Tag: Community Engagement
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IPHAM Focuses on Chicago Communities
A unified vision for health equity in Chicago was the focus of the second IPHAM Population Health Forum, where scientists and community partners presented and discussed their work in a variety of areas.
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Medical Student Variety Show Benefits Chicago Family Support Center
Medical students performed a variety of comedy skits and musical numbers that parodied the medical school experience at the 41st annual performance of In Vivo, Feinberg’s sketch comedy and variety show.
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Advocating for Muslim Patients and Students
Noor Hamideh, a second-year medical student, is president of the Muslim Student Association and is interested in pediatrics and health equity.
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ECMH Enhances Primary Care Education for Students
Students in Feinberg’s Education Centered Medical Home program — a four-year, team based clerkship in underserved settings — experienced superior primary care training, according to a recent study.
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NEST360° raises $68 million for African newborn survival
Funding has been announced for the first phase of an eight-year initiative to enable African hospitals to improve newborn survival by 50 percent, led by a consortium including Northwestern University.
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Chaplain Turned Medical Student Stays Active in Community Engagement
Jordan Coleman, a third-year medical student, previously worked as a chaplain in prisons, homeless shelters and hospitals — an experience that enhances his clinical experiences today.
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Public Health Boot Camp Graduates Its 2019 Cohort
In partnership with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and several Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine departments and centers, the Public Health Boot Camp delivers an annual week-long residential training program for HIV/AIDS community-based service providers.
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Clinical Care or Research? Third-year Student Chooses Both
Jordan Sell, a rising third-year student, has taken advantage of the wide range of opportunities at Feinberg.
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Medical Student Supports Public Health, Patient Companionship Initiatives
Becca Sinard, a student in Feinberg’s MD/MPH Combined Degree Program, is dedicated to improving human health across the spectrum.
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Global Health, Elevated: A New Feinberg Institute Launches
Northwestern has established a new Institute for Global Health that aims to improve health in middle- and lower-income countries around the world and deepens the medical school’s commitment to solving health problems worldwide.
