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Northwestern Medicine researchers have launched a clinical trial testing a new combination of treadmill exercise and drug regimen to see if the two together improve the walking ability of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) more than either therapy individually. Scientists are studying if a combination of walking and the medication together increase the production[…]

Remembering Professor Emeritus and Alumnus Howard S. Traisman, MD Howard S. Traisman, MD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, passed away on October 12. Traisman will be remembered as a renowned pediatrician, a trusted mentor, and an exemplary alumnus. Howard S. Traisman, MD ’47, GME ’51, BSM ’46, BS ’43, professor emeritus in the[…]

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[…]

Surprising Stress for Caregivers The biggest cause of stress for people who care for loved ones after a stroke may not be worrying about the affected family member. Rather, surprising new research from Northwestern Medicine shows that a lack of understanding and help from friends and relatives causes the most stress and the greatest threat[…]

New Drug Offers Big Relief for Osteoarthritis Pain A phase II clinical trial of the first new type of drug for musculoskeletal pain since aspirin shows that it significantly reduces knee pain in osteoarthritis, the most common osteoarthritis pain, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine. However, phase III trials of that drug, tanezumab, have[…]

Medical Faculty Council Announces 2010 Mentors of the Year The Feinberg Medical Faculty Council honored Kiang Liu, PhD, professor and associate chair of research for the Department of Preventive Medicine (LEFT), and Stanford T. Shulman, MD, Virginia H. Rogers Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, with 2010 Mentor of the Year awards. The Northwestern University Feinberg[…]

AMWA, WFO Host Mentoring Tea to Advance Women in Medicine The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and Women’s Faculty Organization co-sponsored Feinberg’s most successful mentoring tea event to date. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine chapters of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and the Women Faculty Organization (WFO) hosted a mentoring tea to[…]

Northwestern Joins Michael J. Fox Foundation in $40 Million Five-year Study Northwestern Medicine’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center has been selected as one of 18 official study sites for the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a landmark observational study that aims to identify the biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease. By using a combination of advanced[…]

Northwestern First Site Open for Spinal Cord Stem Cell Trial Northwestern Medicine is the first site open for enrollment in a national clinical research trial of a human embryonic stem cell-based therapy for participants with a subacute thoracic spinal cord injury. Following the procedure, participants will receive rehabilitation treatment at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago[…]

Aerobic Exercise Relieves Insomnia The millions of middle-aged and older adults who suffer from insomnia have a new drug-free prescription for a more restful night’s sleep. Regular aerobic exercise improves the quality of sleep, mood and vitality, according to a small but significant new study from Northwestern Medicine. The study is the first to examine[…]

New Book by Feinberg Professor Gives Doctors Scientifically Proven Approaches to Integrative Cardiology Stephen Devries, MD, a preventive cardiologist and associate professor of medicine-cardiology at Northwestern Medicine, is taking sides in the decades-long debate over the merits of traditional medicine versus alternative treatment for cardiac care—both sides! A new breed of cardiologist, Devries shares an[…]

Medical Scientist Training Program Prepares Students for Careers as Physician-Scientist Each year, about 15 students enter the Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) to pursue a combined Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (MD/PhD) degree. This program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), involves two years of pre-clinical medical education, followed by three[…]

Jameson to Step Down as Dean of Feinberg J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, became dean of the medical school in 2007. He began his tenure at Feinberg in 1993 as chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine. In 2000, he was named Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine and chair of the[…]

Founders’ Day Marks Opening of 2010-11 Academic Year Students from the Class of 2014 were welcomed into the medical profession by donning their white coats and reciting the Declaration of Geneva for the first time. With the passing of the Affordable Care Act earlier this year, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2010 Founders’[…]

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine2010 Founders’ Day Convocation

Genetic Testing Critical for Women with Family History of Ovarian and Breast Cancers A new study underscores the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely to develop lethal breast or ovarian cancer, says[…]

Student Group the Jugulars Juggle More Than Books, Courses Jugulars members and second-year medical students Andrew Haynes, Andrew Morris, and Andrew Ketterer practice their juggling skills with former club president and third-year student Sam Yu. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s juggling club, the Jugulars, offers medical students an opportunity to put their textbooks down[…]

Dr. Alan W. Yasko, 1958-2010 By Margaret RamirezThe Chicago Tribune August 23, 2010 Alan W. Yasko, MD, MBA, FACS, professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, passed away from a pulmonary embolism on August 19. Alan W. Yasko, MD ’84, MBA, FACS, 51, an internationally known bone cancer surgeon and chief of[…]

Baroness Julia Neuberger to Give Eckenhoff Lecture Baroness Julia Neuberger, a rabbi, social reformer, and member of the House of Lords, will present at the 15th Annual James E. and Bonnie L. Eckenhoff Lecture on September 2. Baroness Julia Neuberger, a rabbi, social reformer, and member of the House of Lords, will give the 15th[…]

Students Pursue Research Interests, PhD through Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program The Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN) PhD program admits 20-25 students annually to its six-year program . Students complete three laboratory rotations and then disburse into thesis-focused research lab in their quest to earn a PhD in neuroscience. A collaboration between the Feinberg[…]