News and Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Institute for Public Health and Medicine.
- 03.12.2024
Researchers at Northwestern’s Center for Behavioral Intervention Technology are pursuing the latest advancements in digital mental health to address the growing national crisis.
- 02.28.2024
Lisa Namatame, a first-year Physician Assistant (PA) student, was recently awarded a scholarship from the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration.
- 01.22.2024
A new National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of contemporary behavioral and social science researchers working in community-engaged research.
- 01.17.2024
Nearly two-thirds of patients with diabetes either discontinued their second-line medication, switched to a different medication class or intensified their treatment, according to a recent study.
- 12.05.2023
Babies of parents who speak a language other than English may be more likely to be unnecessarily hospitalized when visiting the emergency department for high fevers, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
- 11.28.2023
Individuals born in the U.S. had a higher rate of giving birth prematurely compared to U.S. immigrants, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.
- 11.17.2023
For the first time in 10 years, the American Heart Association has updated the model to predict someone’s risk of developing heart disease.
- 11.13.2023
Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure-reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, according to a new study published in JAMA.
- 11.06.2023
Northwestern University’s new one-year Master of Science in Epidemiology provides students with an accelerated, rigorous education steeped in the very latest epidemiological research.
- 10.27.2023
Northwestern University has been awarded a $24 million grant to standardize measurement tools used to evaluate childhood health nationwide as part of the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program.
- 10.13.2023
Transgender women and Black gay and bisexual men in Chicago are nearly twice as likely to contract syphilis at some point in their lives as white gay men, according to a new study.
- 10.12.2023
A new Northwestern Medicine study has found obesity before pregnancy is the root cause of future cardiovascular disease, rather than pregnancy complications.
- 10.10.2023
Combining an immune checkpoint inhibitor with standard chemotherapy improved quality of life for patients with advanced stomach cancer or esophageal cancer compared to chemotherapy alone, according to recent findings published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- 09.26.2023
An ongoing partnership between the Oak Park Public Library and Northwestern University scientists seeks to improve mental health resources for teens.
- 09.26.2023
Master of Public Health student Anna Rietti applies her background in healthtech to help address pressing healthcare issues around the globe and right here in Chicago.
- 09.15.2023
Feinberg investigators, students, trainees and faculty celebrated discovery and presented scientific research at Feinberg’s 17th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Sept. 14.
- 09.14.2023Parenting practices play a central role in promoting physical activity among South Asian children, which may be critical in addressing health concerns.
- 09.12.2023
Kwang-Youn A Kim, PhD, associate professor of preventive medicine in biostatistics, has been named the new director of Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Biostatistics program.
- 09.05.2023
David Cella, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, has been named the winner of the 2023 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education.
- 09.05.2023
The Institute for Public Health and Medicine welcomes the Osher Center for Integrative Health as its newest member, celebrating the next phase in the long-standing partnership.
- 08.29.2023
Sexual minority women have a higher risk of postpartum depression but are less likely to have their sexual identities documented in electronic medical records, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
- 08.29.2023
In just six and half years, advancements in surgical technique and new approaches to enhanced recovery have significantly improved perioperative outcomes for lung cancer patients in Illinois.
- 08.14.2023
Marlise Pierre-Wright, ‘22 MD, MPA, an internal medicine resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and former medical student, has been awarded a multi-institutional grant for her project that will bolster trauma-informed care curriculum and training for residents.
- 08.08.2023
Time-restricted eating without calorie counting was as effective as a calorie restriction diet for weight loss and cardiometabolic risk reduction in obese adults, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
- 08.07.2023Scientists at Northwestern University’s Institute for Public Health and Medicine have developed a new rapid-cycle evaluation approach to help surgical teams adopt new techniques faster.
- 08.04.2023
Kai Holder, a fourth-year medical student, and Sydney Love Cush, a second-year medical student, have been named 2023-2024 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows.
- 07.28.2023
Black residents living in highly segregated neighborhoods have significantly shortened life expectancies, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
- 07.25.2023
Third-year PhD student Jingzhi Yu seeks to transform patient care through data-driven analysis and close collaboration with medical providers.
- 07.18.2023
Recent and long-term marijuana use is linked to changes in the human genome, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry has found.