Author: Elizabeth Erman

School of Medicine researchers have improved a recently developed brain imaging technique to allow brain scans of infants.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine Class of 2011 recites an oath of professionalism at the annual White Coat Ceremony Aug. 17.

Fred J. “Ted” Hodges III, professor emeritus of radiology and one of the founders of the neuroradiology section at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007.

Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., was named director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) effective July 1.

School of Medicine research shows that surgical repair of sports hernias using tension-free mesh, paired with rehabilitation, successfully returned most athletes to competition.

Anita L. Minor tells of her gift of a child with Down Syndrome in a recently released book.

Photo by Robert BostonAyodele Adesanya, a University of Chicago undergraduate who took part in the summer Biomedical Research Apprenticeship Program (BioMed RAP), talks about his research poster, “Gene expression and polymorphism in the GAL1 promoter of Saccharomyces” with Yue Yun, a doctoral student in the Computational Biology Program.

A $5.7 million grant will establish a center at the School of Medicine that will investigate the underlying causes of kidney disease to speed the development of new treatments.

Courtesy PhotoJeffrey Lowell, M.D., (left) and Eric Shirley, lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, perform clubfoot repair surgery on a child while on board the USNS Comfort.Jeffrey Lowell, M.D., was deployed on the military hospital ship USNS Comfort this month to serve as a general surgeon while the ship was in Central America.

Project ARK has received a $6.7 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.