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After his presentation at the Department of Medicine’s Grand Rounds, newly appointed chair Dr. Douglas Vaughan (from left) chats with his two predecessors, Drs. Lewis Landsberg and Larry Jameson. New Department of Medicine Chair Named We are pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, as the Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chair[…]

Keynote speaker Dr. Donald Wesson, vice dean at Texas A&M University College of Medicine, urged graduates to lead change in medicine, not just manage it. Graduates Encouraged to Lead and Better the World A picture-perfect day greeted the members of the Class of 2008 as they gathered on Chicago’s Navy Pier for the Feinberg School[…]

Feng Chen, senior research associate, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, captures the calm and serenity of the sea in a wood block oil painting entitled, “Tranquil Harbor.” Medical student Rina Crawford’s oil on canvas piece, “Grandma’s House,” is an artistic reminder of her grandmother’s home in central Iowa. Art Exhibit Features Faculty, Staff,[…]

New Study Tests Islet Transplants for Severe Diabetes Not all patients with type 1 diabetes are able to achieve good control of their blood sugar with multiple daily insulin injections. Some patients still suffer episodes of dangerously low levels of blood sugar and others—who can’t sense the drop in their blood sugar—may suddenly lose consciousness[…]

Zebrafish May Help Solve Ringing In Vets’ Ears Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus—a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears—twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves medical corps. His hearing was damaged by the crack of too many M16 rifles and artillery explosions. He[…]

Alums Enjoy Their Visit “Home” More than 500 medical school alumni returned to campus this past weekend to renew old friendships, make some new ones, and reconnect with their alma mater. Among the 35 events scheduled during the weekend, highlights included tours of the new Prentice Women’s Hospital and the NBC5-TV studios, as well as[…]

Public Invited to Free Alzheimer’s Program May 8 CHICAGO — The public is invited to attend a free Alzheimer’s Day program Thursday, May 8, at which they’ll hear about the latest research and treatments, and have the opportunity to talk to researchers and clinicians from the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center of Northwestern University’s[…]

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Alice Dreger, PhD Alice D. Dreger, PhD, associate professor, Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, has been awarded a fellowship in support of her work in the history of medicine by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded for outstanding success and extraordinary promise for continued accomplishment.” Dr. Dreger’s[…]

Flanked by Dean Jameson (left) and Dr. Chisholm are the research poster presentation award winners (from left) Drs. Rongxue Wu (third place, basic sciences), Kazunari Nohara (first-place tie, women’s health), Min Cheng (second place, basic science), Milan Joksimovic (first place, basic science), Jacqueline S. Jeruss (first-place tie, women’s health), Robert J. McCarthy, (second place, clinical)[…]

Medical Students Find Rewards in Mentoring High School Girls Fourteen Feinberg School of Medicine students recently found that giving up their rare time off to mentor young women considering careers in medicine really had nothing to do with giving up at all. Turns out, they were the ones on the receiving end. The medical students[…]

Anita Chase from the deans administration plays an original tune, “Ride.” She performs around town as a solo artist and as part of the rock group ½ Mad Poet. Research assistant professor of cell and molecular biology Gabriella Sekerkova shows off some of her work to an appreciative Claudia Moreno, who earlier demonstrated her own[…]

Christopher S. Takehana, a fourth-year student and Neel K. Naik, a second year student, are two of the recipients of the RSNA grants. Students Receive Prestigious Grants to Study Radiology Four Feinberg School students recently received research grants from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) that gave them a chance to probe the field[…]

Michael F. Schafer, MD, Honored with Tipton Leadership Award “Being selected for this award means more to me than I can put into words,” said Michael F. Schafer, MD, recipient of the 2008 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation’s William W. Tipton Jr., MD Leadership Award. “Bill Tipton and I were interns together and became very[…]

Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Women Invited to Join New Health Registry to Advance Research Women throughout the state are invited to help advance research in women’s health by joining the new Illinois Women’s Health Registry. The registry, created by the Institute for Women’s Health Research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of[…]

Calcific Aortic Stenosis: Bringing Discoveries from the Lab to the Clinic In its seminar series supporting translational research efforts at Northwestern, the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science (NUCATS) Institute recently featured Nalini Rajamannan, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology. Her talk, “Calcific Aortic Stenosis: A Disease Ready for Primetime,” traced[…]