Tag: Research
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Research Takes Spotlight at Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day
The third-annual event allowed students, postdoctoral fellows, and young tenure-track faculty from across the disciplines of engineering and neuroscience to interact with peers and mentors from both campuses.
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October 4 Proclaimed NBTI Day in Chicago
In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Minds Matter Benefit, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has given special recognition to the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute.
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Scientists Discover Regulator That Drives Majority of Lymphoma
In a recent Cancer Cell publication, protein EZH2 was shown to play a crucial role in the body’s ability to produce antibodies and, when mutated, causes cancer in white blood cells.
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Proprioception Movement Disorders May Hinge on Gene
Michelle Oliveira Fernandes and the Tourtellotte lab have been studying the way Egr3 affects a person’s ability to know where his or her limbs are in space.
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Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center Receives Fourth Continuous Grant from NIH
The center, led by Leena Sharma, MD, has expanded to include a strengthening program in osteoarthritis research and a focus on health care utilization, with particular emphasis on underserved minorities.
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High Debt Could be Hazardous to Your Health
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has found that high financial debt is associated with higher diastolic blood pressure and poorer self-reported general and mental health in young adults.
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Study Finds Exercise is No Quick Cure for Insomnia
If you have insomnia, you can’t exercise yourself into sleep right away, according to a Northwestern Medicine® study. It takes time for the positive effects of daily activity to kick in.
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New Test May Help Reveal Early-Onset Dementia
Simple tests that measure the ability to recognize individuals such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, or Oprah Winfrey may help doctors identify early dementia in those 40 to 65 years of age, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research.
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Urine Biomarker Test Can Diagnose, Predict Rejection of Transplanted Kidneys
John Friedewald, MD, and Michael Abecassis, MD/MBA, hope to advance the findings in The New England Journal of Medicine during two clinical trials to take place at Feinberg.
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Global Health Experiences Provide Opportunity for Student Research
This summer, the first class of medical students began their Area of Scholarly Concentration research projects, a new requirement under the revised curriculum. Three students decided to take their project overseas.
