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Events

Apr
18
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds: Charles Mayo, MD Lectureship with Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Apr
18
IPHAM Seminar Series: Strengthening Community Engaged Research: the Center for Community Health's Resources and Services
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
18
NMH Ethics Presents Empowering Patient Voices, Respecting Patient Choices - Presentation and Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
18
Putting Things Together and Pulling Them Apart: Association and Dissociation in Bioethics Arguments [lecture 2 of 2] - Tod Chambers
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Apr
19
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar Series
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Apr
22
IPR Colloquium: M. Davis (Lurie) - Addressing Mortality Among U.S. Children
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
22
Third Coast CFAR Seminar Series—JENNIFER JAO, MD, MPH
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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
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

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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

"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]
Discriminative Ability of CHA₂DS₂-VASc and HAS-BLED Score in Whites and Nonwhites.
Schwartz SM, Tedla YG, Greenland P, Yadlapati A, Passman RS.
Am J Cardiol. 2019 Mar 19. pii: S0002-9149(19)30317-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.03.020. [Epub ahead of print]
Longitudinal associations between smoking and affect among cancer patients using varenicline to quit smoking.
Carroll AJ, Kim K, Miele A, Olonoff M, Leone FT, Schnoll RA, Hitsman B.
Addict Behav. 2019 Apr 3;95:206-210. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.04.003. [Epub ahead of print]
Assessment of the influence of food attributes on meal choice selection by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity among women living in Chicago, USA: A discrete choice experiment.
Kershaw KN, Klikuszowian E, Schrader L, Siddique J, Van Horn L, Womack VY, Zenk SN.
Appetite. 2019 Apr 8. pii: S0195-6663(18)31342-4. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.04.003. [Epub ahead of print]
America's Best Medical Schools: A Renewed Critique of the U.S. News & World Report Rankings.
McGaghie WC.
Acad Med. 2019 Apr 9. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002742. [Epub ahead of print]
The Coincidence Between Increasing Age, Immunosuppression, and the Incidence of Patients With Glioblastoma.
Ladomersky E, Scholtens DM, Kocherginsky M, Hibler EA, Bartom ET, Otto-Meyer S, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Choi J, Sosman JA, …
Front Pharmacol. 2019 Mar 27;10:200. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00200. eCollection 2019.
Four Cases of Cholesterol Management Informed by the 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol.
Chuzi S, Pfenniger A, Lloyd-Jones DM, Blumenthal RS, Smith SC Jr, Virani SS, Grundy SM, Stone NJ.
JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Apr 10. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0771. [Epub ahead of print]
Body mass index restrictions in fertility treatment: a national survey of OB/GYN subspecialists.
Kelley AS, Badon SE, Lanham MSM, Fisseha S, Moravek MB.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2019 Apr 8. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01448-3. [Epub ahead of print]

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Welcome from Donald M Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA

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.