive National Medal of Science Feinberg School alumnus and internationally renown…
December 13, 2005Astronaut-Physician Continues Research at Northwestern CHICAGO—In May 2004 Northwestern University orthopaedic surgeon Robert…
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A list of honors, awards, and faculty appointments from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.