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The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute is an integral link in Northwestern’s clinical & translational research enterprise, accelerating innovation by providing scientists with consultative resources and expertise
Join us TODAY at Global Health Day! Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us TODAY at Global Health Day! Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 E Superior St, Chicago www.globalhealth.northwestern.edu/events/globa...
Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new study led by Sadiya Khan introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that to help younger adults forecast and understand their risk of a heart event over the next 30 years — bit.ly/4i8g13F
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new study led by Sadiya Khan introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that to help younger adults forecast and understand their risk of a heart event over the next 30 years — bit.ly/4i8g13F
Led by Kellogg School faculty in an interactive classroom setting, Leadership and Management Strategies for Clinical Investigators is a highly successful, one-week course supported by Kellogg and the NUCATS Institute. The next info session is set for December 10 at noon — bit.ly/47HzuVq
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Led by Kellogg School faculty in an interactive classroom setting, Leadership and Management Strategies for Clinical Investigators is a highly successful, one-week course supported by Kellogg and the NUCATS Institute. The next info session is set for December 10 at noon — bit.ly/47HzuVq
In cases of mild congenital heart defects, more prenatal visits are associated with greater likelihood of appropriate delivery at a community hospital, according to a study recently published by Manne Research and NUCATS Institute member Joyce Woo, MD, MS — bit.ly/49beTtJ
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In cases of mild congenital heart defects, more prenatal visits are associated with greater likelihood of appropriate delivery at a community hospital, according to a study recently published by Manne Research and NUCATS Institute member Joyce Woo, MD, MS — bit.ly/49beTtJ
Join us at the IPHAM Communicating the Science Series as it welcomes Kellogg Professor Michael Foley this Thursday, November 13. Foley will discuss "Presenting Medical Research with Excellence: An Advanced Workshop." The one-hour event in Hughes Auditorium is free — bit.ly/47FTvKL
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join us at the IPHAM Communicating the Science Series as it welcomes Kellogg Professor Michael Foley this Thursday, November 13. Foley will discuss "Presenting Medical Research with Excellence: An Advanced Workshop." The one-hour event in Hughes Auditorium is free — bit.ly/47FTvKL
Globally recognized for his leadership and significant contributions to biomedical AI, Yuan Luo, PhD, is a visionary leader in the field and is positioned at the forefront of building next-generation biomedical informatics & collaborative AI for healthcare — bit.ly/495X3Iw
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Globally recognized for his leadership and significant contributions to biomedical AI, Yuan Luo, PhD, is a visionary leader in the field and is positioned at the forefront of building next-generation biomedical informatics & collaborative AI for healthcare — bit.ly/495X3Iw
Registration is open for Northwestern’s Implementation Science Reading Course, co-hosted by the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science. This popular course is geared toward researchers & practitioners new to the field of implementation science — bit.ly/4hK4bfW
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Registration is open for Northwestern’s Implementation Science Reading Course, co-hosted by the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science. This popular course is geared toward researchers & practitioners new to the field of implementation science — bit.ly/4hK4bfW
IPHAM’s Communicating the Science Series welcomes Kellogg School professor Michael Foley on Thursday, November 13. Foley will discuss "Presenting Medical Research with Excellence: An Advanced Workshop." The one-hour event in Hughes Auditorium is free — bit.ly/47FTvKL
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
IPHAM’s Communicating the Science Series welcomes Kellogg School professor Michael Foley on Thursday, November 13. Foley will discuss "Presenting Medical Research with Excellence: An Advanced Workshop." The one-hour event in Hughes Auditorium is free — bit.ly/47FTvKL
Congratulations to NUCATS member Richard Smith, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology & Pediatrics, who has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award. The award supports early-career scientists conducting high-risk and innovative research bit.ly/432s1NR
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Congratulations to NUCATS member Richard Smith, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology & Pediatrics, who has received the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award. The award supports early-career scientists conducting high-risk and innovative research bit.ly/432s1NR
Congratulations to NUCATS Institute member Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his foundational work in expanding the field of circadian mechanisms in metabolic health and disease — bit.ly/3JCYZ0H
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Congratulations to NUCATS Institute member Joseph Bass, MD, PhD, on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his foundational work in expanding the field of circadian mechanisms in metabolic health and disease — bit.ly/3JCYZ0H
You’ve likely heard the saying, “You are what you eat,” but a new study reveals that Chicago parents are falling short on one thing that could affect their children — omega-3 fatty acids. NUCATS Institute member Daniel Robinson joined WGN News to discuss — bit.ly/47gwzTq
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You’ve likely heard the saying, “You are what you eat,” but a new study reveals that Chicago parents are falling short on one thing that could affect their children — omega-3 fatty acids. NUCATS Institute member Daniel Robinson joined WGN News to discuss — bit.ly/47gwzTq
Join Northwestern colleagues at the inaugural Chicago Biotech Exchange event from 3-7 p.m. on November 3 at Fulton Labs. This meeting’s theme, “Advances in Targeting Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disease,” will feature seminars & a networking reception www.chicagobiotechexchange.com/agenda
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Join Northwestern colleagues at the inaugural Chicago Biotech Exchange event from 3-7 p.m. on November 3 at Fulton Labs. This meeting’s theme, “Advances in Targeting Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disease,” will feature seminars & a networking reception www.chicagobiotechexchange.com/agenda
Congratulations to Taylor Brown, a regenerative engineer who completed her PhD in the lab of NUCATS Institute member Bin Jiang. Brown will continue to pursue a career in biotechnology as a Chicago Biomedical Consortium Entrepreneurial Fellow!
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Congratulations to Taylor Brown, a regenerative engineer who completed her PhD in the lab of NUCATS Institute member Bin Jiang. Brown will continue to pursue a career in biotechnology as a Chicago Biomedical Consortium Entrepreneurial Fellow!
A multi-center study, led by NUCATS Institute and Manne Research member Elizabeth Alpern, MD, MSCE, is the first to use AI models to predict sepsis in children based on the new Phoenix Sepsis Criteria. Findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics — bit.ly/4qeCC20
October 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A multi-center study, led by NUCATS Institute and Manne Research member Elizabeth Alpern, MD, MSCE, is the first to use AI models to predict sepsis in children based on the new Phoenix Sepsis Criteria. Findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics — bit.ly/4qeCC20
A huge congratulations to NUCATS Institute Career Development Awardee Prakash Jayabalan MD, PhD, on finishing his 7th Bank of America Chicago Marathon over the weekend — bit.ly/4nYst8b
October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A huge congratulations to NUCATS Institute Career Development Awardee Prakash Jayabalan MD, PhD, on finishing his 7th Bank of America Chicago Marathon over the weekend — bit.ly/4nYst8b
Congratulations to Northwestern Professor Joel Mokyr, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Mokyr was honored for his development of a theory for sustained economic growth. bit.ly/43dmpQP
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations to Northwestern Professor Joel Mokyr, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Mokyr was honored for his development of a theory for sustained economic growth. bit.ly/43dmpQP
Join us at noon today to explore a century of public health through graphic art! An inspiring exhibition, dialogue, and networking event — bit.ly/ipham-galter...
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us at noon today to explore a century of public health through graphic art! An inspiring exhibition, dialogue, and networking event — bit.ly/ipham-galter...
A new global study — led by NUCATS Institute member Philip Greenland — of millions of people refutes the notion that cardiac events strike without warning. Nearly everyone has at least one risk factor before a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure — bit.ly/4hldrqN
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A new global study — led by NUCATS Institute member Philip Greenland — of millions of people refutes the notion that cardiac events strike without warning. Nearly everyone has at least one risk factor before a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure — bit.ly/4hldrqN
If you're on the Feinberg campus this Thursday, you may want to stop by the Galter Health Sciences Library (mezzanine level of Ward) at 12 for a special exhibition, dialogue & networking event exploring the power of graphic art in shaping public health — bit.ly/4o7NrB4
October 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you're on the Feinberg campus this Thursday, you may want to stop by the Galter Health Sciences Library (mezzanine level of Ward) at 12 for a special exhibition, dialogue & networking event exploring the power of graphic art in shaping public health — bit.ly/4o7NrB4
Join us at the 10th annual Chicago Biomedical Informatics Data Jam on Monday, October 27. The one-day event features students and faculty focused on Biomedical Informatics Data Science research in Chicago. Register today — www.surveymonkey.com/r/datajam2025
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join us at the 10th annual Chicago Biomedical Informatics Data Jam on Monday, October 27. The one-day event features students and faculty focused on Biomedical Informatics Data Science research in Chicago. Register today — www.surveymonkey.com/r/datajam2025
What if students can help with stroke recovery? That was one of the many questions a team of academic and community partners asked during a pathbreaking research study to promote at-home healing — bit.ly/4nzLHRw
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What if students can help with stroke recovery? That was one of the many questions a team of academic and community partners asked during a pathbreaking research study to promote at-home healing — bit.ly/4nzLHRw
The Journey is the Reward: For Nadine De Leon, budgeting, backpacking go hand in hand. Nadine De Leon was standing just five feet from a bear cub when the terror set in. “If there’s a baby, the mom must be nearby,” De Leon recalled — bit.ly/46SU7w3
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Journey is the Reward: For Nadine De Leon, budgeting, backpacking go hand in hand. Nadine De Leon was standing just five feet from a bear cub when the terror set in. “If there’s a baby, the mom must be nearby,” De Leon recalled — bit.ly/46SU7w3
Exploring the role of Feinberg informaticists, our latest Q&A features NUCATS Institute and @iaim-nu.bsky.social member Luke Rasmussen. Luke earned his MS in medical informatics at Northwestern, where he now works at the intersection of software engineering & informatics — bit.ly/3INfbvO
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Exploring the role of Feinberg informaticists, our latest Q&A features NUCATS Institute and @iaim-nu.bsky.social member Luke Rasmussen. Luke earned his MS in medical informatics at Northwestern, where he now works at the intersection of software engineering & informatics — bit.ly/3INfbvO
Building on the idea of young people as tech ambassadors, ACROSS is a research project comprised of community & academic partners that seeks to develop simple, personalized interventions so stroke outcomes can be optimized in the context of people’s lives. bit.ly/4nzLHRw
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Building on the idea of young people as tech ambassadors, ACROSS is a research project comprised of community & academic partners that seeks to develop simple, personalized interventions so stroke outcomes can be optimized in the context of people’s lives. bit.ly/4nzLHRw
Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB
September 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB