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Feinberg Investigators Showcase Studies at Research Day 2011 Irena Garic, MPH, clinical research coordinator in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, shared her research related to neurological disorders and pregnancy at the seventh annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on April 7. The Research Office at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted its[…]

2011 Distinguished Women in Medicine and Science Lecture Kathleen Green, PhD, Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology at Feinberg, presented the 15th annual Distinguished Women in Medicine and Science Lecture. The Women Faculty Organization (WFO) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine recently hosted its 15th annual Distinguished Women in Medicine and[…]

Electronic Records Speed Genetic Studies Recruiting thousands of patients to collect health data for genetic clues to disease is expensive and time consuming. But that arduous process of collecting data for genetic studies could be faster and cheaper by instead mining patient data that already exists in electronic medical records, according to new Northwestern Medicine[…]

Feinberg Invites Accepted Students to Take a Second Look During a Second Look tour, staff member Brian Florek (left) taught prospective student Pietro Bortoletto how to perform an intubation using the training tools available in the Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning Center. The Office of Admissions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted its[…]

Northwestern Highlights International Programs, Collaborations at Global Health Week Physicians and researchers from Northwestern and its partner institutions across the world shared research opportunities and global health strategies at the University’s first-ever Global Health Week. Northwestern University held its first-ever Global Health Week April 5-8 on the Evanston and Chicago campuses. The event welcomed almost[…]

New Grant Will Train More Primary Care Physicians in Chicago Innovative program for Northwestern residents in community health setting A consortium including the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Erie Family Health Center, and Norwegian American Hospital will receive a new federal grant that could reach $16 million over five years to support an innovative[…]

In a large, multi-center clinical trial, a new PSA test to screen for prostate cancer more accurately identified men with prostate cancer – particularly the aggressive form of the disease – and substantially reduced false positives compared to the two currently available commercial PSA tests, according to newly published research from Northwestern Medicine. The only[…]

Feinberg Students Showcase Diversity through Music, Dance, Fashion in Fusion 2011 The band Gulab Jammin’ started the Feinberg Fusion show with a set that combined traditional Indian music and instruments with modern pop and rock songs. Members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2014 hosted the annual multicultural talent and fashion[…]

Graduating Feinberg Medical Students Earn Residency Placements at Match Day 2011 Juan Bautista and his wife Nicole were thrilled to learn that he matched at their hometown teaching hospital, University of California, San Francisco-Fresno. Graduating Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students gathered with their family, friends, and faculty mentors at Gino’s East of Chicago[…]

Traisman Lounge Post-Renovation Rededication Feinberg students Chris Childers, Bruce Henschen, and Silviu Diaconu, showed their support at the rededication celebration for the Howard S. and Regina G. Traisman Medical Student Center. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty, staff, and students celebrated the rededication of the Howard S. and Regina G. Traisman Medical Student Center[…]

Feinberg Students Recruit Blood Donors through Red Cross Club Second-year student and Red Cross Club co-president Jennifer Choi (right) sits down with Jaclyn Mallon, medical technologist from the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Blood Bank (center), and donor Erin Elmore, program assistant in the Faculty Affairs Office at Feinberg (left), at a recent blood drive. Only 38[…]

Religious Young Adults become Obese by Middle Age Could it be the potato salad? Young adults who frequently attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese by middle age then are young adults with no religious involvement, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. This is the first longitudinal study to examine the[…]

Human Stem Cells Transformed Into Neurons Lost In Alzheimer’s Northwestern Medicine researchers for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer’s disease and is a major cause of memory loss. This new ability to reprogram stem cells and grow a limitless supply[…]

NUvention: Medical Innovation A team of NUvention: Medical Innovation students present their idea to venture capitalists and executives from large healthcare companies. A unique two-quarter course, NUvention: Medical Innovation joins graduate students from Northwestern University’s Chicago and Evanston campuses to collaborate on the creation of new medical technologies. The interdisciplinary program breaks students into seven[…]

APAMSA Student Group Hosts Conference, Draws Attention to Asian-American Health Disparities Members of Feinberg’s Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) led the planning of the sixth annual APAMSA Midwest Regional Conference, hosted on Northwestern’s Chicago campus on February 26. Hepatitis B, a disease which infects the liver, affects 1.4 million people in the United[…]

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was joined by Steve Rosen, MD ’76, GME ’81, GME ’79, BSM ’74, director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, at a press conference on February 28 to protest the House of Representatives’ proposed $1.6 billion cut to the National Institutes[…]

Older Patients Confused About Multiple Drug Dosing Many older patients, who take an average of seven medicines a day, are so confused by the vague instructions on prescription bottles that they don’t realize they can combine their medications to take them more efficiently. A new Northwestern Medicine study shows patients thought they had to take[…]

Paid Caregivers May Lack the Skills to Take on Health-Related Tasks in Seniors’ Homes Paid caregivers make it possible for seniors to remain living in their homes. The problem, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study , is that more than one-third of caregivers had difficulty reading and understanding health-related information and directions. Sixty percent[…]

IGP Offers Students Flexible Path for Pursuing Scientific Interests While Earning PhD The Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (IGP) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has trained graduate students in both basic science and clinical research for twenty years. The IGP offers students an integrated, interdepartmental PhD education in ten distinct areas[…]