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Quaggin Honored with International Nephrology Award
Susan Quaggin, MD, chief of the Division of Nephrology, has been given the Alfred Newton Richards Award from the International Society of Nephrology for basic science research in the field. The honor was presented June 2 in Hong Kong during the World Congress of Nephrology, the leading biennial educational event in international nephrology.
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Boone Receives Schweitzer Fellowship for Public Health
Addie Boone, a second-year medical student, received one of 31 Schweitzer Fellowships, which support public health research. She will use the award to develop a partnership between the medical school, Northwestern University Law School, and community clinics to help underserved patients with poorly-controlled asthma encourage their landlords to comply with habitability laws.
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Circadian Rhythms may be Root of Migraines Causing Colic
Leon Epstein, MD, and Phyllis Zee, MD, have published an editorial in JAMA linking sleep cycles, migraine headaches, and colic in infants.
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Unique Obstacles for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mean Better Treatments Needed
A collaborative study using semi-structured interviews with black, white, and Hispanic women found that among the factors deterring lifestyle changes are lack of time and fatigue associated with motherhood.
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The Class of 2013 Celebrates Commencement
The 161 members of the Class of 2013 celebrated their commencement ceremony with friends, family, and faculty at Chicago’s Navy Pier Grand Ballroom on May 23.
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Honors Day Tradition Introduced at Feinberg
Seventeen awards were presented to students and faculty at the inaugural event on May 22. Gaurava Agarwal, MD, instructor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was honored as its first keynote speaker.
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Four Decades Later, Meltzer’s Work on Schizophrenia Still Breaking New Ground
A leader in the field of antipsychotic drugs, Herbert Meltzer, MD, professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has published an update on their use in the Annual Review of Medicine.
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Physician Assistant Class of 2013 Celebrates Commencement
Members of the Physician Assistant Program earned Master of Medical Science degrees on May 18.
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Faculty Members Share Advice at Spring Tea Event
Students sought advice about life as a female medical professional from faculty members during the annual spring tea event hosted by Feinberg’s American Women’s Medical Association and the Women’s Faculty Organization.
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IPHAM Launches Center for Community Health
As one of eight centers in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, the CCH will facilitate multi-disciplinary, partnered efforts to envision and investigate a frontier of medicine that integrates public policy and population health.
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Feinberg Hosts Inaugural Lurie Prize Award Ceremony
Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine, was awarded the inaugural Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences for discoveries related to the immune system.
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Impact of Diet, Nutrition Focus of Annual Women’s Health Event
Held in conjunction with National Women’s Health Week, the event featured a lecture, poster session, and vendor fair.
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Faculty Elected to Prestigious Societies at Joint Meeting
Four medical school faculty members were elected into two prestigious professional societies, the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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Sodium Levels in Processed Foods Still High Despite Known Health Risks
The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain essentially unchanged, notwithstanding numerous calls from public and private health agencies for the food industry to voluntarily reduce sodium levels, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study conducted with the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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Stone Chair of Committee That’s Reshaping Nation’s Cholesterol Guidelines
Neil Stone, MD, is chair of a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute panel scheduled to issue new cholesterol guidelines which may reshape the treatment of millions of Americans.
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Annual Alzheimer Day Highlights Science, Realities of Disease
Event provides the opportunity for students and researchers to learn more about the important aging and dementia research taking place at Northwestern.
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Disease Specialist to Head Neurology
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, a distinguished investigator of international stature whose research has had a transformative impact in the area of neurodegenerative diseases, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on July 1 as Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor, chair of the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, and director of the newly established…
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New Center Uses Latest Research to Treat Women with Reproductive-Related Depression
One of only a handful of centers focused on women of all ages who may be suffering from reproductive-related depression, the Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders will integrate state-of-the art research into clinical care to make sure that women with depression receive the care that they need.
