Search results for: “dermatology”
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Accelerating Diabetic Wound Healing
Depleting an enzyme called GM3 synthase with gene therapy may help diabetics heal wounds faster.
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Students, Faculty Recognized at Honors Day
The 27 awards presented at the Second Annual Honors Day acknowledged senior medical students for their outstanding academic achievement and faculty members for their contributions to education.
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New Director of Physician Assistant Program Named
After a national search, Michael MacLean, MS, PA-C, has been named director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program.
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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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Proteins Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
Dipal Patel, a sixth-year Medial Scientist Training Program student, studies a protein called desmoplakin to better understand the causes of diseases associated with sudden cardiac death during athletic events.
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Clinical Trial Shows Tongue-Controlled Wheelchair Outperforms Popular Navigation System
New study is the first to show that the tongue-controlled system works faster and equally as accurately as the more common sip-and-puff wheelchairs.
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Taking a Closer Look at Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Second-year medical student Tiffany Sun sought answers to the progression of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, and response to treatments. This research project is part of the Area of Scholarly Concentration, a part of the new curriculum.
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Genetic Test Determines Melanoma Severity
The director of melanoma research within the Northwestern Skin Cancer Institute presented his validation study at a meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
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Dermatology Alumna Acts as Mentor for Students, Advocate for Patients
Shirley Chi, MD’01, GME’02, discusses how her education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine shaped her career as a dermatologist, teacher, and advocate.
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Deficiency in Skin Cell ‘Glue’ Results in Severe Condition, Multiple Allergies
In a new study published in Nature Genetics, Northwestern Medicine® and Tel Aviv University scientists have found that a structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development, including skin and food allergies, traditionally thought primarily to be a dysfunction of the immune system.
