Only Half of U.S. Kids and Teens Have Ideal Cholesterol Levels

Cholesterol levels in U.S. youth have improved from 1999 to 2016, but only half of children and adolescents are in the ideal range, according to a new study published in JAMA.

Feinberg Launches Institute for Global Health

Northwestern has established a new Institute for Global Health that aims to improve health in middle- and lower-income countries around the world and deepens the medical school’s commitment to solving health problems worldwide.

Huffman Named a 2019 Emerging Leader by National Academy of Medicine

Mark Huffman, MD, MPH, the Quentin D. Young Professor of Health Policy, has been named a 2019 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine.

Students, Residents Travel to Support Diversity in Medicine

Students, residents, faculty and staff recently traveled to Philadelphia to attend the Student National Medical Association annual conference for current and future underrepresented minority medical students.

Celebrating 45 Years at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Less than a month after she graduated from nursing school in 1974, Margaret “Marge” Pierce, BSN, RN, OCN, was hired at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the former Wesley Memorial Hospital in Chicago. While she’s worked in many campus configurations over 45 years, Pierce proudly says she has worked in only three departments.

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