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Identifying How Genes Function to Better Understand Cancer with Mazhar Adli, PhD
Understanding how genes function is a vital part of understanding how to better treat cancer. Research led by Mazhar Adli, PhD, is grounded in the development of a systematic appro...
The Long-term Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Thomas Inge, MD, PhD
Bariatric surgery is proving to be an effective tool to help teenagers with severe obesity lose weight and reverse the progression of weight-related conditions, according to findin...
The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD
How are habits – both good and bad – formed in the brain, and what role do habits play in diseases of the brain? These are some of the questions neuroscientist, Talia Lerner, PhD, ...
Understanding the Immune System with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Uniting scientists and harnessing the power of the immune system to fight disease is at the heart of the new Center for Human Immunobiology at Northwestern University Feinberg Sch...
Improving Health Outcomes Through Big Data with Theresa Walunas, PhD
In recent years, Feinberg has launched several initiatives to augment human expertise with computational methods and advance the science of human health. Theresa Walunas, PhD, expl...
Identifying the Mechanisms of Seeing Color with Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD
A celebrated molecular neuroscientist, Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD, is responsible for landmark discoveries that have changed our understanding of how humans see the world. He is an in...
The Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease with Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death globally, and nearly half of all U.S. adults are currently at risk for heart attack and stroke. Hossein Ardehali, MD, ...
Investigating Therapies for Genetic Epilepsy with Alfred George, Jr., MD
Alfred George, Jr., MD, is a pioneer in understanding the mechanisms by which ion channel mutations cause a variety of inherited disorders, such as genetic epilepsy. He discusses h...
Cell-Based Treatments to Fight Diseases with Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Cell and Developmental Biology is a field that's integral to finding new therapies for a wide variety of diseases. At Feinberg, Lusia Iruela-Arispe, PhD, a vascular biologist, lead...
Evidence-Based Gender-Affirming Care for Young Adults with Robert Garofalo, MD
Providing evidence-based medical care to transgender and gender nonconforming youth has been a challenge in the past, as trans-related healthcare has long been understudied. Rober...
Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Pandemics with Richard D'Aquila, MD
The past two years have been a crucial time for the study of infectious diseases. Richard D'Aquila, MD, professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern...
New Approaches for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Sanjiv Shah, MD
Nearly half of all patients with heart failure have preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF, yet there is much that is unknown about HFpEF and how to best prevent it and treat it. No...
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