Tag: Education
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Bulun Named Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair
Serdar Bulun, MD, chief of reproductive biology research, has been named the new chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and obstetrician-gynecologist-in-chief at Northwestern Memorial’s Prentice Women’s Hospital.
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Fusion 2012 Performances Showcase Diversity at Feinberg
Members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Class of 2015, presented Fusion 2012, a multicultural show of dance, song, fashion, and more.
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Brain Fair Gives Students Opportunity to Share Excitement over Neuroscience
Shoai Hattori and Jessica Wilson,both PhD candidates, created the Brain Fair at Nettelhorst Elementary School in an effort to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists.
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Medical Students Take the Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics
Feinberg’s Icebergs, part of the student group Nclude, participated in Chicago’s 12th Annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics.
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Doctor of Medicine Degree
Every fall, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine welcomes approximately 170 students to its Doctor of Medicine program. The MD curriculum centers on competency-based education and progressive skill development.
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Thaxton to Speak at Town Hall Meeting on Nanoparticles
C. Shad Thaxton will be the featured speaker at a nanotechnology town hall meeting on Wednesday, February 29, on the University’s Evanston campus.
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Students Organize Week-long Health Disparities Lecture Series
In recognition of Health Disparities Week, the student-led Health Disparities Task Force ran a program for medical students and faculty offering a week of lunchtime speakers focused on health equity issues.
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Mentor Program Launches Girls into College for Science and Medical Careers
The mentoring program, Saturday Oncofertility Academy, offers primarily African American and Latina girls from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to research and conduct experiments in fertility and cancer research with scientists and doctors at state-of-the-art Northwestern facilities.
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Khare Returns to Haiti to Teach Emergency Medicine
Two years ago, Rahul Khare, MD, joined more than 100 Northwestern Medicine volunteers in offering emergency medical care to victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. This month, he returned to offer his expertise and knowledge to doctors in Cap Haitien.
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Northwestern Receives $10 Million Gift for Life Sciences Graduates
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has received a $10 million gift from the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Foundation to endow and name the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Training Program in Life Sciences. The gift will support graduate student training in the life sciences at Feinberg with particular, but not exclusive, emphasis[…]
