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Modern Malady

Feinberg investigators are finding new ways to tackle metabolic syndrome.
Science in Practice

Northwestern Medicine scientists are ensuring that evidence-based practices are put to use properly.
Alumni Profile:Health is More Than Healthcare

Health is More Than Healthcare John Lumpkin Tackles Health From All Sides.
To Breathe Again

She was healthy, and is in her 20s. But after battling COVID-19 for six weeks while being supported by a ventilator and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life support machine that does the work of the heart and lungs, her lungs had suffered irreversible damage from the virus. The lung transplant team put her on…
A Year of Discovery

by Will Doss and Melissa Rohman Feinberg has had an exceptional year of scientific inquiry, ranging from examining the most basic systems that make our bodies tick to developing breakthrough therapies and treatment strategies. With the opening of the new Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center, the pace of discovery will…
Practicing Innovation

Alumni Profile:Practicing Innovation Joseph Iannotti works to bring healthcare into the future. by BRIDGET M. KUEHN Joseph Iannotti ’79 MD, PhD, has big plans for Cleveland Clinic Florida. As chief academic and innovation officer at Cleveland Clinic, he’s looking to expand the institution’s academic footprint to make it a clinical and research powerhouse like its namesake…
Perspective: A Commitment to Global Health

Reminiscing with classmates during our recent 50-year reunion reignited the ideals that took hold during my formative years as an undergraduate student on Northwestern’s Evanston campus and stemmed all the way to my graduation as a doctor of medicine in 1969. Little did I realize on graduation day how much more I would still learn…
Change Agent

Lydia Pleotis Howell, MD, ’81, has been shepherding the field of cytopathology through shifting technologies and workforce trends for more than two decades. Back in 1995, Howell served as the principal investigator of an FDA validation trial of an Automated Cytologic Preparation Process and Interactive Screening System (AutoCyte). The system used early versions of artificial…