With few options remaining, the young leukemia patient and his family opted to take part in a clinical trial, a one-time immunotherapy infusion that included a synthetic receptor designed to identify ...

Priya Kumthekar, MD, didn’t have industry connections or commercialization training when she started working with small companies to help bring scientific advancements to her patients with brain ...

Three NUCATS Institute members have been inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the ...

Whether Amelia Bucek is hard at work designing a novel survey or taking a deep dive into grant metrics, there remains a single goal: Make the data matter. As director of evaluation at Northwestern’s ...

While decades of advocacy have pushed for the inclusion of women in clinical trials, a new study funded by Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) highlights that inclusion alone does not ensure sex ...

Juan Zapata, PhD, assistant professor of Medical Social Sciences, has received the 2025 Esienberg Pilot Award. The Eisenberg Awards — facilitated by from the Northwestern University Clinical and ...

Although cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disorder in babies born preterm, little is known about the early development of impaired motor control function. “I’ve always been passionate ...

Of the 168 million women living in America, it’s estimated that more than 50 million will experience a pelvic floor disorder (PFD) in their lifetime. “PFDs are debilitating and associated with ...

The K12 Advisory Committee is a curated group of faculty with various expertise that assess, advise, and guide the K12 applicants and awarded Scholars. Their role involves taking turns participating ...

NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) programs connect investigators with communities as well as with each other, providing opportunities for investigators from different institutions to ...

[00:00:00] Erin Spain, MS: Welcome to Science and Translation, a podcast from NUCATS Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. I'm your host, Erin Spain. The benefits of ...