Northwestern University has received a five-year, $11.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to use nanotechnology to develop next-generation cancer treatments.
The Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, a partnership between Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, the Chicago Department of Public Health and several community organizations, integrates multiple disciplines of research to help slow and stop HIV.
John A. Rogers, PhD, a materials scientist and pioneer in the field of bio-integrated electronic devices, will join Northwestern University with appointments in the McCormick School of Engineering and Feinberg School of Medicine.
After nearly 15 years of leadership, M. Christine Stock, ’81 MD, James E. Eckenhoff Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, has stepped down as chair of the department.
After 25 years on Feinberg’s faculty, Jeffrey Goldberger, MD, professor in Medicine-Cardiology, will become chief of cardiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute has received a four-year, $27.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences that will focus on promoting clinical trials.
Kathleen Green, PhD, Joseph L. Mayberry, Sr., Professor of Pathology and Toxicology, has received a Humboldt Research Award, which recognizes her achievements in epithelial cell biology and provides her the opportunity to visit Germany for research collaborations.
Paula Stern, PhD, professor in Pharmacology, received the 2015 Louis V. Avioli Foundation Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
Harris Perlman, PhD, professor in Medicine-Rheumatology, will succeed Richard Pope, MD, as chief of Rheumatology.
Jonathan Licht, MD, Johanna Dobe Professor and chief of the Division of Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, has accepted a new leadership position at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center.