Lloyd-Jones Named President of American Heart Association
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, the Eileen M. Foell Professor and chair of Preventive Medicine, is the newly elected president of the American Heart Association.
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Inaugural ‘AI Bowl’ Aims to Address Health Disparities
Feinberg is hosting the first annual Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl, bringing together multi-disciplinary teams of investigators from institutions representing the Big Ten Academic Alliance to use AI to address health disparities.
Prindle Honored with Army Research Office Early Career Award
Arthur Prindle, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has been honored with the Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the U.S. Army Research Office.
Holmes Named to National Library of Medicine Board of Regents
Kristi Holmes, PhD, director of the Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, has been appointed to the Board of Regents for the National Library of Medicine, the first time a Northwestern faculty member has joined the prestigious NLM Board.
Zee Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from National Sleep Foundation
Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, GME ’87, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Sleep Foundation for her contributions to sleep medicine and the public health mission of the foundation.
Northwestern Accepting Nominations for $200,000 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
Northwestern University is accepting nominations for its $200,000 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science, a biennial prize that will be awarded in Fall 2022.
Health Equity Week Shines Light on Disparities
McGaw Medical Center hosted the first annual Health Equity Week, a series of panel discussions highlighting the roots of healthcare disparities and how clinicians and scientists are working to find solutions.
Bunta Honored as ‘Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession’
Andrew D. Bunta, ’67 MD, ’74 GME, associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, has been named a “Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession” by the American Orthopaedic Association.
Krainc to receive $9 Million, 8-year NIH Grant
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, has received a Research Program Award grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
New Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution
The Institute for Global Health (IGH) has established the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution which will apply lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to the tracking and prevention of future threats.