Khan Featured in Northwestern Medicine MagazineAn expert in predicting the risk of heart disease and failure, Khan has previously shown that CT scans can predict a risk for a heart attack, markers from blood tests can predict risk for heart failure, and that obesity before pregnancy predicts future heart health.
Walsh-Bailey, McNerney, Aydemir Named K12 ScholarsThree dynamic investigators have been named as the first cohort of K12 scholars at the NUCATS Institute. Learn about their career paths and current research projects as they begin their two-year award period.
Khan Featured on NPRSadiya Khan, MD, MSCI, was recently featured in an NPR story on how mammograms may also gauge a person's risk for heart disease
Haywood Exploring How Chronic Disability Affects Access to Healthcare, Community LifeCarol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L, is using her NUCATS Institute Career Development Award to study the intersections of chronic disability, community life, organization of health services, and access to healthcare. Learn more about Haywood's ongoing research and how the KL2 Award has positioned her to succeed.
KL2 Alumni Achieve Career-Building Funding SuccessesLisanne Jenkins, PhD, Kyle MacQuarrie, MD, PhD, and Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD, each credit the dynamic KL2 program at NUCATS with putting them in position to grow their research careers.
Video: KL2 Scholar Hadie Makinde Seeks Answers for Autoimmune DisorderKL2 Scholar Hadie Makinde’s research addresses the impact of monocyte — a type of white blood cell — populations in scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder that affects the skin and internal organs. Her long-term research goal is to develop a precision medicine approach for the 300,000 Americans who suffer from the disease.
Video: Anna Pfenniger Discusses Bioresorbable Pacemaker Technology, AF SolutionsSpecializing in cardiac electrophysiology, Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, is working to improve the lives of those living with irregular heart rhythms, all the while inspiring intellectual inquiry among her peers.
Video: Ravi Patel Discusses Role of NUCATS, Mentorship in Establishing Research CareerAs a Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduate, MSCI recipient, and KL2 fellow, Ravi Patel, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, has thrived at Northwestern, exploring career development and educational opportunities from the NUCATS Institute along the way.
Doctors, Disabled Patients, and AbleismKL2 Scholar Carol Haywood talks about a new study examining physicians' attitudes towards patients with disabilities. She explores the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on doctor-patient relationships, and shares recommendations for addressing structural and attitudinal barriers.
Pregnant Gen Zers, Millennials Twice as Likely to Develop Hypertension in Pregnancy Gen Zers and millennials are approximately two times more likely to be newly diagnosed with high blood pressure during pregnancy, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study led by KL2 alumna Sadiya Khan.
Three Feinberg Researchers Named KL2 ScholarsThree Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine early-career investigators have joined the NUCATS Institute's KL2 Multidisciplinary Career Development Program.
Yanez Named Associate Director of Northwestern’s KL2 Program Betina Yanez, PhD, associate professor of Medical Social Sciences, has been named associate director of the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute’s KL2 Program.
Northwestern receives $18.1M to study the most common type of heart failureDiastolic heart failure affects 2.5M Americans; little is known about its causes, how to treat it.
SuperAger Study Expands Nationally with $20 Million GrantScientists search for protective factors that enhance brain’s resistance to Alzheimer’s disease and wear-and-tear of aging.
Questioning Dogma: Study Sheds New Light on Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection FractionRavi Patel became involved in the research through his KL2 mentor Sanjiv Shah, MD, who was the principal investigator on the project.
Study: Neighborhood Poverty Associated With Heart FailurePatients who live in high-poverty neighborhoods were nearly twice as likely to develop incident heart failure than those who live in low-poverty neighborhoods.
