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Proteins Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
Dipal Patel, a sixth-year Medial Scientist Training Program student, studies a protein called desmoplakin to better understand the causes of diseases associated with sudden cardiac death during athletic events.
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Neonatologist honors the past, provides for the future
Dr. Roger E. Sheldon, MD ’68, and his wife, Carol V. Sheldon, MD, have provided an endowment to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for the McNicol Flair Sheldon Scholarship.
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Advocating for Patients One News Segment at a Time
Shirley Chi, MD ’01, GME ’02, board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon, has become an on-air advocate for patients.
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No Patient Left Behind
Dimitri Krainc and Andrew Parsa had only heard of each other before they came to Northwestern Medicine. Now they share a vision as new leaders for the academic and clinical missions in neurology and neurosurgery.
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Quality is Job One – New health system focuses on providing better care
New health system focuses on providing better care throughout all facilities.
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Parkinson’s Research Center Funding Renewed
With its recent renewal, Feinberg’s Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research is one of 10 such centers funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Most People Would Share Health Info for Sake of Research
More than 90 percent of adult social media users surveyed in a recent study would share their health records anonymously to help improve the care they and future patients receive, as well as to support medical research.
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Schweitzer Fellow Aims to Increase Health Literacy
In her last year of residency, Jill Huded, MD, created new educational handouts for CommunityHealth, a free clinic in Chicago, to increase health literacy in an underserved population. Her project was funded by a Schweitzer fellowship.
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Study Finds Computer Use Affects Patient Visits
Published online in the journal Medical Informatics, the research found that doctors who use electronic health records in the exam room spend about a third of their visits looking at a computer screen, missing out on nonverbal cues from patients.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Finding May Lead to New Treatment Options
The discovery of an enzyme that is highly activated in cells from the joint fluid of rheumatoid arthritis patients may provide a new therapeutic target for the 1 million Americans affected by the disease.
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Scientists Focus on Synaptic Development in Fragile X Syndrome
Anis Contractor, PhD, associate professor in Physiology, recently published findings on what causes delays in synaptic and neuronal development in the cortex, hallmarks of fragile X syndrome, the most common known cause of autism.
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New Cardiovascular System App Engages Learners
First-year medical students used a first-of-its-kind iPad app, an interactive simulation-based textbook of cardiovascular physiology and hemodynamics, as part of their Cardiovascular Blood Module.
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Iron May be at Heart of Cancer Drug’s Cardiotoxicity Effect
Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, has discovered that doxorubicin, an effective and commonly used anticancer drug, is causing an accumulation of iron inside of a cell’s mitochondria, resulting in heart damage.
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Heart Attack Damage Slashed with Microparticle Therapy
After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by inflammatory cells that rush to the scene of the oxygen-starved tissue. But the damage is slashed in half when microparticles are injected into the blood stream within 24 hours of the attack, according to preclinical research.
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Endowed Professors Honored at Annual Meeting of the Minds
The third-annual luncheon celebrating Feinberg’s named professors serves as a way to thank and honor these faculty members for their accomplishments and contributions to science, education and research.
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Role of Nutrition Gains Importance in Medical Education
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, professor in Preventive Medicine, discusses the role of nutrition in the education of medical students and in research at the medical school.
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Enhanced Prognoses Could Help Lymphoma Patients
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new prognostic tool for clinicians treating patients with large B-cell lymphoma. The predictive scale enhances the widely used International Prognostic Index.
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Scientist Uncovers Selective Cell Death in Ataxia
Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a discovery by Marco Martina, MD, PhD, associate professor in Physiology, sheds new light on the selective vulnerability of cell types in preclinical models of ataxia.
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New Northwestern Memorial Hospital President Named
Richard J. Gannotta, DHA, FACHE, will work closely with the leadership of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to advance Northwestern Medicine.
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Creating Algorithms for Partial Hand Prostheses
Adenike Adewuyi, a third-year MD/PhD student, uses computational models to improve control of artificial limbs of partial hand amputees.
