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Dr. Rymer Leads Research Efforts at RIC Dr. W. Zev Rymer W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been appointed vice president for research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). The Institute’s most senior scientist and the founder of the current RIC research program, Dr. Rymer will oversee all[…]

NU President-Elect Meets Feinberg School Community Dr. Morton Schapiro Northwestern’s next president visited the Feinberg School last week during an introductory tour of the Chicago campus. Morton O. Schapiro, PhD, will become the 16th president of the University on September 1, succeeding Henry S. Bienen, who will step down after a highly successful presidency spanning[…]

Robert O. Bonow, MD, has been named the recipient of the 2009 John Phillips Memorial Award of the American College of Physicians (ACP). “The John Phillips Award is one of the most prestigious in internal medicine and could not go to a more deserving candidate,” said James J. Foody, MD, professor of medicine, vice chair[…]

Northwestern Ranks Second in HIV/AIDS Research Impact Dr. Frank Palella talks with a patient. The highly regarded journal, Science, identified Northwestern University as one of the top 10 institutions with the highest impact on HIV/AIDS research based on citations per published paper. Northwestern’s own Frank J. Palella, MD, associate professor of medicine, holds the distinction[…]

Middle School Outreach Program Inspires Future Scientists Middle school students conduct experiments for younger members of the Science Club at the Uptown chapter of the Boys and Girls Club. Chicago-based science experts had their audience “ooh-ing” and “ahh-ing” at a bustling fair Wednesday. A 10-week session packed with experiments and lectures culminated in the scientists[…]

NUCATS Online Taking education and training beyond the Northwestern campus Busy community physicians and clinical researchers aren’t always able to travel to Northwestern’s downtown Chicago campus to participate in professional development classes. When a survey of principal investigators, coordinators, and other clinical research staff showed that one third of the respondents were interested in online[…]

Donated Coats and More Take the Bite Out of Winter Staff Relations Committee members Shirley Foster (left) and Marissa Michaels prepare donations for pickup by Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights. This winter won’t be quite so cold for some Chicago residents thanks to the generosity of faculty and staff of the Feinberg[…]

Ann Harris, PhD, Focuses on Cystic Fibrosis Research Dr. Ann Harris Ann Harris, PhD, is on a mission. As the director of one of the youngest programs at Children’s Memorial Research Center, she understands good science, dedication, and the value of a lively exchange of ideas. Harris is committed to infusing her laboratory, the Human[…]

Rheumatology Celebrates Three Professors Dr. Richard Pope bestows an endowed professorship medallion upon Dr. Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman. On November 10, the Division of Rheumatology invested Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH, and Leena Sharma, MD, as the Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Research Professors, and reappointed Syamal K. Datta, MD, as the Solovy/Arthritis Research Society Professor of Medicine. In recognizing[…]

Student Volunteer Honored with AAMC Scholarship (L to R) Dr. Carol Aschenbrener, AAMC executive vice president, and Tamika Smith From teaching low-income housing residents in Chicago how to eat healthier to treating underprivileged patients in the mountains of rural Jamaica, third-year Feinberg student Tamika E. Smith has spent the last five years on a good-will[…]

Student Volunteer Honored with AAMC Scholarship (L to R) Dr. Carol Aschenbrener, AAMC executive vice president, and Tamika Smith From teaching low-income housing residents in Chicago how to eat healthier to treating underprivileged patients in the mountains of rural Jamaica, third-year Feinberg student Tamika E. Smith has spent the last five years on a good-will[…]

New Obesity Center Includes Clinical Care, Research, and Education (L to R) Drs. Lewis Landsberg, George Bray, and Robert Kushner The opening of the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity (NCCO) was celebrated by more than 200 members of the Feinberg School community, who packed the Hughes Auditorium of the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center[…]

Faculty Members Honor One of Their Own (L to R) Dr. Melina Kibbe and Dr. William Pearce William Pearce, MD, has the distinction and honor of being named the inaugural Faculty Mentor of the Year for 2008 by the Medical Faculty Senate Council (MFSC). The MFSC comprises a representative from each department at the Feinberg[…]

New Lab Advances ALS Research Les Turner ALS Foundation and Wenske Foundation fortify ALS research efforts through creation of second ALS laboratory (L to R) Dr. P. Hande Ozdinler; Harvey Gaffen, president of the Les Turner ALS Foundation; and Dr. Teepu Siddique The opening of the Feinberg School’s second Les Turner ALS laboratory was celebrated[…]

The Inaugural Endowed Professorship Celebration (L to R) Dean J. Larry Jameson, President Henry Bienen, Ann Lurie, and Provost Daniel Linzer An assembly of individuals as accomplished is rarely seen on any campus. Specialists in fields as diverse as modern medicine itself, the distinguished professors who gathered at the Inaugural Endowed Professorship Celebration not only[…]

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[…]