In the News

Read about our work in the Ridge Lab as reported in these news publications.

• Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science Launches. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, May 5, 2023.
• Clearing Pathways. Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern Medicine Magazine, Apr 27, 2023.
  
• RSV Surge Puts Youngest Children at Risk. News Release, Northwestern University, Nov 10, 2022.
• Nose Swabs May Distinguish Babies with RSV Needing Longer Intensive Care. Lurie Children’s News, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Nov 02, 2022.
• Kimberly Querrey Summer Research Program Supports the Next Generation of Scientists. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Oct 28, 2022.
  Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Mortality, Misinformation and Maternal Vaccination. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Sep 7, 2022.
  
• COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy Helps Protect Infants from Needing Hospital Care for COVID-19. Lurie Children’s News, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Jun 23, 2022.
• Northwestern Investigates COVID-19: Omicron, Vaccines, Pediatric Complications. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Jun 7, 2022.
• COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Kids and Teens from Severe Illness. Lurie Children's News, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Apr 18, 2022.
• Sponsored Research: Investigating the Mechanisms that Promote Lung Tissue Repair in Patients with Severe Viral Pneumonia. Breakthroughs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Dec 2021.
  
• Northwestern Scientists Investigate COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests and Disparities. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nov 30, 2021.
• Northwestern Medicine Investigators Receive $14 Million Grant to Study Viral Pneumonia. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nov 9, 2021.
  
• Northwestern Investigators Pursue Strategies to Combat COVID-19. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Apr 28, 2021.
• Changes in Macrophages Drive Vulnerability to Lung Infections. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Mar 16, 2021.
  
• Women's Health Research Day Celebrates Sex-Inclusive Science. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Jan 30, 2019.
• Diabetes Drug Reduces Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes From Air Pollution. Northwestern Now, Northwestern University, Oct 10, 2018.
• Celebrating the Scientific Career of Robert Goldman. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Sep 28, 2018.
• Why Do Healthy Children Die from the Flu? Study Offers New Insights. Lurie Children's News, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feb 15, 2018.
• Scientists Discover Novel Treatment Target for Pulmonary Fibrosis. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Jul 10, 2017.
• Artistic Research Puts Science in the Public Eye. Northwestern Now, Northwestern University, Nov 8, 2016.
• Investigating the Molecular Roots of Lung Disease. Breakthroughs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nov 2016.
• Budinger Named Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Apr 26, 2016.
• Sponsored Research: Pathophysiology of Acute Lung Injury. Breakthroughs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Oct 2015.
  
• Vimentin Implicated in Lung Inflammation and Fibrosis. News Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Apr 28, 2015.
• Sponsored Research: Role of Vimentin in Influenza A-Induced Acute Lung Injury. Breakthroughs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nov 2014.
• Mighty Mitochondria Make a Comeback. Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern Medicine Magazine, Summer 2014.