2024 Breakthroughs Newsletters
Check out previously published issues of the Breakthroughs newsletter below.
DECEMBER 2024
Inside This Issue
- Addressing the Growing Need for Implementation Science
- Feinberg Scientists Identified As ‘Highly Cited’ on 2024 Clarivate List
- Esteemed Molecular Biologist Named Winner of 2025 Kimberly Prize
- Investigating the Underlying Mechanisms of Acute Lung Injury
- Streamlining Research Processes to Support Investigators
NOVEMBER 2024
Inside This Issue
- Accelerating Discoveries in Immunobiology Through Collaboration
- Celebrating 100 Years of The Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Harnessing the Immune System to Treat Central Nervous System Tumors
- Collaborating to Enhance Departmental Research
- Understanding Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic-resistant Infections
OCTOBER 2024
Inside This Issue
- Improving the Science and Treatment of Glioblastoma
- Gordon Delivers Nemmers Prize Keynote Lecture
- Northwestern Establishes New Center for Ataxia Research and Treatment
- Studying the Underlying Neural Mechanisms of Language Impairment
- Collaborating to Enhance Departmental Research
SEPTEMBER 2024
Inside This Issue
- Feinberg Receives Record Research Funding
- Research Day 2024 Celebrates Scientific Discovery and Advances
- Northwestern Receives $55 Million to Advance Health Research
- Understanding How Inflammation Contributes to Cardiovascular Disease
- Studying the Genetic Drivers of Rare Developmental Disorders
AUGUST 2024
Inside This Issue
- Maximizing the Power of T-cells
- Summer Research Program Trains Future Clinician-Scientists
- Developing New Methods to Detect Cancer and Other Diseases Earlier
- Growing in a Career that Supports Research
- When Global Experiences Inform Basic Science Research
JUNE 2024
Inside This Issue
- Transplant Research Thrives Through Collaboration
- Foltz Named New Director of Driskill Graduate Program
- Development and Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
- Supporting Clinical Trials Development and Administration
- Pursuing a Deeper Understanding of Cell Biology
MAY 2024
Inside This Issue
- Leading Prostate Cancer Research for More than 20 Years
- Trailblazing Biochemist Delivers Kimberly Prize Lecture
- Improving Perinatal Health and Care for Sexual and Gender Minorities
- Managing Software Applications that Support Research
- Transitioning Research to Address the Needs of the Pandemic
APRIL 2024
Inside This Issue
- Uncovering The Culprits of Neurodegenerative Disorders
- SQE Inspire Program Hosts Shadow Day
- Mustanski Named Associate Vice President of Research
- Developing Clinical Trials and Novel Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Melanoma
- Expanding Administrative Capabilities to Support Research
MARCH 2024
Inside This Issue
- Treating Cardiovascular Health with Anti-Obesity Medications and Addressing Health Equity
- Feinberg Faculty Inducted into American Society for Clinical Investigation
- The Role of AI in Scholarly Communications: Ensuring Best Practices
- Using AI and Precision Rehabilitation Interventions to Measure and Improve Patient Function
- Supporting Research Infrastructure at Feinberg
FEBRUARY 2024
Inside This Issue
- How Research is Changing the Conversation about Obesity
- Celebrating 30 Years of the NIH Revitalization Act and Women's Health Research
- Supporting and Advancing Clinical and Translational Science at Northwestern
- Improving the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Communities
- Investigating Specialized Ribosomes during Poxvirus Infection