News & Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
08.16.2023Today, more than 50 million adults in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain — pain lasting longer than three months — and is the most common reason why people seek medical attention, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
08.02.2023The location of a brain lesion could give clues as to whether or not it will cause seizures later on in life, according to the findings of a new multicenter study published in JAMA Neurology.
03.30.2023Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a wireless, self-powered, bioresorbable implant for programmed drug delivery, the details of which are published in PNAS.
03.20.2023A new study is the first to show that extrapolating physiological findings from small animals can produce incorrect predictions in humans.
03.20.2023Feinberg’s chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society welcomed 42 new members in a ceremony on March 15, recognizing outstanding educational achievement and significant contributions to medicine.
03.13.2023Richard Lieber, PhD, MBA, professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, has received the 2023 Paul B. Magnuson Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development.
01.27.2023Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that specific calcium channels help regulate sex differences in the functioning of immune cells for neuroinflammation and overall neuropathic pain.
12.06.2022Medical students and disability advocates gathered at the second Disability Advocacy Coalition in Medicine Interprofessional Virtual Conference to address ableism in medicine and medical education.
11.10.2022Northwestern physicians, scientists and people living with ALS gathered at the 12th annual Les Turner Symposium on ALS to share knowledge and celebrate advances in understanding and treating the disease.
10.28.2022The Kimberly Querrey Summer Research Program combines intensive, hands-on biomedical research training with academic and professional development opportunities to support the next generation of scientists.