Tag: Faculty
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PPA Conference Builds Connections in the Aphasia Field
More than 350 participants attended the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease’s virtual PPA Conference, which featured keynote speakers and group support sessions focused on Primary Progressive Aphasia.
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Feinberg Investigators Discuss Impact and Evolution of COVID-19
It’s been one year since the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the United States, and still Feinberg investigators continue to investigate the disease, its evolution and its impact on society.
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Suleiman and Youmans Honored as Leaders in Minority Health
Linda Suleiman, MD, ’17 GME, and Quentin Youmans, ’15 MD, ’18 GME, have been included in the National Minority Quality Forum’s 2021 “40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health” list.
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Celebrating 75 Years of Partnership with the VA
A model forged at Northwestern, academic affiliations with Veteran’s hospitals changed American medicine — providing care for veterans, training for future physicians and advancing scientific discovery.
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Quaggin Selected to Lead American Society of Nephrology
Susan Quaggin, MD, has been elected president of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Discovering New Mechanisms in Epigenetics
A series of recent discoveries by Northwestern Medicine scientists point to a more nuanced understanding of how epigenetic regulators function.
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Proxy Measures Fail to Assess Cardiovascular Care
Using proxy measures of preparedness for hypertension or diabetes care did not accurately assess the ability of low- and middle-income countries to treat patients, according to a study published in PLOS Medicine.
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Rethinking Cardiac Repair After Injury
A signaling molecule produced by the lymphatic vasculature could be used to promote cardiac repair after heart attack, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature.
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Remembering William Schnaper, MD
William “Bill” Schnaper, MD, professor of Pediatrics, who passed away recently after a long illness, was remembered as a committed scientist, friend and champion of mentorship.
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Cheng Named AAAS Fellow
Shi-Yuan Cheng, PhD, professor in The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology in the Division of Neuro-oncology, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding contributions to molecular and translational cancer research.
