JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER

Expanding the Evidence for Behavioral Interventions in Gastroenterology

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Feinberg has a distinct strength in understanding how behavior and lifestyle influence gastrointestinal health. Through its work and in collaboration with the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center, the division conducts research aimed at improving treatments for disorders of the digestive tract and related organs.

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Announcing the 2026 Research Day Keynote Speaker

John Rogers, PhD, will be the keynote speaker at the 20th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on September 10, 2026.

Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery at Northwestern, where he has appointments in the McCormick School of Engineering and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He also directs the Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics and the Querrey Simpson Institute for Translational Engineering and Advanced Medical Systems.

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Faculty Profile

Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Advancing Infection Prevention

Jennie Kwon, DO, is the Gene Stollerman Professor of Medicine and chief of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine. Her lab investigates reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant organisms and develops new approaches that improve the detection, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.

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Staff Profile

Leading Divisional Needs to Support Research

Christine De Luca is a division administrator for the Division of Cardiology at Feinberg. In her role, she provides administrative support to clinicians and scientists within the Division of Cardiology, including research, faculty affairs and more.

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Student Profile

Understanding Tumor Heterogeneity and Evolution

Qixuan Wang is a student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences (DGP). In the laboratory of Feng Yue, PhD, Wang studies tumor heterogeneity and evolution.

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Campus Events

Research in the News

CNN — New surgeon general’s advisory raises alarm about screen time risks for kids and teens with Courtney Blackwell, PhD

FOX Chicago — Heart disease may start in the womb, new study finds with Nilay Shah, MD

Crain's Chicago Business —Diabetes drug eclipsed by GLP-1s may still have some tricks up its sleeve with Navdeep Chandel, PhD

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NUCATS Corner

NUCATS x NICO Symposium Sparks Interdisciplinary Collaboration

A novel, team-focused approach from NUCATS and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) is bringing together faculty from across Northwestern to identify previously unexplored collaboration opportunites.

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Breakthroughs Podcast

How a Tiny Device Could Transform Fetal Surgery with Aimen Shaaban, MD

In this episode, Aimen Shaaban, MD, explains how the device works, how the collaboration took place and what it will take to bring this technology out of the lab and into clinical care.

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Breakthroughs Podcast

What is the Genetic Overlap Between Autism and Schizophrenia? with Peter Penzes, PhD

In this episode, Penzes discusses the recent discovery and how this research could one day offer earlier diagnosis, more precise treatment and better outcomes for patients.

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Galter Library

Making Data Count: Recognizing Data as Scholarship

For decades our attention has focused on publications as the key product of research. The Make Data Count initiative (MDC) is working to address this gap by building open standardized metrics, infrastructure and community support needed to treat data as a first-class scholarly output.

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Sponsored Research

How the Immune System May Shape Behavior

Reesha Patel, PhD, assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behaviorial Sciences and of Neuroscience, received a new grant from the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study allergic inflammation and neural circuit function.

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High Impact Research

Nikolcheva T, Pagano G, Anzures-Cabrera J, Trundell D, Kustermann T, Simuni T, Marek K, Pavese N, Seppi K, Stocchi F, Postuma RB, Pross N, Monnet A, Respondek G, Schlegel V, Boak L, Rutten-Jacobs L, Kerchner GA, Brundin P, Svoboda H, Bonni A, PADOVA Investigators, Prasinezumab Study Group. Efficacy and safety of intravenous prasinezumab in individuals with early-stage Parkinson's disease on stable symptomatic monotherapy (PADOVA): a phase 2b, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet. May 2026; 407(10544):2227-2240.

Sayuk GS, Brenner DM, Carbone F, Knowles SR, Lacy BE, Staudacher HM, Ford AC. Design of Treatment Trials for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction. Gastroenterology. May 2026; 170(6):1388-1407.

Shen J, Brown RJ, Zhang Y, Gai K, Brown AK, Bauer AM, Zhu A, Lin S, Niu H, Kharel A, Xu Z, Cohen GS, Depauw TA, Fagerberg E, Kansas GS, Joshi NS, Jameson SC, Cui W. Krüppel-like factors 2 and 3 regulate T cell exhaustion by directing T cell residency and migration. Immunity. May 2026; 59(5):1287-1305.e7.

Soliman SHA, De Fabritiis S, Iwanaszko M, Lin LA, Das M, Gold S, Andersen GD, Chakrabarty RP, Chandel NS, Shilatifard A. Hypoxia-responsive interaction between P-TEFb, BHLHE40, and Tim8-Tim13 regulates hypoxic gene transcription. Science Advances. May 2026; 12(21):eadz9295.

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Featured Core

Biostatistics Collaboration Center

The mission of the Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC) is to support Feinberg investigators in the conduct of high-quality, innovative, health-related research by providing expertise in biostatistics, statistical programming and data management. 

The BCC provides Northwestern-affiliated investigators an initial one hour consultation, subsidized by the Feinberg Research Office. Grant writing (e.g. developing analysis plans, sample size calculations) is also supported at no cost to full-time Feinberg faculty at the level of instructor or higher. The goal is to cultivate a collaborative environment and establish relationships that will lead to successful grant applications.

Learn more about consultations and statistical support offered by the BCC.

NIH Notices

• Notice of Pre-application Webinar for the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP)
  (NOT-CA-26-016)
  National Cancer Institute
  
  
• NIDCD Fellowship & Loan Repayment Program Pre-Application Information Sessions
  (NOT-DC-26-005)
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorder
  
  
• Notice of Informational Webinar on the NIGMS Maximizing Investigators Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) (R35)
  (NOT-GM-26-006)
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  
  
• Reminder Definition of Foreign Components
  (NOT-OD-26-084)
  National Institutes of Health

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