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.
04.15.2025As director of evaluation at the NUCATS Institute, Amelia Bucek fuses a background in public health with a collaborative approach to data. Originally from Queens, Bucek now lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband and two sons.
04.11.2025Alumna credits immersion experience at Northwestern as instrumental to her academic development in both group and independent research experimentation.
03.18.2025For Kyle MacQuarrie, the Joseph & Dorothy Giddan Child Health Research Award presents a significant opportunity to advance his research on rhabdomyosarcoma.
03.18.2025When Sarah Mitchell isn’t meticulously reviewing spreadsheets and budgets, you might find her live-streaming music on Twitch, entertaining viewers with her creative and charismatic charm. Her diverse interests and collaborative spirit are greatly appreciated by the Northwestern community.
03.18.2025Juan Zapata, PhD, assistant professor of Medical Social Sciences, has received the 2025 Esienberg Pilot Award.
03.07.2025Investigators are advancing research to support proactive responses in diagnosing and preventing chronic diseases. Across departments, scientists at Feinberg are pursuing new ways of testing to determine a person’s risk of developing chronic conditions.
02.24.2025As a program coordinator at the Center for Community Health, Steven Hays draws upon his people-first approach and experiences in event planning and academic administration to bridge gaps between logistical precision and meaningful collaboration.
02.24.2025Held in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, the latest Learning Exchange continued ARCC’s mission, bridging community leaders, researchers, and healthcare professionals to communicate insights that advance equity-driven research.
02.23.2025A new study, led by Nicole Woitowich, PhD, underscores significant gaps in how sex and gender are considered in biomedical research, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
02.17.2025Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered how proteins expressed in umbilical cord blood at birth evolve during gestational development and could serve as biomarkers to inform new precision care strategies for infants born prematurely, according to a recent study.
02.17.2025As we stand at the beginning of the newest chapter for our Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Hub, we’re driven by optimism, uplifted by excitement, and focused on opportunity.
02.16.2025The Center for Clinical Research (CCR) continues to enhance many service lines and recently announced the availability of an external FDA consultancy firm to guide Northwestern University investigators with FDA submission planning.
01.28.2025A recent cohort study published in JAMA Pediatrics led by Todd Florin examined insurance claims of 103,854 children with pneumonia treated in an outpatient setting. The study found that treatment failure was uncommon and severe outcomes were rare.
01.28.2025In 2021, Teresa Horton and David Victorson explored the idea of expanding a two-year old relationship between members of the Northwestern University community and Above and Beyond, a nonprofit, outpatient addiction treatment center on the West Side of Chicago.
01.13.2025A recent article published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science illustrates the valuable role libraries can play in supporting Translational Science Hubs as they highlight potential areas for collaboration.
12.17.2024The Breakthroughs podcast released 17 episodes in 2024, on topics ranging from biological age research to new insights in inflammation and microbiome science, as well as health equity research and community engagement efforts.
12.17.2024Kenzie Cameron, PhD, MPH, has been named senior director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s Mentoring and Leadership Development.
12.17.2024As an assistant professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Behavioral Medicine, Milkie Vu’s work serves not only as an academic assessment, but a mission to address health disparities affecting Asian American populations.
12.16.2024As an Enterprise Data Warehouse Analyst at Northwestern University’s Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute, Diogo Costa transforms intricate datasets into streamlined tools that empower researchers and drive organizational success.
12.13.2024Postdoctoral fellows Brandon Applewhite, Divya Joshi, Silvia Karim, and Erika Martinez have been named as the first cohort of NUCATS Institute T32 scholars.
12.09.2024Translating medical research findings from the research laboratory into patient care, otherwise known as from “bench to bedside,” is far more complex than it sounds, but is imperative to improve human health.
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.
