Tag: Global Health
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Examining the Ethics and Health Inequalities of Overseas HIV Trials
A recent campus talk explored how clinical trials of HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries in the 90s sparked a wealth of discussions about ethics in scientific investigation and barriers to healthcare access.
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Medical Student Supports Public Health, Patient Companionship Initiatives
Becca Sinard, a student in Feinberg’s MD/MPH Combined Degree Program, is dedicated to improving human health across the spectrum.
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Medical Student Enhances Clinical Training With MBA and Global Health Experience
Recent graduate Pamela Wax, ’19 MD, ’19 MBA, shares what she loves about Northwestern and how she plans to apply her MBA degree to her training in internal medicine.
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Global Health, Elevated: A New Feinberg Institute Launches
Northwestern has established a new Institute for Global Health that aims to improve health in middle- and lower-income countries around the world and deepens the medical school’s commitment to solving health problems worldwide.
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Transforming Cancer Care in Bolivia
A delegation from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, including Northwestern oncology leaders, recently met with health leaders in Bolivia to begin generating cancer treatment recommendations to fit the country’s unique needs.
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Student Investigates Infant Mortality Prevention in Senegal
Zaira Gasanova, a second-year medical student, investigated the effectiveness of interventions that improved neonatal mortality in Senegal.
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Student Committed to Surgical Research, Global Health
Medical student Liam Kane discusses his orthopaedic surgery research fellowship, his interest in global health and what he loves about Feinberg.
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Healthcare Professionals Lend a Hand in Honduras
Northwestern Medicine professionals treated nearly 1,000 patients as part of a medical mission trip in late September.
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Ebola-Fighting Protein Discovered
A human protein called RBBP6 helps fight the Ebola virus by interfering with the virus replication cycle, according to a study recently published in Cell.
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IPHAM Hosts Inaugural Population Health Forum
Feinberg faculty, staff, students and community partners gathered at the inaugural IPHAM Population Health Forum to share their experience improving the health of communities in Chicago and around the world.
