D’Aquila Named Director of NUCATS

Richard D’Aquila, MD, the Howard Taylor Ricketts, MD, Professor of Medicine, has been named director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute, and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research.

Celebrating Feinberg's MD Class of 2020

Students, faculty and family gathered via a unique virtual ceremony to celebrate the graduation of Feinberg School of Medicine’s MD Class of 2020.

Muscle Synergy Helps Maintain Joint Balance

The nervous system groups sets of muscles producing opposing forces on joints, firing the muscles simultaneously to ensure joints aren’t stressed or injured by unbalanced forces, according to a recent study.

Origin of Cancer Cells Influences Skin Cancer Prognosis

A new Northwestern Medicine study has found important differences in rare skin lymphomas stemming from their specific cell of origin and clinical presentations, according to findings published in Nature Communications.

Modeling COVID-19 Transmission and Containment Efforts

Jaline Gerardin, PhD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology, discussed how data modeling has helped evaluate COVID-19 transmission rates and containment efforts in Illinois during a recent IPHAM webinar.

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