Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, highlights an effort underway at Northwestern's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute to help reduce expenditures for surgical procedures. The work is helping to advance the Northwestern Medicine shared goal that focuses on ways to manage healthcare costs.  Watch video >

The Developmental Therapeutics Institute, a major new initiative established with an initial $10 million investment, will bring more early-stage clinical studies of new anti-cancer approaches to Chicago.

One of eight centers in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, the CCH will facilitate multi-disciplinary, partnered efforts that integrate public policy and population health.

The Chicago Urban League honored Dr. Marsh for her dynamic work to advance medicine and recognized her efforts as the founder of the Northwestern Medicine Scholars Program at Westinghouse College Prep.  Read more >

Physicians and scientists from across the country came to the medical school last week to honor Yale's Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD, one of the nation's most innovative young scientists. Medzhitov was the first recipient of the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, established by global philanthropist Ann Lurie.

The Health Services and Outcomes Research Graduate Program will offer two new certificate options this fall. The goal of each self-paced certificate, which can be pursued during full-time employment, is to provide targeted analytical training and topical instruction to researchers and clinicians who would like to expand their work in the field of health services and outcomes research. The methodology certificate is primarily suited for researchers and clinicians who wish to strengthen their research skills and methodological acumen. The contemporary issues certificate provides content expertise for pre- and post-doctoral students and others who would like to pursue research examining health services delivery, health outcomes, or health policy. The deadline for fall 2013 admission is June 15. For more information, email HSOR@northwestern.edu.