Using Genomics to Understand the Severity of Bacterial Infections

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered a novel pathogenic mechanism used by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa to promote more severe infections.

Center for Health Services and Outcomes Names New Director

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, associate director of the Institute for Healthcare Delivery and Population Science at Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been named director of IPHAM’s Center for Health Services and Outcomes.

Study Finds Broad Therapeutic Potential for Nanoparticles

Spherical nucleic acids traveled to different organs in the body depending on the type of protein coating applied, according to a recent study, potentially allowing the nanoparticles to target genetic drivers of disease.

Heart Disease, Racial Disparities and COVID-19

Clyde Yancy, MD, and Robert Bonow, MD, discuss how racial disparities, including lower socioeconomic status and pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, can lead African-Americans to be at higher risk for contracting and dying from COVID-19.

First-Year Student Helps Organize COVID-19 Student Volunteer Effort

First-year medical student Tazim Merchant co-organized a COVID-19 volunteer effort among medical students and graduate students at Feinberg to support healthcare workers, older community members and working parents in Chicago during the pandemic.

Physicians Play Their Hearts Out for Nursing Staff

Northwestern Medicine physicians recently used the power of music to lift the spirits of the staff at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital – all while standing six feet apart and wearing PPE.

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