Feinberg Research Newsletters
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December 2022
Inside This Issue
- Mapping the Brain
- Feinberg Investigators Featured on Global 'Highly Cited' List
- Investigating the Dynamics Underlying Memory and Cognitive Control
- Analyzing the Connection Between Estrogen and Fibrosis
- Integrating into the Research Environment

November 2022
Inside This Issue
- Using Synthetic Biology to Address Complex Problems
- Medical School Receives Largest Research Funding in 2022
- Understanding and Addressing Cardiovascular Disease Disparities: Nilay Shah, MD, MPH
- Identifying How the Innate Immune System Regulates Cardiac Regeneration: Connor Lantz
- Building a Career at Northwestern: Den Gonzalez

October 2022
Inside This Issue
- Preventing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
- Center for Genetic Medicine Announces New Director for TTML
- Improving Healthcare Quality, Systems and Outcomes: Reinad Beidas, PhD
- Utlizing Computational Models to Look at the Brain: Qiaohan Yang
- Illustrating Complex Biomedical Research: Brianna Monroe, MS

September 2022
Inside This Issue
- Advancing Lung Health Through Discovery-Based Research
- New Center for Human Immunobiology Launches at Northwestern
- Improving Equitable Access to Medical and Public Health Interventions: Sara Becker, PhD
- Identifying Psychosocial Factors that Impact Health: Emily Fu
- Equipping and Empowering the Research Enterprise: Piper Hawkins-Green

August 2022
Inside This Issue
- Leading Translational Gastroenterology Research
- Northwestern Hospitals Among the Best in Latest U.S. News Rankings
- Feinberg Shares New Research Priorities
- Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: Susanna McColley, MD

June 2022
Inside This Issue
- Building the Data Pipeline
- Feinberg Announces 2022 Mentors of the Year
- Understanding the Root Neurobiological Mechanisms of Cognitive Behavior
- Developing Computational Models and Cultivating Curiosity
- Re-imagining Staffing and Process in the Office for Research

May 2022
Inside This Issue
- Accelerating Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Research
- Women in Medicine Conference Celebrates Gender Equity
- Studying the Cancer Cell Transcriptome and Epigenome to Improve Cancer Therapy Response
- Epilepsy-associated Gene Mutations: Rummi Ganguly
- Providing Tools and Data through I.AIM: Ngan McDonald

April 2022
Inside This Issue
- Expanding HIV Science
- Groundbreaking Molecular Neuroscientist to Receive 2022 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
- Improving Diagnosis, Care and Outcomes for Acutely Ill and Injured Pediatric Patients: Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
- Mechanisms of Transendothelial Migration: Vanessa Hayashi
- Ethics of Organ Transplantation and Donation: Jefferson Uriarte

March 2022
Inside This Issue
- Pursuing Deeper Understanding about the Most Common Type of Heart Failure
- Feinberg Hosts Research Retreat
- Employing Bioinformatics and Single-Cell Sequencing to Identify Underlying Mechanisms of Human Disease: Ruli Gao, PhD
- Macrophage Metabolism and Heart Failure: Mallory Filip
- Grant Support for Microbiology and Neuroscience: Kayla Palmer, MS

February 2022
Inside This Issue
- Elucidating Parkinson’s Disease
- New Potocsnak Longevity Institute Hopes to Lengthen Human ‘Healthspan’
- Uncovering How Stress Affects Brain Structure and Function to Optimally Treat Mental Illness: Sachin Patel, MD, PhD, chair and the Lizzie Gilman Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Untangling Disease Mechanisms of PACS1 Syndrome: Lauren Rylaarsdam, student in the NUIN program
- New Executive Director for Research Facilities: Andrea Hall, PhD