Breakthroughs

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.

Medical Research Funding at Risk with Rod Passman, MD 06/23/2025

Improving Cardiac Health through Immune System Precision with Edward Thorp, PhD 06/16/2025

Can a Single Session Impact Mental Health for Teens? with Jessica Schleider, PhD 05/27/2025

The Science Behind Sleep Health with Minjee Kim, MD 05/05/2025

New Insights from Inside the Brain with Rodrigo Braga, PhD 04/14/2025

Inventing a Tiny Pacemaker with John Rogers, PhD 04/02/2025

How Alzheimer’s Drugs Work with David Gate, PhD 03/06/2025

Intervening Earlier in Mental Healthcare for Kids with Lauren Wakschlag, PhD 03/03/2025

Advancing Ovarian Health from Fertility to Lifespan with Francesca Duncan, PhD 02/17/2025

Pursuing Precision Medicine for Rare Diseases with Gemma Carvill, PhD 02/03/2025

Investigating the Health Impact of Incarceration with Linda Teplin, PhD 12/09/2024

Studying Social Networks to Address Health Inequities with Michelle Birkett, PhD 11/21/2024

Emerging Drug Targets in Parkinson's Disease with Joe Mazzulli, PhD 11/04/2024

New Insights into Cellular Metabolism with Issam Ben-Sahra, PhD 10/21/2024

Understanding Gut Microbiome Science with Jeffrey Gordon, MD 10/07/2024

Overcoming Hormone Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer with Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD 09/16/2024

How to Measure Biological Age with John Wilkins, MD 07/22/2024

A Compelling New Lupus Discovery with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD 07/10/2024

Uncovering Insights into Cancer and Alzheimer's with Marcus Peter, PhD 05/20/2024

The Evolution of Digital Pathology with Lee Cooper, PhD 05/06/2024

Driving Innovations in Biostatistics with Denise Scholtens, PhD 04/22/2024

Leading Pediatric Obesity Research with Justin Ryder, PhD 04/05/2024

Discovering New ALS Therapeutic Avenues with Evangelos Kiskinis, PhD 03/25/2024

Pursuing Deeper Understanding of Inflammation with Murali Prakriya, PhD 03/11/2024

Partnering with Libraries to Address Teen Mental Health with Ashley Knapp, PhD, and Robert Simmons, MA 02/26/2024

Engineering Bacteria to Monitor and Treat Disease with Arthur Prindle, PhD 02/12/2024

Strengthening T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumor Cancers with Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD 02/07/2024

New Insights into Dopamine with Raj Awatramani, PhD, and Daniel Dombeck, PhD 12/01/2023

The Evolution of the NIH Toolbox with Richard Gershon, PhD 11/13/2023

How Mitochondria Inform Disease Discoveries with Navdeep Chandel, PhD 10/30/2023