
Kristi Holmes, PhD, associate dean for knowledge management and strategy, has been named the 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine.

The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute has announced Keith Summa, MD, PhD, Timothy Janetos, MD, and Vidhi Dalal, MD, as its newest K12 scholars.

Robert Murphy, MD, executive director of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, has been honored with the 2026 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Distinguished Leadership in Global Health Award.

Svetlana Mojsov, PhD, delivered the 2026 Kimberly Prize Lecture on April 20, drawing on decades of groundbreaking research that helped transform the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, has been selected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the oldest general scientific society in the United States.

Five Feinberg faculty members have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP), two of the oldest medical honor societies in the U.S.

Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, the Levy Family Professor at Rockefeller University, known for his discovery of the human genetic and immunological determinants of infectious diseases, is the recipient of the 2026 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.

Seletta Goodall, head of administration for the Department of Medical Social Sciences, has received the 2026 Jean Shedd University Citizenship Award for her transformative leadership and outstanding contributions to Northwestern.

The Department of Ophthalmology has received a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) to support investigators advancing the field of ophthalmology and vision science.

Constadina (Dina) Arvanitis, PhD, director of Feinberg’s Center for Advanced Microscopy, has been honored with the 2025 Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Vice President’s Award for her outstanding leadership and service to the global scientific imaging community.