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Breakthroughs

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Breakthroughs is a podcast about groundbreaking research and the scientists leading these discoveries at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. We are driven by our mission to transform the practice of medicine and profoundly impact human health beyond the individual patient. We believe better answers only come from discovery.

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100 episodes

  1. Decoding the Immune Response in Early-Stage Bladder Cancer with Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD 23:06
  2. Rewind: Decoding Metabolism and Why When You Eat Matters with Joseph Bass, MD, PhD 19:42
  3. How Our Genes Predispose Us to Infection with Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD 17:47
  4. Why It's Important to Analyze Research Data by Sex with Nicole Woitowich, PhD 22:17
  5. What is the Genetic Overlap Between Autism and Schizophrenia? with Peter Penzes, PhD 21:32
  6. How a Tiny Device Could Transform Fetal Surgery with Aimen Shaaban, MD 20:18
  7. Is Antimicrobial Resistance Threatening Modern Medicine? with Jennie Kwon, DO 16:06
  8. New Insights Into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD 23:23
  9. Improving Testing and Diagnosis of Hepatitis C with Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH 19:48
  10. Decoding Long COVID's Impact on the Brain with Igor Koralnik, MD 31:02
  11. Improving Imaging of the Spinal Cord with Molly Bright, DPhil 23:54
  12. New Paths for Diagnosing and Treating Lyme Disease with Brandon Jutras, PhD 27:02
  13. How Cell Function Can Shed Light on Neurodegeneration with Vladimir Gelfand, PhD 15:06
  14. Advancing Health and Longevity by Analyzing the Retina with Manjot Gill, MD 19:44
  15. The Art and Science of Bedside Medicine with Brian Garibaldi, MD 26:13
  16. Rewind: Leading Neuroscience Research to Inform Mental Health Treatment with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD 18:11
  17. Studying T-Cell Therapy for Potential Lung Tissue Repair with Benjamin Singer, MD 19:31
  18. Rewind: The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD 22:54
  19. Rewind: Exploring Immune Tolerance and Food Allergy Pathways with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD 20:26
  20. A Promising Drug for Alzheimer's Disease with William Klein, PhD, and Richard Silverman, PhD 19:12
  21. Medical Research Funding at Risk with Rod Passman, MD 14:28
  22. Improving Cardiac Health through Immune System Precision with Edward Thorp, PhD 19:34
  23. Can a Single Session Impact Mental Health for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD 30:43
  24. The Science Behind Sleep Health with Minjee Kim, MD 29:20
  25. New Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD 20:39
  26. Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD 29:27
  27. How Alzheimer's Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD 14:44
  28. Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD 24:49
  29. Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD 25:40
  30. Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD 26:10
  31. Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD 18:55
  32. Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD 24:23
  33. Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD 28:08
  34. New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD 18:14
  35. Understanding Gut Microbiome Science with Jeffrey Gordon, MD 35:30
  36. Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer with Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD 23:03
  37. How to Measure Biological Age with John Wilkins, MD 21:27
  38. A Compelling New Lupus Discovery with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD 20:10
  39. Uncovering Insights into Cancer and Alzheimer's with Marcus Peter, PhD 27:36
  40. The Evolution of Digital Pathology with Lee Cooper, PhD 20:11
  41. Driving Innovations in Biostatistics with Denise Scholtens, PhD 23:33
  42. Leading Pediatric Obesity Research with Justin Ryder, PhD 22:32
  43. Discovering New ALS Therapeutic Avenues with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD 25:00
  44. Pursuing Deeper Understanding of Inflammation with Murali Prakriya, PhD 23:40
  45. Partnering with Libraries to Address Teen Mental Health with Ashley Knapp, PhD, and Robert Simmons, MA 21:31
  46. Engineering Bacteria to Monitor and Treat Disease with Arthur Prindle, PhD 24:49
  47. Strengthening T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumor Cancers with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD 19:37
  48. New Insights into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD 23:46
  49. The Evolution of the NIH Toolbox with Richard Gershon, PhD 22:28
  50. How Mitochondria Inform Disease Discoveries with Navdeep Chandel, PhD 25:06