Departments Rank High in List of NIH Funding

Seven departments at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine rank in the top 10 in their discipline in a list of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to medical schools, with an additional three departments in the top 20.

Disentangling the Dopamine System

Northwestern Medicine scientists have found several distinct molecular subtypes of dopamine neurons – important nerve cells associated with many diverse behaviors and conditions.

Revamped Downtown Campus Walgreens Opens

Retail options on Northwestern Medicine’s downtown campus continue to expand, including a new two-level Walgreens now open in the Galter Pavilion.

Alzheimer’s “Buddies” Share their Experience

Second-year medical student Jared Worthington and Dan Winship, a retired physician with Alzheimer’s disease, are “buddies," a relationship facilitated by an innovative program of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

Lake Forest Hospital Campus Redevelopment Begins

Crews recently began planting the first of more than 700 trees that will help shape the look and feel of the redesigned Lake Forest Hospital campus, where a new hospital will open in Fall 2017.

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