News & Announcements
Read the latest news from the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC). The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about NUPOC and our recent achievements.
04.29.2026Robert Murphy, MD, executive director of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, has been honored with the 2026 Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Distinguished Leadership in Global Health Award.
12.11.2025Students from disciplines across Northwestern recently collaborated to pitch solutions to complex, real-world global health challenges at Global Health Day’s Intramural Global Health Case Competition.
11.25.2025Northwestern students, faculty, staff and community partners shared and recognized global health research, education and outreach at the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health’s 14th annual Global Health Day on November 19.
NUPOC Welcomes Dr. Myunghee Kim for Collaborative Research Initiative11.19.2025The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Myunghee Kim, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering and serves as Director of the Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory.
Dr. Kim’s research centers on wearable and rehabilitation robotics, with a focus on human–machine interaction, personalized assistive devices, and human–robot co-adaptation. Her expertise in adaptive control algorithms and human adaptation metrics brings a valuable perspective to NUPOC’s interdisciplinary efforts.
During her time at NUPOC, Dr. Kim will collaborate with Dr. Matthew Major and other faculty on projects related to the development, evaluation, and clinical integration of wearable prosthetic and orthotic devices. Her work will contribute to joint publications and proposals, while deepening engagement with advanced assessment methods and clinician- and user-centered outcome measures.
To learn more about Dr. Kim’s work, visit the Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory or her UIC faculty profile.
09.04.2025An international multi-center study revealed how diet plays a greater role in the prevalence of obesity globally than was previously understood, according to findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
06.10.2025Scientists investigating severe malaria infections in children have uncovered key biological markers that could help guide future treatments, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
05.28.2025Faculty, staff, students and trainees celebrated global health, education and outreach during the 6th annual Global Health Education Day organized by the Center for Global Health Education.