Feinberg Research Newsletters
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November 2021
Inside This Issue
- Decoding the Proteome
- Les Turner ALS Symposium Celebrates Advances in Research and Patient Care
- Investigating the Pathologic Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease: Leah Cuddy, PhD, research assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology
- How Neurons See: Sophia Wienbar, graduate student in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program
- Creating Tools to Shape Research: Matthew Baumann, developer at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
October 2021
Inside This Issue
- Cultivating Africa’s Research Enterprise
- Surmeier Wins 2021 Tripartite Prize
- Improving Cancer Care and Survival Through Evidence-Based and Health Equity Research: Betina Yanez, PhD, associate professor of Medical Social Sciences
- Investigating the Epigenome of Alzheimer’s Disease: Bryan McClarty, fifth-year student in the Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
- Coordinating Education at Lurie Cancer Center: Kate Harken, administrative director of education and development at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
September 2021
Inside This Issue
- Translational Science: Glioblastoma
- Welcome New PhD Students
- Studying the Evolution and Pathogenicity of Novel Bacteria in Humans: Hank Seifert, PhD, the John Edward Porter Professor of Biomedical Research and professor of Microbiology-Immunology
- Unmet Needs: Mental Health Services in the Youth Justice System: María José Luna, Clinical Psychology PhD Program
- Untangling Red Tape: Sharnia Lashley, MS, senior regulatory coordinator, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute
- Health Disparities Resources and Research Tools
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
August 2021
Inside This Issue
- Advancing Health Equity Research at Feinberg
- Creating Experimental and Computational Tools to Devise Novel Protein Therapeutics: Gabriel Rocklin, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology
- Uncovering the Genetics of Epilepsy: Hannah Happ, fifth-year student in the Driskill Graduate Program
in Life Sciences (DGP) - Reducing Resident Burnout with the SECOND Trial: Daniela Amortegui, MA, research project coordinator at the Surgical Outcomes & Quality Improvement Center
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
June 2021
Inside This Issue
- Feinberg Leaders Tackle Cardiovascular Research and Advocacy in Chicago and Nationally
- Northwestern Accepting Nominations for $200,000 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
- Krainic Receives NIH Grant
- Characterizing Molecular Mechanisms That Drive Brain Tumorigenesis and Metastasis: Peiwen Chen, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery
- Investigating Motor Impairment After Stroke: Grace Bellinger, fifth-year PhD/MPH candidate in NIUN program
- Supporting Clinical Trials at Feinberg: Carlos Martinez, clinical research project manager, Center for Translational Metabolism and Health
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
May 2021
Inside This Issue
- Transforming Pediatric Medicine Through Research
- Feinberg Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Webinar now available to view on-demand
- Improving the Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Neuro-infectious Diseases at Home and Abroad: Igor Koralnik, MD, the Archibald Church Professor of Neurology and chief of Neuro-infectious Disease and Global Neurology in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology
- Exploring Epidermal Tissue Development: Marihan Hegazy, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Coordinating Research at CFAAR: Kathy Boon, MPH, senior program administrator at the Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
April 2021
Inside This Issue
- Sex Differences in Preclinical Science
- Feinberg Rises to 15th in 2022 U.S. News Ranking
- Seventy-Five Years of Partnership
- Uncovering How Neural Mechanisms Shape Behavior Control: Ann Kennedy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology
- Virology: Studying the "Edge of Life:" Daniel Giraldo Perez, sixth-year student, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Award-Winning Management at IPHAM: Juleen Morford, manager of research administration at the Institute for Public Health and Medicine
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
March 2021
Inside This Issue
- Northwestern Medicine Scientists Track COVID-19 Variants
- Oliver to Receive Benditt Award for Pioneering Research on Lymphatic System
- Tackling the Spread and Impact of Infectious Diseases and Viral Infections: Michael Ison, MD, MS, professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and of Surgery in the Division of Organ Transplantation
- Understanding the Labor Cascade: Ariel Dotts, student, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Unlocking the Genome: Laura Shihadah, core technician at the NUSeq Core Facility
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more
February 2021
Inside This Issue
- Northwestern’s Lung Transplant Team Takes on COVID-19
- Quaggin Selected to Lead American Society of Nephrology
- Watch Recently Recorded Videos From the IPHAM Webinar Series
- Collaboration at the Core of Cutting-Edge Epigenomics Research: Feng Yue, PhD, the Duane and Susan Burnham Professor of Molecular Medicine and director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Analysis at the Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine
- Advancing Wellbeing With Digital Tools: Geneva Jonathan, Clinical Psychology PhD student
- Data Analysis From Head to Toe Quan Mai, research analyst, Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities graduate student/post-doc events and opportunities and more