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Graduate Student Takes Cancer Research from Bench to Bedside
Meghan Bliss-Moreau, a fourth-year PhD candidate in Northwestern University’s Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, develops therapeutics for cancer in the lab of Steven Rosen.
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Mauvais-Jarvis Contributes Diabetes Expertise to Major Study on Obesity
Published in Nature Medicine, investigators have combined two hormones that hold the potential for a new treatment option.
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Students Honored for Volunteerism in Chicago
Nonprofit organization Chicago Youth Programs recognized 12 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students for their participation in a one-on-one high school mentoring program.
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New Fellowship Providing Opportunity, Resources to Develop Medical Devices
Northwestern’s Center for Device Development is bringing together clinicians and engineers to develop medical devices with guidance from entrepreneurial experts and through a series of real-world experiences.
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Elizabeth G. Nabel to Speak at Commencement
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, will speak at this year’s medical school commencement ceremony.
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Medical Education Day Focused on Active Learning
Fostering and recognizing outstanding medical educators – including faculty, physician assistants, nurses, fellows, residents, and students – Feinberg’s third annual Medical Education Day carried with it the theme of “Active Learning.”
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Ma Lab Investigating Neurodegeneration in SMA, Parkinson’s Disease
New Northwestern Medicine research is believed to have uncovered a novel therapeutic target for the number one genetic killer of toddlers in the developed world. Yong-Chao Ma, PhD, assistant professor in pediatrics, neurology, and physiology, is also working to uncover the potential of a new target in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
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Professors Celebrated at Annual Meeting of the Minds
Started by Dean Eric G. Neilson, MD, the annual luncheon celebrating Feinberg’s endowed 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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Student Receives Grant to Pursue Study of Diabetic Retinopathy
Jonathan Chou, a third-year medical student, received a $30,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness that will enable him to take a year off from medical school to study the deterioration of eyesight in diabetics.
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Grant Writing Program Guides Community-Engaged Researchers
An innovative year-long pilot program has laid the foundation for training focused on elevating community-engaged research teams to the level of National Institutes of Health funding.
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Cardiologist Argues Timeline for Hospital Readmissions is Arbitrary
Mihai Gheorghiade, MD, professor of medicine and of surgery, authored an opinion article in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the 30-day readmission rate for heart failure. This rate is used as an indicator of hospital quality and for reimbursement. He argues this timeframe is not a fair performance measure.
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New Method First to Predict Brain Cancer Outcome
Northwestern Medicine researchers developed a new method to predict an individual patient’s brain tumor growth. This growth forecast will enable physicians to quickly identify how well the tumor is responding to a particular therapy.
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Barsuk Presents Central Line Training Research in AAMC Webinar
Jeffrey Barsuk, MD, MS, presented information about the central line insertion simulation training program he developed and implemented with Diane Wayne, MD, to a national audience during an AAMC webinar.
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2012: The Year in Review
From groundbreaking research to an exciting new curriculum, Feinberg achieved a number of accomplishments in 2012. Take a look at our top 25 stories.
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Annual Sketch Comedy Show Benefits Mobile Food Market
First- and second-year students put on the annual sketch comedy show In Vivo this past weekend. The money raised from ticket sales benefited Fresh Moves Mobile Produce Market, a nonprofit that serves neighborhoods with little access to fresh food.
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New Way to Kill Lymphoma without Chemotherapy uses Golden Nanoparticles
A new study by C. Shad Thaxton, MD, and Leo Gordon, MD, shows that synthetic HDL nanoparticles killed B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of the disease, in cultured human cells.
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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
To commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, members of the Chicago campus DREAM Committee hosted two panel discussions, a movie screening, and reception in an effort to connect the legacy of Dr. King to today’s social justice challenges through critical analysis and reflection.
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Mechanisms Behind Cancer Causing Gene Revealed
One of 11 “death-by-cancer” genes, the role of ubiquitin-specific peptidase 22 in the development of colon and ovarian cancer has been revealed for the first time.
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As Blackhawks Team Physician, Terry Takes on Challenges of Sports Medicine
As the NHL season is set to begin, Michael Terry, MD, associate professor in orthopaedic surgery and team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks, prepares for the unexpected, on the ice and off.
