Congratulations are in order for Dr. Nandita Nadig, MD, MSCR, who was recently awarded both the NUCATS Dixon Translational Research Grant and the Eleanor Wood-Prince Grant. The Dixon Grants fund “innovative, multi-disciplinary clinical and translational research collaborations…that can make an impact in medical science at a national level,” established after a $20 million pledge from Suzanne and Wesley Dixon, the largest contribution for a single program in hospital history. The Eleanor Wood-Prince Grant Initiatives are a project of The Women’s Board of Northwestern Medicine, and has awarded over $1.7 million to recipients since 2001.
As the Medical Director of Critical Care Integration, Dr. Nadig’s research and clinical interests have focused on reducing healthcare disparities in ICU transfers and right-sizing care using telehealth and regional outreach approaches. She was a 2019 Parker B. Francis fellow and has also recently been awarded the Diversity Grant from the American Thoracic Society for her project, “Inter-ICU Transfer Telehealth Tool (IITT)-Family Centered Care through Telehealth”.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Nadig on her recent accomplishments and advice she has for fellows and junior faculty. She described having found these opportunities on the NUCATS website, which “seemed to be a good fit and the right avenue to build a new team”. She feels like the often quoted, “success begets more success” oversimplifies reality, because “people who are successful have in fact participated more, have had more failures, more rejections, more experiential learning.” She encourages everyone to “persist, practice resilience, incorporate feedback and adapt as it will serve you well not only in your research but in your career!”
As she “look[s] forward to embedding healthcare equity principles while developing and implementing the vision for critical care integration,” we too look forward to seeing her work develop further and appreciate her guidance and mentorship!