What’s in a word? Understanding the Impact of ‘Magnoon’
By Maged Gendy A feeling of shock and nausea took over my whole body. It was early afternoon on a bright sunny day when I had received the call. I could feel the horror and [...]
Opinions
From Lebanon, Lessons In Law And Life
This article was originally published HERE on April 27, 2017 on the Huffington Post. This article was written as a follow-up to a presentation given during the [...]
Book Review: “The Birth of the Pill” by Jonathan Eig
By: Nelly Papalambros “[Elizabeth] Sanger’s crusade had begun when Woodrow Wilson was president and ended with Kennedy. It had begun when a woman devoting herself to [...]
Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air
By Margaret Walker – Blog Editor I recently finished the impactful book “When Breath Becomes Air,” a memoir written by final-year neurosurgical resident, Paul [...]
Health in the Middle of Nowhere, USA
By Margaret Walker – Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Institute for Public Health and Medicine, MD/MPH candidate As the daughter of a primary care doctor [...]
A Reflection on Senator Durbin’s Keynote Address at the Northwestern 2016 Opioids Symposium
by Claire Vernon, PhD Candidate in the NU Driskill Graduate Program Speaking at the end of a day of panel discussions, Senator Durbin highlighted the players in the current [...]
Opioids Follow-up: balancing pain management and addiction
By: Margaret Walker (Medical Student, Feinberg School of Medicine) Two weeks ago, the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Feinberg School of Medicine jointly hosted the [...]
On the 2016 Olympic schedule: a public health match
by Claire Vernon Athletes and sports fans around the world are preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games which begin this Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] but as we look [...]
