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My Northwestern Medicine July 1, 2020

New Assistant Deans Named in Medical Education

New Assistant Deans Named in Medical Education

Three Feinberg faculty members have been promoted leadership roles in medical education: Khalilah Gates, MD, '10 GME, Ike Okwuosa, MD, ’13 GME, and Linda Suleiman, MD, ’17 GME, have all been named assistant deans of medical education.

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New Genetic Regulators Could Improve Cancer Immunotherapy

A genetic screen has revealed previously unknown regulators of Foxp3, a transcription factor that, when deactivated, may improve patient response to aggressive cancers, according to a recent study published in Nature.

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Comforting and Monitoring 7,600 COVID-19 Patients at Home

Northwestern Medicine investigators undertook a massive, new, daily home-monitoring program of patients presumed positive for COVID-19 with the assistance of nurses, nurse practitioners, a large workforce of medical students, physicians’ assistants and daily questionnaires delivered through electronic health records.

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Surmeier Receives Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

D. James Surmeier, PhD, chair and the Nathan Smith Davis Professor of Physiology, has received the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke’s Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award for demonstrated scientific excellence and productivity in the field of neurological research.

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Advancing Health Equity for the LGBTQ Community

Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing has become a leader in sexual and gender minority health research and intervention programs with the goal of advancing health equity for the LGBTQ community.

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Cross-Functional Team Ensures PPE Needs Are Met

Health system employees from accounts payable, the vendor team, supply chain, treasury, internal audit and the Office of General Counsel came together to help keep physicians, staff and patients safe.

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Remembering James Houk, PhD

James Houk, PhD, former chair and professor of Physiology whose Feinberg career spanned more than 40 years, passed away on June 11.

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