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Nerve Transfers Limit Pain for Amputees
Developed by Gregory Dumanian, MD, and Todd A Kuiken, MD, PhD, targeted muscle reinnervation enables an amputee to control motorized prosthetic devices and regain sensory feedback. New research also shows that it reduces neuroma pain from cut nerve endings.
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Medical Honor Society Welcomes Inductees
Medical students, residents, faculty members and alumni were welcomed into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society yesterday.
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Scientists Working to Link Medical Records throughout Chicago
The effort has already combined more than a million patient records in the Windy City and recently received a $7 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
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Annual Student Showcase Celebrates Diversity, Raises Funds for Local Organizations
Student groups came together to showcase diversity at Feinberg and to raise money for the free community clinics coordinated and staffed in part by medical students and faculty.
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New Diagnostic Tool Will Help ID Childhood Mental Health Issues
A newly funded study will be used to identify brain and behavioral indicators at preschool age that predict whether or not early onset mental health problems persist through adolescence.
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Diane B. Wayne Named Vice Dean for Education
Since arriving at Feinberg in 1994, the Dr. John Sherman Appleman Professor of Medical Education has been instrumental in formulating and leading a variety of education programs at the medical school.
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Curry Steps Down as Vice Dean for Education
After 16 years of distinguished leadership as a physician educator, Raymond H. Curry, MD, GME ’85, has stepped from his leadership role at Feinberg. He will continue to be a member of the faculty and a primary care physician in the Northwestern Medical Group.
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Lieber Named Senior Vice President of Research, Chief Scientist at RIC
Acclaimed physiologist and expert in the biomechanics of skeletal muscle will arrive at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine later this year.
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Feinberg Retains Elite Medical School Status
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has strengthened its position among the top research-oriented institutions, maintaining its spot at No. 18 on the 2015 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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New Director of Galter to Strengthen Informatics Efforts at Library
Kristi Holmes, PhD, joins the medical school from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a bioinformaticist focused on research impact and genomic medicine.
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Scientists Publish Finding on Cause, Progression of Endometriosis
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology says discovery will help scientists understand one of the major causes of female infertility.
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Device That Protects Against HIV, Pregnancy Enters Clinical Trial
An intravaginal ring, developed by Northwestern scientist Patrick Kiser, is the first device to be tested in women with the potential to protect against HIV, herpes and unwanted pregnancy.
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Northwestern Students Win Global Startup Contest
The team of six students developed a winning business plan for a patented, personalized therapy that stimulates the immune system to fight breast cancer.
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Protein’s Crystal Structure Reveals Role in Life-Threatening Bacteria
The Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases has revealed the crystal structure of Enterococcus faecalis protein EF1143, a previously uncharacterized protein that is important for the growth of this life-threatening antibiotic-resistant pathogen.
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MD/PhD Student Receives Northwestern’s Presidential Fellowship
Lauren Smith, a sixth-year MD/PhD student, is the recipient of a Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious fellowship awarded to graduate students at Northwestern. Her research focuses on improving the control of myoelectric upper limb prostheses. She works in the labs of Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, and Levi Hargrove, PhD.
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Patients with Hypertension Benefit From Coordinated Care Approach
David Liss, PhD, found that more comprehensive primary care reduced specialist referrals in patients with treated hypertension, helping to ensure that specialists are seeing the patients who would benefit most from their expertise.
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INVO Partners with Pediatric Research Center to Provide Invention Support
The new agreement seeks to increase commercialization of inventions that improve pediatric health.
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New Intensive One-Year MPH Starts Summer 2014
This summer, Northwestern University will launch a one-year Master’s in Public Health degree, expanding the existing program’s availability to those who prefer a shorter time-frame.
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Residency Program at Northwestern Regarded as One of Nation’s Best
Among the more than 300 Internal Medicine residency programs to receive physician nominations, the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University collected the 10th most.
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CD73 Research Could Lead to Cancer Drug
Part of the $8 million multinational TumAdoR project, the study investigates the CD73 enzyme, which is overexpressed in many different forms of the disease.
