5-year, $31.5 Million Grant for Lurie Cancer Center

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University has been renewed for a fourth five-year grant, totaling $31.5 million and representing a 36 percent increase over its previous funding.

Mechanisms Driving Inherited Heart Disease

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a novel mechanism for how mutations in desmoplakin — a protein that helps cells stick together — can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and other diseases.

$11.5 Million NCI Award to Accelerate Brain Tumor Research

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded a new, five-year $11.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to advance translational brain cancer research.

Podcast: When Children Need Palliative Care

Anticipating, preventing and treating suffering is at the heart of excellent palliative care. Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH, discusses the importance of palliative care in pediatric hospitals and how she works with young patients and their families when they're facing a deadly health condition.

First-Year Medical Students Explore Curriculum and Profession

During Introduction to the Profession Week, new first-year medical students are introduced to the unique responsibilities of a career in medicine.

New NMH Emergency Department Reception and Care Space Opens

Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s new renovation allows for efficient patient care in a safe and private environment.

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