News & Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
06.04.2025Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a promising approach to killing treatment-resistant cancer cells by exploiting their hidden metabolic vulnerabilities, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
06.03.2025Lilian Bui, ‘25 MD, ’25 MPH, a recent Feinberg graduate, completed two global health rotations as part of her medical school education and has lobbied on behalf of public health on Capitol Hill.
05.20.2025Fourth-year medical students and faculty members were recognized for academic and clinical excellence during Feinberg’s Honors Day, held on May 16 in the Hughes Auditorium.
05.01.2025Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a key driver of chemotherapy resistance in advanced ovarian cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
03.28.2025Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer cells, according to a study published in Advanced Science.
03.21.2025Feinberg medical students’ excitement and anticipation erupted in a flurry of torn envelopes on March 21 as they discovered where they matched for residency training at this year’s Match Day celebration.
03.07.2025Faculty, residents, trainees and students from Feinberg and beyond recently came together for Health Equity Week, a weeklong series of educational programming designed to expose the roots of healthcare inequities and actions to take to address them.
02.12.2025Katie Watson, JD, professor of Medical Education, Medical Social Sciences in the Division of Determinants of Health, and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named a 2024 Hastings Center Fellow.
02.05.2025A new Northwestern Medicine study using a novel medication-based approach successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.
11.18.2024The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.
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A combination therapy improved progression-free survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with genetic mutations compared to either therapy alone or sequentially, according to results from a Northwestern Medicine-led clinical trial.
08.15.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that uterine serous carcinoma tumors in Black patients express more aggressive and immunosuppressive features than tumors in white patients, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.