Breakthroughs

By Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Breakthroughs is a podcast about groundbreaking research and the scientists leading these discoveries at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. We are driven by our mission to transform the practice of medicine and profoundly impact human health beyond the individual patient. We believe better answers only come from discovery.

Episode Date
Is Antimicrobial Resistance Threatening Modern Medicine? with Jennie Kwon, DO
May 11, 2026
New Insights Into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD
Apr 20, 2026
Improving Testing and Diagnosis of Hepatitis C with Claudia Hawkins, MD, MPH
Apr 06, 2026
Decoding Long COVID's Impact on the Brain with Igor Koralnik, MD
Mar 23, 2026
Improving Imaging of the Spinal Cord with Molly Bright, DPhil
Feb 23, 2026
New Paths for Diagnosing and Treating Lyme Disease with Brandon Jutras, PhD
Feb 02, 2026
How Cell Function Can Shed Light on Neurodegeneration with Vladimir Gelfand, PhD
Dec 15, 2025
Advancing Health and Longevity by Analyzing the Retina with Manjot Gill, MD
Dec 01, 2025
The Art and Science of Bedside Medicine with Brian Garibaldi, MD
Nov 12, 2025
Rewind: Leading Neuroscience Research to Inform Mental Health Treatment with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD
Nov 03, 2025
Studying T-Cell Therapy for Potential Lung Tissue Repair with Benjamin Singer, MD
Oct 20, 2025
Rewind: The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD
Aug 25, 2025
Rewind: Exploring Immune Tolerance and Food Allergy Pathways with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Aug 04, 2025
A Promising Drug for Alzheimer's Disease with William Klein, PhD, and Richard Silverman, PhD
Jul 07, 2025
Medical Research Funding at Risk with Rod Passman, MD
Jun 23, 2025
Improving Cardiac Health through Immune System Precision with Edward Thorp, PhD
Jun 16, 2025
Can a Single Session Impact Mental Health for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD
May 27, 2025
The Science Behind Sleep Health with Minjee Kim, MD
May 05, 2025
New Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD
Apr 14, 2025
Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD
Apr 02, 2025
How Alzheimer's Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD
Mar 06, 2025
Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD
Mar 03, 2025
Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD
Feb 17, 2025
Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD
Feb 03, 2025
Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD
Dec 09, 2024
Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD
Nov 21, 2024
Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD
Nov 04, 2024
New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD
Oct 21, 2024
Understanding Gut Microbiome Science with Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Oct 07, 2024
Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer with Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD
Sep 16, 2024
How to Measure Biological Age with John Wilkins, MD
Jul 22, 2024
A Compelling New Lupus Discovery with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD
Jul 10, 2024
Uncovering Insights into Cancer and Alzheimer's with Marcus Peter, PhD
May 20, 2024
The Evolution of Digital Pathology with Lee Cooper, PhD
May 06, 2024
Driving Innovations in Biostatistics with Denise Scholtens, PhD
Apr 22, 2024
Leading Pediatric Obesity Research with Justin Ryder, PhD
Apr 05, 2024
Discovering New ALS Therapeutic Avenues with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD
Mar 25, 2024
Pursuing Deeper Understanding of Inflammation with Murali Prakriya, PhD
Mar 11, 2024
Partnering with Libraries to Address Teen Mental Health with Ashley Knapp, PhD, and Robert Simmons, MA
Feb 26, 2024
Engineering Bacteria to Monitor and Treat Disease with Arthur Prindle, PhD
Feb 12, 2024
Strengthening T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumor Cancers with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD
Feb 07, 2024
New Insights into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD
Dec 01, 2023
The Evolution of the NIH Toolbox with Richard Gershon, PhD
Nov 13, 2023
How Mitochondria Inform Disease Discoveries with Navdeep Chandel, PhD
Oct 30, 2023
Advancing Transplant Science with Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH
Oct 16, 2023
How Drinking Alcohol Impacts Aging with Lifang Hou, MD, PhD
Oct 02, 2023
How AI Can Improve Healthcare Delivery with Mozzi Etemadi, MD, PhD
Sep 18, 2023
Predicting Which Cancer Cells May Become Drug-Resistant with Yogesh Goyal, PhD
Jul 19, 2023
New Institute Advances Lung Disease Research and Clinical Care with Scott Budinger, MD
Jun 20, 2023
Understanding Genetic Factors in Parkinson's Disease with Steven Lubbe, PhD
Jun 05, 2023
Why Late-Night Eating is Linked to Weight Gain and Diabetes with Joseph Bass, MD, PhD
May 15, 2023
Rewind: A Promising Obesity Drug with Robert Kushner, MD
May 01, 2023
Improving Exercise Habits for Breast Cancer Survivors with Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH
Apr 17, 2023
Advancing Skin Cell Biology with Kathleen Green, PhD
Apr 03, 2023
Rewind: How to Stop Antibiotic Misuse with Jeffrey Linder, MD, MPH
Mar 20, 2023
Can ChatGPT Support Biomedical Research? with Catherine Gao, MD and Yuan Luo, PhD
Mar 06, 2023
How the Brain Regulates Aggressive Behavior with Ann Kennedy, PhD
Feb 20, 2023
Rewind: Can Exercise Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression? with Daniel Corcos, PhD
Feb 06, 2023
A New Focus on Implementation Science with Sara Becker, PhD, and Rinad Beidas, PhD
Jan 23, 2023
Rewind: Why are Food Allergies on the Rise? with Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH
Jan 17, 2023
The Science Behind Culinary Medicine with Melinda Ring, MD
Dec 19, 2022
Identifying How Genes Function to Better Understand Cancer with Mazhar Adli, PhD
Dec 05, 2022
The Long-term Impact of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Thomas Inge, MD, PhD
Nov 21, 2022
The Role of Dopamine in Habit Formation and Compulsive Behavior with Talia Lerner, PhD
Nov 01, 2022
Understanding the Immune System with Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Oct 17, 2022
Improving Health Outcomes Through Big Data with Theresa Walunas, PhD
Oct 03, 2022
Identifying the Mechanisms of Seeing Color with Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD
Sep 19, 2022
The Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease with Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD
Sep 02, 2022
Investigating Therapies for Genetic Epilepsy with Alfred George, Jr., MD
Aug 12, 2022
Cell-Based Treatments to Fight Diseases with Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD
Jul 29, 2022
Evidence-Based Gender-Affirming Care for Young Adults with Robert Garofalo, MD
Jun 14, 2022
Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS Pandemics with Richard D'Aquila, MD
Jun 07, 2022
New Approaches for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Sanjiv Shah, MD
May 24, 2022
Music-Based Medical Interventions with Borna Bonakdarpour, MD
May 10, 2022
Life-Changing Gene Therapy for Beta-Thalassemia Patients with Jennifer Schneiderman, MD
Apr 25, 2022
Pet Dogs Advance Glioblastoma Research with Amy Heimberger, MD
Apr 05, 2022
Advancing Mental Health Research, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern with Sachin Patel, MD, PhD
Mar 29, 2022
Supporting Frontline Gun Violence Workers with Judith Moskowitz, PhD
Mar 21, 2022
Lewy Body Dementias and the Immune System with David Gate, PhD
Feb 21, 2022
Declining Heart Health in Most Pregnant Women with Sadiya Khan, MD and Natalie Cameron, MD
Feb 14, 2022
Experimental Strategies in Organ Transplantation with Satish Nadig, MD, PhD
Feb 01, 2022
A Vaccine Pathway for Herpes Virus with Gregory Smith, PhD
Jan 24, 2022
Leading Family & Community Medicine at Northwestern with Deborah Smith Clements, MD
Jan 04, 2022
Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma with Adam Sonabend, MD
Dec 20, 2021
COVID-19 Boosters Increase Protection with Alexis Demonbreun, PhD
Dec 06, 2021
Human Genome Project for Proteins with Neil Kelleher, PhD
Nov 29, 2021
Reversing Severe Spinal Cord Injuries with Samuel Stupp, PhD
Nov 11, 2021
Earliest Signs of Parkinson's Disease with D. James Surmeier, PhD
Nov 03, 2021
The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD
Oct 25, 2021
The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program with Dinee Simpson, MD
Oct 25, 2021
Variants of Interest and of Concern with Judd Hultquist, PhD
Oct 05, 2021
Advancing Muscular Dystrophy Research with Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
Sep 28, 2021
Next-Generation COVID Vaccines with Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD
Aug 31, 2021
The Evolution of Cardiac Monitoring with Rod Passman, MD
Aug 26, 2021
Esophageal Diseases and Symptom Anxiety and Hypervigilance with John Pandolfino, MD
Aug 09, 2021
Kids, Mental Health and COVID-19 with Tali Raviv, PhD
Jun 08, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety with Eric G. Neilson, MD and Robert L. Murphy, MD
May 17, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnant Women with Emily Miller, MD, MPH
May 10, 2021
Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc
Apr 30, 2021
Pediatric Eczema and Scratch Sensors with Steve Xu, MD, MSc
Apr 30, 2021