Tag: Research
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Creative Solutions Highlight Global Health Day 2013
More than two dozen medical students presented their summer research projects during the annual event that also included the University’s first One Book One Northwestern discussion of the year.
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Predicting Who Will Have Chronic Pain
In a study published September 16 in the journal Pain, A. Vania Apkarian, PhD, found that abnormalities in brain axons predispose people to chronic back pain after injury.
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Cohesion Protein May Play Role in Gene Expression
Cara Gottardi, PhD, is using a Pilot Project grant from the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center to study why half of the system that sticks cells together seems to pull double-duty, gravitating toward the nucleus and affecting gene expression.
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Safety Net Catches Suburban Poor
Northwestern Medicine study illustrates the potential benefits of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation and a promising solution to accessible health care for what are expected to be up to 30 million people who will remain uninsured even after ACA implementation.
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Neuropsychologist Dissects Warning Signs that Telegraph Mass Murders
Written in part with convicted killer Tom Odle, Robert Hanlon, PhD, has authored “Survived By One: The Life and Mind of a Family Mass Murderer,” which offers rare insight at how child abuse, family dynamics, and a child’s antisocial behaviors and drug use can result in the ultimate act of domestic violence.
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Addressing Reflux Disease Misconceptions
John Pandolfino, MD, recently published a review meant to shed light on gastroesophageal reflux disease, a common disorder affecting an estimated 20 percent of Americans.
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Talented Group of New PhD Students Arrives on Campus
More than 70 students join programs ranging in focus from neuroscience to clinical psychiatry.
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Gene Associated with Neurodegenerative Diseases Also Linked to Circadian Rhythms
The discovery, published in Science, could one day have significant implications for the treatment of individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Lei Wang Leading Creation of National Neuroimaging Database
SchizConnect is an ambitious, four-year, multisite venture meant to overcome limitations in data sharing amongst the schizophrenia neuroimaging research community.
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Two Faculty Members Recognized at Cardiovascular Conference
Susmita Sahoo, PhD, received the American Heart Association Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award and Suresh Verma, PhD, was a finalist for the honor, which was presented at the 2013 Basic Cardiovascular Scientific Sessions.
