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Events

Apr
24
Biostatistics Seminar Series with a Candidate for the Division of Biostatistics/QDSC Faculty position
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Apr
25
Biostatistics Seminar Series with a Candidate for the Division of Biostatistics/BCC Faculty position
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Apr
25
How a Hormone Was Sold as the ‘Moral Molecule’ That Would Save Humanity - Christopher Lane
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Apr
25
IPHAM Seminar Series: The Many Faces of Spatial Clustering
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
26
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Series
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Apr
26
Spring Global Health Day
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Apr
30
Prevention Science & Methodology Group (PSMG) Virtual Grand Rounds – Arthur Robin Williams, MD
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
May
2
IPHAM Seminar Series: MedEd Gone Mindful: The Impact & Opportunities of Integrative Medicine Education
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
2
Thomas Cunningham - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
May
3
MEDICINE AND MEDIA: The Third Annual Northwestern Bioethics & Medical Humanities Conference
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
May
6
Science in Human Culture/Klopsteg Lecture Series presents Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz - Figures of the Future: Race, Demographic...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
May
9
Annalese Duprey - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
May
9
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
13
Annual Brady Lecture "Medically-assisted Dying: Ethics, Law and Public Policy"
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
May
15
IPR Perf. Measurement & Rewards: R. Kronick (UC-San Diego) - Political Economy of Overpayments to Medicare Advantage
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
May
16
Greg Brisson - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
May
16
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
19
MD/MPH Graduate Reception and Program
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
May
23
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
23
MK Czerwiec - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents a Montgomery Lecture
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
May
30
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
30
John Franklin - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Jun
6
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jun
6
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture: TBA
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Jun
13
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jun
20
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Jun
27
IPHAM Seminar Series: TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

News

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Our Department

The Department of Preventive Medicine aims to improve the health of individuals and populations through translational research, education and training, community outreach and promotion of public health. The department is dedicated to promoting health across the lifespan and in all segments of the population. More >

Recent Publications

Sleep myths: an expert-led study to identify false beliefs about sleep that impinge upon population sleep health practices.
Robbins R, Grandner MA, Buxton OM, Hale L, Buysse DJ, Knutson KL, Patel SR, Troxel WM, Youngstedt SD, Czeisler CA, …
Sleep Health. 2019 Apr 16. pii: S2352-7218(19)30025-7. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.02.002. [Epub ahead of print]
Association between excessive supraventricular ectopy and subclinical cerebrovascular disease: A population-based study.
Hisamatsu T, Miura K, Fujiyoshi A, Kunimura A, Ito T, Miyazawa I, Torii S, Shiino A, Nozaki K, Kanda H, Arima H, …
Eur J Neurol. 2019 Apr 19. doi: 10.1111/ene.13970. [Epub ahead of print]
Understanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids.
Souza P, Arehart K, Schoof T, Anderson M, Strori D, Balmert L.
Ear Hear. 2019 Apr 10. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000717. [Epub ahead of print]
Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio and intake of sodium and potassium among men and women from multiethnic general populations: the INTERSALT Study.
Iwahori T, Miura K, Ueshima H, Tanaka-Mizuno S, Chan Q, Arima H, Dyer AR, Elliott P, …
Hypertens Res. 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1038/s41440-019-0263-1. [Epub ahead of print]
Quantification of biological age as a determinant of age-related diseases in the Rotterdam Study: a structural equation modeling approach.
Waziry R, Gras L, Sedaghat S, Tiemeier H, Weverling GJ, Ghanbari M, Klap J, de Wolf F, Hofman A, Ikram MA, Goudsmit J.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Apr 13. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00497-3. [Epub ahead of print]
A successful case of dupilumab treatment for severe uremic pruritus.
Silverberg JI, Brieva J.
JAAD Case Rep. 2019 Apr 3;5(4):339-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.01.024. eCollection 2019 Apr. No abstract available.
Association Between Children's Hospital Visitor Restrictions and Healthcare-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
Forkpa H, Rupp AH, Shulman ST, Patel SJ, Gray EL, Zheng X, Bovee M, Kociolek LK.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2019 Apr 16. pii: piz023. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piz023. [Epub ahead of print]
"iAlegrate!"-A culturally adapted positive psychological intervention for Hispanics/Latinos with hypertension: Rationale, design, and methods.
Hernandez R, Daviglus ML, Martinez L, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Huffman JC, Ramirez F, Tito L, Moskowitz JT.
Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2019 Mar 14;14:100348. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100348. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Effects of reallocating sedentary time with physical activity on quality of life indicators in breast cancer survivors.
Welch WA, Ehlers D, Gavin K, Aguinaga S, Cottrell A, Nielsen A, Solk P, McAuley E, Phillips SM.
Psychooncology. 2019 Apr 12. doi: 10.1002/pon.5091. [Epub ahead of print]

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We reach beyond the diagnosis and treatment of illness and scientifically address the major challenges in American medicine today, which include disease prevention and control, improved health care for all, and better organization and financing of health care services.