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Northwestern University’s Roozbeh Ghaffari and Daniel Martin Watterson have been named 2022 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

Whether it’s because of the cold weather, holiday and family stress, lack of routine or all of the above, heart attack and stroke rates spike during the last two weeks of December, said Northwestern Medicine cardiologist Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones.
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A parent survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago found intergenerational trends in swimming skills, with stark racial and ethnic differences.

In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze data from a wide variety of tissues, collected from humans, mice, rats and killifish. They discovered that the length of genes can explain most molecular-level changes that occur during aging.

Recent drug shortages of amoxicillin, Tamiflu and now infant and Children’s Tylenol have caused concern among parents and pediatricians, but Northwestern Medicine pharmacist Dr. Sterling Elliott said “we’ve been seeing and consciously managing drug shortages across the board in excess of five years now.”
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Astronomers used to believe that only supernovae could produce long gamma-ray bursts. A new study finds that neutron-star mergers can also generate them.

All non-white racial and ethnic groups are underrepresented in OB-GYN clinical trials, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

The Winter Chamber Music Festival returns for its 26th season at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music Jan. 6 to 22, 2023. The lineup includes six concerts offering classical and contemporary chamber works performed by world-class musicians. The festival is directed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist and Bienen faculty member Blair Milton.

As 2023 peers around the corner, cardiology and sleep medicine experts at Northwestern Medicine are encouraging one goal to be on everyone’s New Year's resolution lists: getting better sleep.
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Northwestern political scientists and law faculty are available to comment on the “state of play” as the new Congress is seated in January 2023. Below, they offer reactions to the midterms and thoughts about the future of American politics.
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