2026, Issue I
Features
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Rewiring Psychiatry: Inside a Bold Push to Transform Mental Health Science
Research into the neuroscience of mental health could help create personalized approaches and more effective treatments.
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Meeting Patients Close to Home
The opening of the Bronzeville Outpatient Center makes world-class healthcare more accessible.
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The Immune Frontier: How Northwestern’s Center for Human Immunobiology is Redefining Disease Research
The Center for Human Immunobiology explores new scientific innovations that translate into treatments—and potential cures—for immune-regulated diseases.
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Advancing Survivorship, Strengthening Pediatrics
More than 80 percent of childhood cancers are curable, but survivors face a high risk of secondary cancers as adults. Tara Henderson, MD, MPH, investigates the long-term effects of treatment while aiming to find safer cures.
Alumni News
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Breaking Down Blood Cancers
Sandeep Dave, ’95 MS, ’99 MD, ’00 MBA, developed a test to speed cancer diagnosis and launched an international consortium working to accelerate blood cancer research.
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Giving
Ray Sato, 90 MD, creates scholarship to combat shortage of pediatric practitioners.
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Back to Where it All Began
This year, Alumni Weekend will be held May 1-2, 2026, with events on and around Northwestern University’s Chicago campus. As always, this presents an opportune time for alumni to reconnect with former classmates, learn about the medical school’s latest developments and achievements, and reminisce about their medical school experiences. In addition to mingling with old classmates…
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Progress Notes
Sharing news, accomplishments, and important milestones from the alumni of the Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Maestro of the Heart
Inspired by opera, Walter A. Edmiston, ’71 MD, FACC, has made a career of people-centered cardiology.
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In Memoriam
Northwestern Medicine expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni and faculty who have passed away.
Campus News
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Advancing Excellence
In August, we proudly welcomed the incoming MD class of 2025 to Feinberg — and by every measure, they are poised to become the next great generation of healthcare leaders. Our 140 first-year medical students come from 32 states and the District of Columbia, and have earned undergraduate degrees from 50 different schools, where they pursued 45 unique fields of study, and every member of the 2025 entering…
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First-Year Medical Students Welcome New Academic Year at Founders’ Day 2025
At Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, first-year medical students donned their white coats for the first time and welcomed the official start of the academic year at Founders’ Day on August 8.
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Precision Education in Focus at Medical Education Day
Feinberg faculty, trainees, students, and staff gathered to explore the future of teaching and learning in medicine during the 15th Annual Medical Education Day on September 24.
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Celebrating Scientific Discovery and Collaboration at Research Day 2025
Feinberg students, staff, trainees, and faculty celebrated scientific discoveries and presented their research posters and abstracts at Feinberg’s 19th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, Sept. 11.
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Northwestern Welcomes New Cohort of Residents and Fellows
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University welcomed this year’s incoming cohort of new medical resident physicians and fellows during the weeks of June 23 and 30, marking the beginning of their post-graduate medical training. This year, about 400 new medical trainees joined McGaw’s 180 residency and fellowship programs, including internal medicine, neurology, radiology, psychiatry, urology,…
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Symposium Showcases Research and Collaboration
Feinberg students, trainees, faculty, and members from partner institutions shared research on interventions and policies aimed at advancing equitable healthcare at the Office of Health Equity’s second annual Lyceum Series and Research Symposium on Tuesday, October 14.
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Faculty Awards & Honors
Learn about the recent achievements of Feinberg School of Medicine faculty and leaders.