Research

All physicians at Northwestern Memorial are faculty members at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Many are engaged in clinical research and trials. They are exploring promising medical therapies and procedures. Such efforts are expensive to pursue; yet they possess the potential to improve dramatically the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of complex medical conditions. To make possible such advances, Northwestern Memorial must provide seed funding and continuing support for scientific creativity and clinical insight of its medical researchers. Such support is essential to translate new research findings into enhanced patient care.

As part of the comprehensive effort to advance the careers of promising physician-researchers, a variety of awards are granted by Northwestern Memorial including: the Young Investigator Awards, the Innovation Awards and the Priority Research Initiative. Researchers who are recognized with one of these awards receive seed funding to help further their research interests. As they make new discoveries and distinguish themselves as talented researchers, they become better able to successfully attain prestigious extramural funding, such as grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

To learn more about how to support graduate medical education and training, please contact Cara Crosby, philanthropy director, at 312-926-4275.