News & Announcements
Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Havey Institute for Global Health. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our members’ latest achievements, discoveries and honors. To view past Institute newsletters and other announcements, visit here.
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03.16.2022A new highly sensitive, easy-to-use test for COVID-19 that requires a single swab and 15 minutes has received emergency use authorization (EUA) status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
03.09.2022As the world collectively continues to reel from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent unfolding of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked an additional humanitarian crisis – one that has serious implications for global health.
02.22.2022The Havey Institute for Global Health is deeply saddened to hear of the unexpected passing of prominent global health advocate and pioneer, Dr. Paul Farmer on Monday in Butaro, Rwanda.
02.03.2022A recent Northwestern Medicine study found global efforts to track variants grossly underreported a probable variant of concern, Eta, circulating in Nigeria in early 2021.
01.12.2022The Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health is pleased to announce the addition of a larger and more expansive award to continue to address the Institute’s mission to support and expand knowledge, research capacity and equity in global health through transdisciplinary research and education partnerships.
12.16.2021It is with a mix of gratitude and sadness that the Havey Institute for Global Health announces the departure of Mark D. Huffman, MD, MPH, Quentin D. Young Professor of Health Policy and tenured Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology, as the Director of the Center for Global Cardiovascular Health here at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, effective December 31, 2021.
12.08.2021Feinberg’s Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health hosted the 10th annual Global Health Day symposium on December 3, featuring keynote speakers, online poster presentations, and question and answers sessions.
12.04.2021Studies estimate that 10 to 30 percent of coronavirus patients may develop long-term symptoms. The New York Times dives into the struggles and lingering symptoms of Samantha Lewis, a patient of Dr. Igor Koralnik, who heads the Neuro COVID-19 Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is Northwestern’s chief of neuro-infectious diseases and global neurology.
11.18.2021On November 10, 2021, more than 270 supporters and friends participated in the 14th Annual Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health Event, presented virtually by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
10.28.2021Through the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, Feinberg faculty across disciplines are training investigators from Africa, many of whom are enrolled in Feinberg graduate programs, on how to effectively conduct research about diseases currently impacting their home countries.
09.28.2021A salt substitute with less sodium reduced rates of stroke and heart attack in rural China, according to a recent trial.
09.22.2021Northwestern University Trustees and alumni Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan have made a historic gift to name and endow the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health.
09.22.2021The gift will endow the existing Institute for Global Health, which will be renamed the Robert J. Havey, MD, Institute for Global Health in honor of Robert J. Havey the institute’s deputy director and clinical professor of general internal medicine and geriatrics at Feinberg. The endowed fund will support the institute’s operations as well as student travel and projects and research conducted by Feinberg faculty.
08.26.2021Quality improvement must measure more than average care quality and change to address the root causes of health inequity, according to a Northwestern Medicine editorial published in The BMJ.
07.30.2021The Institute for Global Health is saddened to announce the passing of longtime collaborator and colleague, Professor Olufemi David Olaleye, FAAS on Tuesday 27 July after a battle with COVID-19.
07.26.2021Blessing Aghaulor, MD, MPH, a former resident in internal medicine and current fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has conducted research on transplant outcomes and consulted about patients at the ERASE trafficking clinic in Chicago.