Tag: Students
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Celebrating Match Day 2015
At Match Day, the Class of 2015 learned where they will spend the next phase of their medical careers.
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Medical Honor Society Inducts New Members
The newest members of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society were inducted at a ceremony on March 18.
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Physician Assistant Student Honored for Lifesaving
The Addison Fire Protection District presented second-year physician assistant student Andrea Duffey with an American Heart Association award for saving a woman’s life.
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Graduate Student Receives Award for Bone Development Research
Rebecca Anderson, a graduate student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, received the Graduate Student Award from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago for her research on bone development to better understand skeletal dysplasia.
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Investigating Medical Careers with High School Students
Feinberg medical and physical therapy students organized a hands-on learning workshop and guided students from underrepresented backgrounds in high school and college through a research project as part of the six-week Health Professions Recruitment & Exposure Program (HPREP).
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Returning Home for a Clinical Rotation
Second-year physician assistant student Shanta Clark returned home to complete her family medicine rotation with her American Indian tribe, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, and its Department of Health Services in Southwestern Michigan.
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2014: The Year in Review
“For the medical school, 2014 was a tremendous year,” said Eric G. Neilson, MD, vice president for medical affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean. A collection of stories spotlight some of the notable moments from the past year.
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Pipeline Program Fosters Mentorship in Medicine
A new pipeline program promotes mentorship and networking for students, residents and faculty members from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in medicine, with the goal of preparing medical students for residency and future careers.
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DPT Students Complete First Clinical Rotation in Chile
A group of doctor of physical therapy students travelled to Chile for a clinical rotation focused on respiratory therapy, the first group of students to take part in the program since the partnership between Northwestern University and University of San Sebastian was established in 2012.
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Transcription Factor Regulates Repair Pathways in the Lung
In a new study, scientists found that the transcription factor EHF regulates pathways in respiratory epithelial cells that are important for repair of damaged cells and in maintaining the lung surface’s barrier function.
