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Aug 15, 2022

Black medical students report more belonging, greater confidence in scholastic abilities in HBCU schools

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jul 8, 2022

Weekly Symptom Monitoring Improves Quality of Life in Cancer

In adult patients undergoing cancer treatment, weekly electronic symptom monitoring significantly improved quality of life, according to a recent study published in JAMA.

Scientific Advances
Jun 29, 2022

Fathers’ Presence During Childhood Predicts Adult Testosterone Levels

The presence and involvement of fathers with their sons during childhood predicted the profile of adult testosterone levels, according to a recent study.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 23, 2022

Combination Treatment May Improve Quality of Life in Kidney Cancer

Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received a new combination treatment reported improved health-related quality of life outcomes, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Campus News
Jun 14, 2022

Distinguished Implementation Scientist to Lead Medical Social Sciences

Rinad S. Beidas, PhD, professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, has been named chair of Medical Social Sciences.

Campus News
Apr 5, 2022

Accomplished Scientist to Join Feinberg as Inaugural Director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Sara Becker, PhD, of the Brown University School of Public Health and the Warren Alpert Medical School, has been named the Alice Hamilton Professor of Psychiatry and inaugural director of the newly formed Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, which is part of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, effective August 1st.

Scientific Advances
Oct 25, 2021

Study Finds Financial Incentives for Low-Risk Clinical Trials are Ethical

In one of two low-risk randomized clinical trials, financial incentives increased study participation, and the use of financial incentives in both trials were deemed not unethical, according to recent findings.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Aug 26, 2021

Advancing Quality Improvement to Boost Health Equity

Quality improvement must measure more than average care quality and change to address the root causes of health inequity, according to a Northwestern Medicine editorial published in The BMJ.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jul 22, 2021

Evaluating Esophageal Hypervigilance and Symptom Anxiety

Measuring levels of hypervigilance and anxiety may improve healthcare providers’ understanding of severe esophageal diseases and treatment strategies, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jul 12, 2021

Predicting Which Patients Will Discontinue Breast Cancer Therapy

A Northwestern Medicine study has found that women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer were more likely to discontinue hormone therapy early due to poor quality of life-related outcomes.

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