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Back to SearchNew Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD
In this episode, Rodrigo Braga, PhD, explains recent advances in his Human Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, using precision functional MRI technology, that is helping us better understand how the brain i…
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD
What could be the world's smallest pacemaker was recently developed at Northwestern University and details of the device were published in the journal Nature. This incredible innovation, about the si…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
How Alzheimer's Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD
A Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Medicine, used a new technique called spatial transcriptomics to examine the brain's response to Alzheimer's therapies, revealing new molecular targe…
Published on 8 months ago
Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD
A new $11.7 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health aims to help Northwestern Medicine investigators move the dial on the youth mental health crisis by targeting early warning sign…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago
Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD
Women are living longer, healthier lives, but ovarian aging still impacts fertility and hormone production as it always has. In this episode, Francesca Duncan, PhD, discusses novel research into main…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have uncovered the first rare genetic disorder linked to a long non-coding RNA gene. In this episode, Gemma Carvill, PhD,…
Published on 9 months, 1 week ago
Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD
With a new $20 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, Northwestern investigator, Linda Teplin, PhD, is extending the work of the Northwestern Juvenile Project to study the long-term cons…
Published on 11 months ago
Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD
Understanding the systemic drivers of health disparities within marginalized populations is complex. In this episode, Michelle Birkett, PhD, explains how she uses network and quantitative methodologi…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD
Nearly one million people in the U.S. are living with Parkinson's disease, a condition for which there is still no known cause or cure. Joseph Mazzulli, PhD, has led two recent studies published in N…
Published on 1 year ago
New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD
New research from the lab of Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD, could rewrite textbooks on our understanding of cellular metabolism and potentially identify new targets for cancer and metabolic diseases such as o…
Published on 1 year ago