Thirty-six new members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine community were inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society.
Judy Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, professor of Medical Social Sciences and director of Research at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, has been elected to the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
Feinberg has maintained its standing among the best research-oriented medical schools in the country, placing 17th in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Chicago industrialist John Potocsnak has made a $15 million gift to Feinberg in support of the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center.
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, has been selected to receive the American Society for Preventive Cardiology’s 2017 Joseph Stokes, III, MD Award for his contributions to preventive cardiology.
Sandra Sanguino, ’93 MD, MPH, associate dean for Student Affairs, has received the Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women’s Association.
Melissa Simon, MD, the George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which makes evidence-based recommendations for preventive screenings, counseling services and medications.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine rose to 16th place among U.S. medical schools in National Institutes of Health funding in 2016, rising two spots in the rankings reported by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
“Truly, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is an institution on the rise,” said Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean. See some of the medical school’s notable moments from 2016.
Anne Langguth, MD, a third-year resident in the Department of Ophthalmology, shares how her musical background impacts her career in medicine.