Tag: Community Engagement
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Student Consulting Group Gives Back to the Community
Medical students combined their experiences from prior careers as consultants and excitement for medicine to start a student group that develops solutions for community health clinics in Chicago.
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PA Students Kick Off Service Competition to Give Back
First-year physician assistant students established a service and philanthropy competition among their class to share their experiences and give back to the community, donating items to a food drive, donating blood and volunteering with community organizations.
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New Northwestern Institute Commits to Improving LGBT Health
The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing is the first research institute in the United States established university-wide that is focused exclusively on LGBT health.
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Northwestern Medicine Community Ships Medical Supplies to Tanzania
Northwestern Medicine physicians and students came together to pack and ship a container of supplies for cancer education and treatment to a rural hospital in Tanzania.
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Learning to Implement Public Health Policy from Community Leaders
As part of their Health and Society coursework, medical students met with policy leaders to learn how implementing better health policies can improve the overall health of communities.
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Student Group Supports LGBT Community
Student group Queers and Allies recently celebrated the release of the medical school’s first annual OutList, one of many programs and resources it facilitates to promote acceptance of LGBT individuals at Feinberg and to improve health within the LGBT community.
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Student Trio Performs for Hospital Community
Three first-year medical students, Paul Jansson, Andres Camacho, and Jessica Shim, performed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on May 23 for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra citywide event “Pianos in Public Spaces.”
