News and Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards, and honors.
Northwestern Medicine investigators have created a novel blood test that identifies adults who may be at increased risk of developing severe respiratory illnesses, according to a recent study.
In a new Front Matter report, PNAS has featured work by Thomas Stoeger, PhD demonstrating that biological aging is associated with decreased expression of longer genes. Learn more here.
Navdeep Chandel, PhD, has been selected as one of the inaugural recipients of a Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund award. The fund was established to advance promising translational research in engineering and medicine at Northwestern. Read more here.
Rogan Grant, PhD, has been named a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow. The Schmidt Science Fellows program supports exceptional early-career scientists pursuing interdisciplinary research. Read more here.
12.18.2024A new study has provided direct evidence in mice that the drug reversibly cuts the cell’s energy supply by interfering with mitochondria to lower glucose levels.
11.25.2024Feinberg has launched a new Center for Bedside Medicine, aiming to revitalize patient interactions by combining traditional bedside elements like history-taking, and the physical exam with cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence.
11.20.2024Ten Feinberg faculty members were named to the 2024 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics.
11.11.2024Just two years out from its launch, the Center for Human Immunobiology has quickly become a bustling hub for collaborative efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms of the immune system and translate discoveries into innovative cures for immune-regulated diseases.
11.06.2024By applying a sophisticated machine-learning approach to electronic health records of patients with pneumonia, investigators at Northwestern University have uncovered five distinct clinical states in pneumonia.
10.22.2024Investigators from Feinberg School of Medicine and fellow academic and research institutions celebrated the 100-year anniversary of The Journal of Clinical Investigation during a day-long symposium in the Hughes Auditorium on October 18.
10.07.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have determined which cells and molecules are responsible for radiographic abnormalities in long COVID patients, findings that could help inform future treatment options.
10.03.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new underlying mechanism that controls a specialized group of T-cells, findings that may serve as potential targets for treating inflammatory diseases and cancer, according to a recent study.
09.16.2024Feinberg students, staff, trainees and faculty gathered to celebrate scientific discovery and presented research posters and abstracts at Feinberg’s 18th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on Thursday, Sept. 12.
09.04.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified distinct T-cell responses associated with patient outcomes in unvaccinated individuals with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, according to findings published in Nature Immunology.
- 07.30.2024
A new $12 million National Institutes of Health grant led by Northwestern Medicine scientists in collaboration with other institutions will fund studies to identify mechanisms that determine how lung neutrophils drive tissue injury, inflammation and repair in patients with severe pneumonia, lung transplantation and asthma.
07.25.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that mitochondria are not necessary for the proliferation of immune cells called microglia, but do help them respond to demyelinating injury, according to a study published in Nature Metabolism.
06.03.2024Dan Foltz, PhD, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has been named director of the Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences (DGP). He will begin the role on July 1.
05.31.2024Feinberg’s Medical Faculty Council (MFC) honored the recipients of the 2024 Mentor of the Year awards at a workshop on May 29, with awardees sharing insights from their experiences mentoring students, trainees and peers.
05.30.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a way to regenerate damaged heart muscle cells in mice, a development which may provide a new avenue for treating congenital heart defects, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
05.02.2024Starving out tumor cells may be a promising therapy for treatment-resistant lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances.
- 04.08.2024
A recent Northwestern Medicine study has discovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that supports antitumor responses and cell survival in cytotoxic immune cells, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
03.28.2024Investigators led by Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD, have discovered how cellular metabolism fluctuates in response to changes in levels of pyrimidines, metabolites used by cells to make DNA and RNA, according to a recent study published in Science.
02.27.2024Brian Garibaldi, MD, MEHP, professor of Medicine and of Physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been named the Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine and the inaugural director of the new Center for Bedside Medicine at Northwestern.
02.09.2024Four Feinberg faculty have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and three additional Feinberg faculty have been honored with the ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award.
01.03.2024Taking inspiration from the human brain, scientists have developed a new synaptic transistor capable of higher-level thinking, according to results published in the journal Nature.
01.02.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that specialized immune cells within the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment use a unique “feeding” mechanism that promotes tumor growth and treatment resistance, according to findings published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
12.18.2023Northwestern Medicine investigators led by Derek Walsh, PhD, have discovered how poxviruses disarm and evade mitochondrial-driven antiviral responses for their replication in host cells, according to findings published in Nature Communications.
12.14.2023The Breakthroughs podcast released 19 episodes in 2023 on topics ranging from implementation science and ChatGPT to new insights in dopamine and AI in healthcare. The top three most downloaded episodes this year were on varying topics including exercise and Parkinson’s disease, food allergies and recent discoveries about mitochondria.
11.27.2023Twelve Feinberg faculty members were named to the 2023 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The annual list identifies investigators who have demonstrated significant influence in their field through the publication of highly cited publications during the last decade.
08.21.2023A new Northwestern Medicine study has discovered a novel therapeutic target and therapeutic agents for older patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, according to recent findings published in Science Translational Medicine.
08.10.2023Navdeep Chandel, PhD, the David W. Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
08.09.2023Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that mitochondria regulate essential cellular signaling for the development of epithelial cells in the lungs, cells which are crucial for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide to avoid respiratory failure, according to findings published in Nature.
07.14.2023Aerobic glycolysis, the process by which cells transform glucose into lactate, is essential for eye development in mammals, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications.