News and Breakthroughs
Read the latest news from the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our institute's latest events and accomplishments. You can also visit the article archive for older news.
11.15.2024With new funding from NUCATS and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, Teni Brown, MD, will explore pelvic floor disorders, which will effect an estimated 1 in 3 women in their lifetime
11.13.2024The leadership course is designed for physician-scientists, clinical researchers, and other principal investigators who have health-focused research. It is led by Kellogg faculty in an interactive classroom setting,.
11.12.2024The NUCATS Institute has named Amelia Bucek, MPH, as its new Director of Evaluation.
10.28.2024Investigators led by Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD, associate professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered that administering an antibody treatment four days after mRNA vaccination significantly improved vaccine efficacy in mice, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
10.18.2024Faculty, staff, trainees and students came together to share educational research and best teaching practices during Feinberg’s 14th annual Medical Education Day on October 15.
10.16.2024NUCATS members were among those who gathered to celebrate scientific discovery and present research posters and abstracts at Feinberg’s 18th annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day on September 12.
10.15.2024For evaluators in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium, the practice of evaluation creates opportunities to adapt, improve and respond.
10.14.2024Northwestern 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 published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
10.14.2024The NUCATS Translational Science Pilot Awards program annually seeks proposals for highly innovative, multi-disciplinary pilot projects that will advance translational science. This year, Rachel Zmora, PhD, MPH; Zhitao Li, PhD; and Matthieu Chardon, PhD, received Pilot Awards.
10.10.2024The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute has received a five-year, $5.4 million K12 Mentored Research Career Development Program Award from the National Institutes of Health.
09.24.2024Joined by more than 50 leaders of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, principal investigators Richard D’Aquila, MD, Sara Becker, PhD, and Clyde Yancy, MD, officially launched the Institute’s seven-year, $55 million UM1 award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science.
09.20.2024Three dynamic investigators have been named as the first cohort of K12 scholars at the NUCATS Institute. Learn about their career paths and current research projects as they begin their two-year award period.
09.20.2024Co-led by Diana Ingram, Michelle McCullough, and Northwestern’s Allison Carroll, PhD, three years of collaborative work have built foundational knowledge on possible treatment techniques. Now, the research has resulted in new funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
09.20.2024The NUCATS Institute has named Leena B. Mithal, MD, MSCI, associate professor of Pediatrics, director of the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) program.
09.09.2024Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system, according to recent findings.
- 09.04.2024
Northwestern 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.
09.03.2024Jacqueline Gollan, PhD, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named co-director of the NUCATS Institute's T32 E-TRAIN Program.
08.30.2024Kristi Holmes, PhD has been named director of informatics and data science at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
08.29.2024The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute has received $55 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to accelerate development, evaluation and implementation of improved healthcare interventions.
08.26.2024The NUCATS Institute has named Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, chief of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine, as co-director of its Center for Education and Career Development (CECD), effective September 1.
08.26.2024As a child growing up along China’s Western Pacific coastline, NUCATS Program Evaluator Wen Wang, PhD, had no idea she’d forever carry with her the rhythm of the tides. “The sea was a big part of everyday life, and the vibrant environment shaped not just my interests but also my personality."
08.09.2024In the first study to examine patient-to-caregiver transitions in medication management among this population, Northwestern University investigators found that older adults in the early stages of dementia may not rely on family caregivers to manage their medication as much as clinicians previously thought.
08.07.2024An AI model developed by Northwestern Medicine investigators improved the transformation of EHR data into standardized health resources more efficiently than current methods, according to a recent study published in journal NEJM AI.
07.30.2024Ravi Kalhan, MD, ‘06 MS, the Louis A. Simpson Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, has been named the new associate dean for Faculty Affairs, effective August 1.
07.23.2024Presenting a TED-style talk before an audience of scientists and community members at MATTER, Lajja Desai outlined her research exploring the use of four-dimensional flow and oximetry magnetic resonance imaging, a non-invasive technique that uses radio waves and a strong magnet rather than radiation.
07.23.2024“Whatever is not being done with communities is being done to communities,” says Glenance Green, PhD, co-founder and executive director of the Black Researchers Collective. That message — one of many delivered by Green — helped set the tone during Northwestern University’s daylong Community-Engaged Research Conference.
06.27.2024Laila Gharzai, MD, credits the NUCATS-supported Clinical and Translational Investigation Accelerator (CTIA) with putting her in a position to apply for a CSDG award that will provide protected research time (50 percent) over the next five years.
06.27.2024The NMH Clinical Research Unit and Core Lab are part of NUCATS Center for Clinical Research (CCR). The CRU supports Northwestern Medicine’s research mission by providing research specific nursing and laboratory services for the implementation of clinical trials and other clinical research, increasing their availability to participants.
- 06.20.2024
Kristi Holmes, PhD, director of Northwestern’s Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, has been named interim director of data analytics and informatics at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute.
