MSS News and Announcements

Welcome to Berivan Ece, PhD, Research Assistant Professor

We are delighted to welcome Y. Catherine Han, PhD

We are thrilled to welcome Adovich S. Rivera, MD, PhD

We are excited to welcome Meredith Boyd, PhD, who joins us as a Research Assistant Professor.

Faculty, staff, trainees and students came together to share educational research and best teaching practices during Feinberg’s 14th annual Medical Education Day on October 15.

We are delighted to announce Andrea Graham, PhD, has been appointed as Chief of the Division of Implementation Science in the Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM).

We are thrilled to announce Darius Tandon, PhD has been appointed as Chief of the Division of Intervention Science in the Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

People assigned male at birth who belong to a sexual or gender minority group are twice as likely to use methamphetamine following an HIV diagnosis, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

We are delighted to welcome Thomas Wolff, PhD, who joins the faculty of Northwestern University Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) as a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Determinants of Health.

Patients who live in rural communities, Hispanic patients and Black patients with pre-existing diabetic retinopathy are less likely to receive annual diabetic eye exams than white patients, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study.

Scientists have found that pediatricians are more likely to have conversations with parents about gun safety and secure storage if they receive a “nudge” from an electronic health record.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $3.3 million over five years to Northwestern University to study the implementation of an evidence-based secure firearm storage program.

A map of the Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC) Network looks like an intricate spiderweb. Hovering over one investigator’s name, you see the many investigators they are connected with through publications and research collaboration.

A cancer drug was found to be ineffective in preventing recurrence of kidney cancer in patients who recently underwent tumor removal surgery, according to a clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

We at the Department of Medical Social Sciences were thrilled to participate in this year's "A Day with Northwestern," held on Saturday, April 20.

A recent Northwestern Medicine comparative analysis of national survey results found that one in four U.S. adolescents in grades 9 through 12 reported their sexual identity as non-heterosexual, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

U.S. adults with certain socio-demographic and clinical characteristics may have weaker antibody responses to COVID-19 vaccination, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications.

Women in the healthcare field and their allies convened in the Feinberg Pavilion at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to celebrate women’s empowerment and success during the sixth annual Women in Medicine Conference on March 8.

The Uplift the Web Challenge, a groundbreaking initiative of the Lab for Scalable Mental Health in the Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine aimed at identifying effective online interventions for depression, is now open for submissions until May 1, 2024.

We are pleased to welcome Shahin Davoudpour, PhD, MA, MA as Research Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences in the Division of Outcome and Measurement Science at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Our faculty comprise 11 of the top 100 of federally funded researchers in public health.

Northwestern University clinical psychologist and scientist Kelli Scott, PhD is re-envisioning care at opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to help patients receive more personalized treatment based on measuring their progress, which will hopefully lead to better health outcomes and keep them in recovery longer.

Even mild and moderate side effects can contribute to patients with cancer discontinuing their treatment, according to an analysis recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Northwestern University Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor and Chair of Medical Social Sciences Rinad Beidas, PhD, has been appointed to two new national advisory committees in behavioral health.

Lauren Wakschlag, PhD, professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been awarded the Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine by the Northwestern Medical Women Faculty Organization.

Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine has launched a groundbreaking educational initiative, "Community Engagement: A Short Course to Optimize Research Endeavors."

Two faculty members in the Department of Medical Social Sciences, Dan Mroczek, PhD, Chief of Determinants of Health and Eileen Graham, PhD, Associate Professor, were elected to The Association for Research in Personality (ARP).

A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry has identified previously unknown alterations in neural connectivity that promote psychomotor disturbance — a slowing or reduction in movement — in individuals with major depressive disorder.

Welcome to new MSS faculty member Juan Pablo Zapata, PhD

Welcome to Assistant Professor and Team Scientist Lexie Tabachnick PhD.