Feinberg Research Office Monthly Newsletters 2014: Research: Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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