Tag: Faculty
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Feinberg Launches Starzl Academy to Support Physician-Scientist Training
To help support and develop the next generation of physician-scientists, Feinberg has established the Thomas Starzl Academy, and named Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD, its inaugural director.
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Hill Receives Diversity Award from Orthopaedic Society
James Hill, ’74 MD, ’79 GME, has dedicated much of his career to advocating for diversity in medicine and orthopaedic surgery.
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Faculty Share Expertise on Continuing COVID-19 Response Efforts
According to several recent editorials published by Feinberg faculty, there are large and complex issues to grapple with, from COVID-19’s devastating impact on African-Americans to maintaining critical care standards in the face of an unprecedented pandemic.
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Modeling COVID-19 Transmission and Containment Efforts
Jaline Gerardin, PhD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, discussed how data modeling has helped evaluate COVID-19 transmission rates and containment efforts in Illinois during a recent IPHAM webinar.
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D’Aquila Named Director of NUCATS
Richard D’Aquila, MD, the Howard Taylor Ricketts, MD, Professor of Medicine, has been named director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute, and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research.
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Zee Receives Sleep Research Society’s Distinguished Scientist Award
Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, GME ’87, the Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor of Neurology, has been awarded the Sleep Research Society’s 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award for her significant contributions to sleep and circadian research.
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Transitioning to Virtual Medical Curriculum in Response to COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of Illinois’ stay-at-home order, Feinberg transformed nearly its entire medical school curriculum to be delivered online. Online learning efforts include virtual simulation courses, telehealth visits, virtual standardized patient exams and online team-based active learning activities.
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Stupp Honored for Contributions to Nanoscience
Samuel Stupp, PhD, was awarded the 2020 Nanoscience Prize from the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering.
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Novel Drug Shows Promise for Inherited Blood Disorder
A novel drug called luspatercept may reduce blood transfusion burden for patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder.
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Novel Brain Mapping Technology Outperforms Current Platforms
A newly developed high-resolution brain mapping technology exceeds the lifespans of current platforms and may enhance how brain function is measured and how efficiently neurological diseases are diagnosed and treated.
