News and Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Institute for Public Health and Medicine.
09.25.2024Since 2013, Feinberg medical students have provided cardiovascular disease risk assessments and health counseling to underserved community members across Chicago through the Keep Your Heart Healthy program.
09.24.2024New research shows that patients with limited English proficiency may seek out care at lower-quality hospitals despite an increased travel distance and higher hospital readmission rates.
09.18.2024A popular weight loss drug is psychiatrically safe for people without a history of significant mental health disorders, according to a new clinical trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
09.12.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have conducted the largest lifestyle-intervention trial for U.S. South Asians, helping build a larger body of research to better represent the diverse and vastly underrepresented group.
09.10.2024A recent publication has outlined the novel and practical approach to improving transplant equity pioneered by Northwestern’s African American Transplant Access Program.
09.10.2024The National Institute on Aging has awarded Northwestern University $19.9 million to study how incarceration affects the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
09.03.2024Scientists have found that pediatricians are more likely to have conversations with parents about gun safety and secure storage if they receive a “nudge” from an electronic health record.
08.28.2024Nearly 20 percent of suicides in Illinois between 2020 and 2021 were among people 65 years and older, according to recently released data.
08.27.2024Third-year HSIP student Emily Dinelli has been awarded the Mobility is Freedom Fund scholarship for her research into the unmet needs of Black populations with dysvascular lower limb amputations.
08.20.2024Researchers at Northwestern’s Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics have identified intervention opportunities to prevent drug overdoses among older adults.
08.13.2024A new NEI-backed study, led by Dustin D French, PhD, aims to model risk for diabetic retinopathy among Black and Latino populations.
08.09.2024Dietary acculturation may increase the risk of heart disease for people of Hispanic or Latino heritage in the U.S., according to a study published in Circulation.
08.06.2024New research led by Rachel O’Conor, PhD, MPH, examines patient-to-caregiver transitions in medication management among older adults with dementia.
07.24.2024Three Feinberg medical students have been named 2024-2025 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows, a program to support fellows’ design and implementation of innovative projects to address the health needs of underserved Chicago communities.
07.12.2024New Northwestern research shows that being near and having more exposure to urban green space and blue (water) space is linked to lower odds of having coronary artery calcification in middle age.
07.09.2024The 2024 Global Food Allergy Prevention Summit drew clinicians and researchers from around the world to strategize the future of food allergy prevention research.
07.05.2024Circulating protein levels may serve as a biomarker for cardiorespiratory fitness, an important but previously hard-to-measure component of overall health, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
07.03.2024Vitamin B3 supplements may help people with peripheral artery disease walk farther, according to a Northwestern Medicine-led clinical trial published in Nature Communications.
07.02.2024Kranti Rumalla, a second-year medical student at Feinberg, was the lead author of a study that found racial disparities among patients who were disenrolled from Medicaid coverage after the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
07.02.2024Epidemiologists form the analytical backbone of public health. The Center for Epidemiology and Population Health is drawing on new technologies to expand that work.
06.25.2024A new partnership between ROOTS & WINGS Charitable Foundation and The Osher Center support breast cancer patients through complimentary appointments.
06.18.2024New research offers insights on integrating research-based solutions into pediatric primary care.
06.03.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have been awarded $17 million to study genetic causes of autism and schizophrenia, with the aim of developing new drugs to treat the conditions.
05.29.2024The surge in RSV cases following the COVID-19 pandemic may have been, in part, caused by increased testing and changes to the RSV genome, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.
05.28.2024Public Health experts continue to investigate the devastating impact of the opioid epidemic, its roots, consequences, and potential solutions.
05.20.2024In obesity treatments, patients who only received technology assistance were less likely to show weight loss than those who also received help from a human coach, according to a new study.
05.08.2024Semaglutide, sold under brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, can help reduce heart failure symptoms and reduce heart failure hospitalizations in patients with obesity, according to a pair of studies published in The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine.
04.23.2024Feinberg investigators have been selected to lead a $15 million American Heart Association research initiative studying the role of inflammation in heart disease.
04.22.2024Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, MHM was named a Master in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine, considered by some to be the “Hall of Fame for hospital medicine.”