Feinberg Research Office Monthly Newsletters 2017

December 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

November 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

October 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

September 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

August 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

June 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

May 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

April 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

March 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more

February 2017
Inside this Issue
- 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
- NIH news, high-impact research, funding opportunities and more
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