Feinberg Research Office Monthly Newsletters 2014

December 2014
Inside this Issue
- Solving healthcare problems with biomedical informatics (features Justin Starren, MD, PhD, Siddhartha Jonnalagadda, PhD, Ramana Davuluri, PhD, and Nicholas Soulakis, PhD)
- Introducing the Advanced Bioinformatics and Bio-Computation Core
- Profiles: Mark Hersam, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Pulmonary, McCormick School of Engineering, and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Mary Carns, Scleroderma Program coordinator; and James Howard, Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program PhD student
- Sponsored awards (Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc, and Donald McCrimmon, PhD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

November 2014
Inside this Issue
- HIV/AIDS research expands at Feinberg across many departments (features Richard D'Aquila, MD, Thomas Hope, PhD, Patrick Kiser, PhD, Robert Murphy, MD, and more)
- Profiles: Jindan Yu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine-Hematology/Oncology; Peggy Murphy, MLS, Librarian and Communications Manager, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute; and Josh Glaser, Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program student
- Sponsored awards (Karen Ridge, PhD, and Robert Lavker, PhD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

October 2014
Inside this Issue
- Linking electronic health records (EHRs) across Chicagoland (featuring Abel Kho, PhD, and CAPriCORN)
- Profiles: David Gius, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology; Jennifer Pacheco, NUgene informatics lead; and Jessica Wilson, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program student
- Sponsored awards (Deyu Fang, PhD; and Emily Su, MD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

September 2014
Inside this Issue
- Pharmacology leverages genomics to fuel drug discovery at Feinberg (featuring Alfred L. George, Jr., MD)
- New PhD students arrive on campus
- Profiles: Christian Stehlik, PhD, John P. Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology; Pamela Carpentier, Assistant Director, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences; and Anil Wadhwani, Medical Science Training Program student
- Sponsored awards (Athanassios Vassilopoulos, PhD; and Ming Zhao, PhD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

August 2014
Inside this Issue
- Next-generation imaging advances at Feinberg with new leadership, big ideas (features Josh Rappoport, PhD, director of the new Center for Advanced Microscopy at Feinberg)
- Feinberg's Medical Scientist Training Program celebrates 50 years
- Profiles: J. Julie Kim, PhD, Susy Y Hung Research Professor and Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology-Reproductive Biology Research; Barbara Sutcliffe, Program Assistant for the Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders; and Ted Cybulski, student in the Medical Scientist Training Program
- Sponsored awards (Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS; and Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

June 2014
Inside this Issue
- Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, says science and surgery are the key to solving brain cancer
- 2014 PhD graduates of the Feinberg School of Medicine
- Profiles: Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, Professor of Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Tasneem Uting, Research Administrator in Preventive Medicine; Mark Hoggarth, student in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Program
- Sponsored awards (Norrina Allen, PhD, MPH; and Jason Wertheim, MD, PhD), NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

May 2014
Inside this Issue
- Harnessing chemistry to halt blood cancers in the laboratory of Jonathan Licht, MD
- HIV Cure Workshop unites scientists and inspiration, thanks to Timothy Ray Brown
- Profiles: Eva Gottwein, PhD, Assistant Professor in Microbiology/Immunology; and Celeste Mallama, Student, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences
- Sponsored awards, NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

April 2014
Inside this Issue
- Upper motor neurons take center stage in the lab of Hande Ozdinler, PhD (ALS research)
- 2014 Research Day roundup and list of winners
- Profiles: Michael Markl, PhD, Associate Professor in Radiology & McCormick School of Engineering; Theanne Griffith, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) Program; Michael Moore, PhD, INVO Inventions Manager
- Sponsored awards, NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

March 2014
Inside this Issue
- Scientists at Northwestern, including Michael Ison, MD, are working to uncover and combat influenza's deadly secrets
- Dixon Awards for Translational Research announced
- Profiles: Elizabeth Eklund, PhD, Professor of Medicine-Hematology and Oncology; Kamonwan "Pear" Fish, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences and Master of Public Health Program Student; Rosa Pico, Division Administrator 3, Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute
- Sponsored awards, NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more

February 2014
Inside this Issue
- Krainc, Center for Rare Neurological Diseases, reimagine approach to neurodegenerative disease
- Research Day call for abstracts
- Profiles: Konrad Kording, PhD, Associate Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Physiology; Jill Johnson, IBNAM Program Manager; Adenike Adweuyi, Medical Scientist Training Program student
- Sponsored awards, high-impact research, funding opportunities, and more
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