Feinberg Research Office Monthly Newsletters 2017: Research: Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University

Breaking ground in the field of personalized neurology
Gift creates Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics
Profiles: Joshua Rappoport, PhD; Anna Toth MD/PhD student; Grisel Marie Robles-Schrader, MPA, NUCATS
Sponsored awards: Daniela Menichella, MD, PhD; Adam Sonabend, MD
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Fostering new innovation at Feinberg
Spotlight on recent poster sessions
Profiles: Lei Wang, PhD; Aparna Balakrishnan, MPH, Health Sciences Integrated PhD program; Ashley Sipocz, MPH, NUCATS
Sponsored awards: Richard Gershon, PhD; CongCong He, PhD
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A new strategic research plan for Feinberg
Two years of construction progress on the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center
Profiles: Amy Paller, MD; Fei Chen, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences; David Murray, Research Technician
Sponsored awards: Leena Sharma, MD; Hongxin Dong, MD, PhD
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Karla Satchell, PhD, professor of Microbiology-Immunology, named co-director of the Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases at Feinberg.
Incoming PhD students arrive on campus
Profiles: Mark Bevan, PhD; Ashlee Bell-Cohn; Katya Klyachko, PhD
Sponsored awards: John Kalapurakal, MD; Swati Kulkarni, MD
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Find out how Feinberg is helping Northwestern University make a mark in translational medicine
New associate director of NUCATS named
Profiles: Xinkun Wang, PhD, director of the NUSeq Core Facility at the Center for Genetic Medicine, Allison Carroll, Clinical Psychology PhD Program and Brent Smith, Senior Financial Administrator, Research Administration Services
Sponsored awards: David Mohr, PhD, director of Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies and professor of Preventive Medicine, Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Melissa Brown, PhD, professor of Microbiology-Immunology
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Northwestern is embarking on a groundbreaking national research project, All of Us, which aims to advance the field of precision medicine.
Feinberg celebrates students at convocation
Profiles: Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and of Pharmacology, Kritika Navar, a fourth-year student in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program and Alexandra Manetas, financial administrator in the office for Research Administration Services
Sponsored awards: Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics and Primary Care and Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology; Emily Rogalski, PhD, research associate professor in the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center
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Scientists such as Bonnie Spring, PhD, Christine Pellegrini, PhD, Arun Jayaraman, PhD and John Rogers, PhD explain how they are using wearable technology to track patient data.
Insights from computational research day
Profiles: Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD, assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Megan Novak, Driskill Graduate Program is Life Sciences and Keith Herzog, assistant director of evaluation, NUCATS
Sponsored awards: Irina Budunova, MD, PhD, associate professor of Dermatology and Urology; Atique Ahmed, PhD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery
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The Lurie Cancer Center's OncoSET program, led by Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, is pioneering precision medicine in cancer
Research Day 2017 winners
Profiles:Ryan Drenan, PhD, associate professor of Pharmacology; Jasmine May, Medical Scientist Training Program; Elizabeth Wylie, MHA, Executive Director, Northwestern Simulation
Sponsored awards: James Griffith, PhD, research assistant professor of Medical Social Sciences; John Crispino, PhD, Robert I. Lurie, MD, and Lora S. Lurie Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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Research from Next Generation of Physician-Scientists, Matt Feinstein, '11 MD; Ijeoma Okeigwe, MD, MPH; Ravi Rajaram, MD, MSc; Joshua Waitzman, '15 MD, '13 PhD
Research Retreat 2017
Profiles: Maha Hussain, MD, FACO, FASCO, the Genevieve E. Teuton Professor of Medicine; Lisa Wren, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences; Arianne Kelly, Research Data Analyst in the Office for Research
Sponsored awards: Zachary Smith, MD, assistant professor of Neurological Surgery; Linda Van Horn, PHD, RD, professor of Preventive Medicine
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Uncovering Metabolism’s Clockwork, Joseph Bass, MD, PhD
Call for Research Day Abstracts 2017
Profiles: Daniel Foltz, ’01 PhD, associate professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hannah Gavin, Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, Chernise Bailey-Turner, Program Assistant, NUIN
Sponsored awards: Mary McDermott, MD, Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics; Sergejs Berdnikovs, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Immunology
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