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Jonathan L. Entin

David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law 

  • Publications:
    • Why the Federal Government Failed to Prosecute the Killers of Emmett Till, Mississippi Law Journal (in press)
    • How Activism Can Shape Legal Strategy: The Case of Pauli Murray, Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review (in press)
    • The Case That Really Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, The Federal Lawyer (in press)
    • Stare Decisis After the Rejection of Lockstepping in State Constitutional Law: An Ohio Perspective, 17 ConLawNOW 101 (2025)
    • The Contested Legacy of John Adams, 60 Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal 65 (2025)
    • The Ohio Birth Certificate Fiasco: A Case of Institutional Failure, 25 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 419 (2025)
    • Using Common Law Property Doctrine to Advance Social Justice, 24 Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal 218 (2025)
    • The Decline of Representation Reinforcement in the Supreme Court: Increasing Deference to the Political Process, 73 Cleveland State Law Review 41 (2024)
    • The Last Word on the Ohio Constitution, 73 Cleveland State Law Review Et Cetera 1 (2024)
    • Judicial Ethics and Judicial Competence, 74 Case Western Reserve Law Review 955 (2024)
    • Kinship and Recusal, The Federal Lawyer, Fall 2024, at 78
    • Taxing Remote Workers: The Pandemic and Its Implications, Journal of Taxation of Investments, Summer 2024, at 23
    • Court Packing and Judicial Independence: An American Perspective, in Judicial Independence: Cornerstone of Democracy 382 (Shimon Shetreet & Hiram Chodosh eds., 2024)
  • Speeches and Presentations:
    • “Challenges to American Democracy: Preserving the Rule of Law,” Ohio Black Judges Association, November 14, 2025 (with Atiba Ellis)
    • “The Contentious John Adams Trust,” Professor’s Corner, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, November 11, 2025
    • “What Are the Societal Impacts of Polarization?,” Critical Conversations, Office of the Provost, CWRU, October 14
    • “Making Sense of the Supreme Court,” Lifelong Learning course, Kendal at Oberlin, September 2, 9, and 16, 2025
    • “Supreme Court Review and Preview,” CWRU Public Affairs Discussion Group, September 5, 2025 (with Jessie Hill)
    • “Stare Decisis and ‘Lockstep’ Precedents,” The Importance of the Ohio Constitution: State Constitutional Interpretation, Stare Decisis, and Litigating State Constitutional Claims, Ohio State Bar Association, July 7, 2025
    • “Current Issues in Voting Rights,” Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates, May 9, 2025
    • “Biden and the Federal Judiciary,” The Joe Biden Presidency: Legacy and Record, April 10, 2025, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron, and Department of Social Sciences, University of Mount Union
    • “Understanding the Emerging Supreme Court,” 6-part course in the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, CWRU, March 19-April 23, 2025
    • Panelist, “Loper Bright, Jarkesy, Corner Post, and the Changing Role of the Administrative State,” William K. Thomas Inn of Court, January 8, 2025
    • “Landmark Supreme Court Cases with Cleveland Roots,” Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eighth District Advanced Appellate Advocacy Seminar, November 22, 2024
    • “Tax Implications of the Supreme Court’s Administrative Law Decisions,” Cleveland Tax Institute, November 15, 2024
    • “President or Monarch: Unpacking the Supreme Court Immunity Ruling,” Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, November 3, 2024
    • “Legal Issues in Minority Business Development Programs,” Greater Cleveland Partnership, October 17, 2025 (with Matthew Rossman)
    • “Judges Matter,” League of Women Voters of Ohio webinar, October 9, 2024
    • “Abortion & IVF: One Year After Ohio’s Issue 1,” University of Akron, October 2, 2024
    • “Modern Day Folks Who Made the Constitution,” Sandusky Public Library, September 17, 2024
    • “‘It Ain’t Nothin’ ’Til We Say So’: An Imperial Supreme Court?,” Kendal at Oberlin, September 3, 10, and 17, 2024
    • “Affirmative Action on Trial,” CWRU Constitution Day program, September 16
    • “The Role of Nonprofits in Protecting Voting Rights—Past, Present & Future,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, May 2, 2024 (with Atiba Ellis)
  • Professional and Public Service:
    • Advisory Council, National Coalition Against Censorship
    • Board of Directors, Northern District of Ohio chapter, Federal Bar Association co-editor, Inter Alia (chapter newsletter through 2024)
    • Inaugural Fellow, Fred Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights
  • Media Appearances:
    • Interviewed by local, state, national, and international media (including the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corp., France 24, CNBC (India), NPR, Yahoo! Finance, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Dispatch, the Washington Examiner, The Latin Times, and various public broadcasting stations) on a variety of subjects, including the Supreme Court, constitutional law, civil rights, statewide ballot issues, redistricting, abortion law, marijuana law, state and national politics, judicial ethics, and political corruption; was also quoted in Merriam-Webster Dictionary for the definition of “symbiotic”

David Matthiesen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus

  • Awards & Recognition: Honored with the John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.

J. Thomas Mortimer, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering

  • Presentations & Awards: Delivered the Keynote address and received the Lifetime-Achievement Award at the 2025 Neurotech Leaders Forum (November 2025, San Francisco, CA).

Clare Marie Rimnac, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor Emerita; Professor Emerita of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Case Western Reserve University Committees:
    • 2025 Search Advisory Committee (member), for Chair of Biomedical Engineering, CSE
    • 2024-2027 Executive Committee, Emeriti Academy (member)
    • 2020-2025 Co-convener (with Sandra Russ), Distinguished University Professors
    • 2019-2025 NIH Musculoskeletal Training Grant, Department of Orthopaedics, Steering Committee
  • National and International Boards and Committees:
    • 2025 Audit Committee (Chair), Orthopaedic Research Society
    • 2023-2026 ASM-TMS Distinguished Lecturer Award Committee
    • 2020-2025 Department of Engineering External Advisory Board, Baldwin Wallace University
    • 2020-2025 Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Advisory Council, Cornell University
    • 2009-2024 External Advisory Board, Bioengineering Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
  • Research Activities:
    • Co-investigator OMEGA (ARPA-H), Ozan Akkus, PI, April 1 2024 through March 31, 2025
  • Honors and Awards:
    • Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA); Awarded in Rome, Italy, September 2025
  • Graduate Student Advising:
    • Emily Szabo, M.S.: Insights Into the Mechanical Behavior of Maturing Cortical Bone: A Porcine Model. Ph.D. Awarded, May 2024.
    • Dylan Crocker, M.S.: Sequential radiation dose effects on the fatigue behavior of structural cortical bone allografts (appointed as a trainee on 5T32 AR07505 (NIAMS) Training Program in Musculoskeletal Research). Ph.D. Awarded, December 2024.
  • Invited Presentations:
    • “The Ongoing Importance of Failure Analysis in Contributing to the Success of Joint Replacements”, International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Rome, Italy, September, 2025
  • Publications:
    • Szabo E, Bensusan J, Akkus O, Rimnac C. Immature porcine cortical bone mechanical properties and composition change with maturation and displacement rate. J Mech Behav
    • Biomed Mater. 2024 May;153:106487. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106487. Epub 2024 Mar 6. PMID: 38490048.
    • Crocker D, Hering T, Akkus O, Oest M, Rimnac C. Dose-dependent effects of gamma radiation sterilization on the collagen matrix of human cortical bone allograft and its influence on fatigue crack propagation resistance. Cell Tissue Bank (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561- 024-10135-2.
    • Ina, J, Dumaine, A, Flanagan C, Haase L, Moore R, Rimnac C, Gilmore A. Findings Associated With Nonaccidental Trauma in Children With Isolated Femoral Diaphyseal Fractures. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (2024):10.1097/BPO.0000000000002740, May 30, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002740.
    • Crocker DB, Akkus O, Oest ME, Rimnac CM. The influence of radiation-induced collagen chain fragmentation, crosslinking, and sequential irradiation on the high-cycle fatigue life of human cortical bone. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2024 Dec;160:106759. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106759. Epub 2024 Sep 30. PMID: 39366082.
    • Crocker, D, Akkus, O, Rimnac C. Sequential irradiation does not improve fatigue crack propagation resistance of human cortical bone at 15 kGy (2025) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. Jan;161:106814. https://doi.org/10.1016/m.jmbbm.2025.106814.
    • Blackburn CW, Jarrett CM, Sattar A, Grinberg I, Moore RD, Maheshwer B, Rimnac CM, Kraay MJ. In Vivo Wear Analysis of Third- Versus Second-Generation Moderately Crosslinked Polyethylene Liners in Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Aug 19:S0883- 5403(25)01039-3. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2025.08.032. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40840658.
    • Leopold, Seth S.; Briars, Colleen E.; Gebhardt, Mark C.; Gioe, Terence J.; Manner, Paul A. MD; Porcher, Raphaël; Rimnac, Clare M.; Wongworawat, Montri D.. Editorial: Uses of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®—An Update. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 482(6):p 909-911, June 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003084.
    • Leopold SS, Rimnac CM, Ring D. Editorial: How to Make the Most of Open Notes. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 Oct 1;482(10):1737-1740. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003197. Epub 2024 Sep 3. PMID: 39235345; PMCID: PMC11419434.
    • Leopold SS, Gebhardt MC, Gioe TJ, Manner PA, Porcher R, Rimnac CM, Wongworawat MD. Editorial: An Update on How CORR Evaluates Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (Which You Might Also Consider When Reading Them). Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2025 Mar 1;483(3):369-
    • 371. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000003338. Epub 2025 Jan 3. PMID: 39774848; PMCID: PMC11828008.
  • Editorships:
    • Senior Associate Editor, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Alfred B. Anderson

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry

  • Publications:
    • Journal Article: “How Computational Theorists Deal with Electrode Potential,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 172 036501 (2025).
    • Book: Past and Current Models in Electrochemistry, Springer Nature 2025, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97791-6.
    • Presentations: Delivered the lecture “From Butler-Volmer to the Present” for the ECS CWRU Student Chapter Electrochemistry Lecture Series (November 19, 2025).

Cynthia M. Beall

Distinguished University Professor and S. Idell Pyle Professor Emerita

  • Publications:
    • Ye S, Sun J, Craig SR, Di Rienzo A, Witonsky D, Yu JJ, Moya EA, Simonson TS, Powell FL, Basnyat B, Strohl KP, Hoit BD, Beall CM. Higher oxygen content and transport characterize high-altitude ethnic Tibetan women with the highest lifetime reproductive success. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Nov 5;121(45):e2403309121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2403309121. Epub 2024 Oct 21. PMID: 39432765.
    • Craig SR, Di Rienzo A, Powell FL, Strohl KP, Beall CM. Two studies of Tsarang village, Upper Mustang Nepal with different results. Journal of Physiological Anthropology. 2025;44(1):25
  • MS Submitted:
    • Ventilatory and Heart Rate Responses to Hypoxia in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Ethnically Tibetan Women Residing at ~ 3,800 meters in Mustang, Nepal
    • Moya EA, Yu JJ, Craig SR, Di Rienzo A, Witonsky D, Gu W, Strohl KP, Powell FL, Simonson TS, Beall CM
    • Strohl, K.P. and Beall, C.M. Ranging onto the Tibetan Plateau: environmental challenges and adaptations,chapter for inclusion in Georg Miehe, editor, The Tibetan Highlands. An introduction to the natural history, ecology and the human environment, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Basnyat, B, Craig, S.C., Di Rienzo A, Witonsky, D., Strohl, KP, and Beall, CMLarger lung volume and smaller-than-predicted airways of ethnic Tibetan women at high altitudes. Under revision
  • Talks:
    • Invited talk at UC Riverside on April 1. Detecting natural selection among ethnic Tibetan highlanders
    • Invited talk at Kiel University, Faculty of Medicine, May 17, 2024. “Evolutionary medicine perspective on the 2024 WHO Guideline on detecting anemia”. program review of Clinical Scientist program in Evolutionary Medicine.
    • Volunteered talk at the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health annual meetings “Tibetan women with the highest lifetime reproductive success experience balancing and directional selection favoring higher oxygen delivery” August 8-10, 2024, Durham England
    • Invited Plenary Talk at Integrative Physiology of Exercise Conference at The Pennsylvania State University, Nov. 20-22., Detecting natural selection on Tibetan highlanders
    • Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Why we are naked, sweaty, and thirsty, March 8, 2025.
    • Alcock, J. and Beall, C. M. Hypoxemia: distinguishing symptoms from adaptations, presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Nashville, TN, July 9, 2025/
    • Invited Keynote presentation at 7th Okanagan Cardiovascular and Respiratory Symposium being held by the Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health British Columbia, Canada on the 12-14th March 2026. “An evolutionary perspective on the pulmonary circulation of highlanders”
    • MSMP Block 5 Translational Physiology Lecture, Tibetan adaptation to high altitudes, February 4, 2025
  • Workshops:
    • Workshop at ISEMPH annual meetings ”Turning your draft into a polished submission to Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health”, co-organizer with Joe Alcock and Zane Thayer
    • American Academy of Arts and Sciences, “Bridging the Gap Between Science and the Public Exploratory Meeting, October 16-17, 2024, participant
  • Research Proposals:
    • FUNDED Health, Biological Fitness and Environmental Diversity, Prof. Pierrick Bourat, Maquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Chief Investigator.  Beall is a Partner Investigator. Funded by the Australian Research Council, 10/2025.
    • NOT FUNDED EDGE, NSF, resubmission not funded
  • Editorial:
    • Editor-in-Chief, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health – term ended December 2024
    • Member Editor, PNAS
    • Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Human Biology
  • Committee Membership:
    • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    • AAAS Board of Directors. Ended March 2024.
    • NAS/NRC Report Review Committee 3-year term renewal begins in June 2024
    • Report Monitor the Committee on Population report, Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development. 
    • Report Monitor for NAS Report Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/29239.
    • NAS/NRC Special Advisory Committee on the reorganization of the NRC, member, 2025
    • NAS/NRC Panel member of Committee charged with updating “On Being a Scientist” publication, 2025 – 2026
    • International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Advisory Council Member, four year term 2024 -2027.
  • Reviewer, Professional Program:
    • Clinical Sciences Physician Scientist Training Program at Kiel University, Faculty of Medicine, 2024
    • Rapporteur for the Max Planck Society, extended review and evaluation of the human field sciences, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology are part of the research field Human Sciences. Activity will take place throughout 2026.
    • Canda Excellence Research Chairs Competition
  • Media:

Gary T. Deimling

Emeritus Professor of Sociology

  • Monograph Publication: Cancer Survivors in Later Life by Gary T. Deimling, Ph.D., Oxford University Press (2025).

Ross W. Duffin

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Music

  • Publications:
    • Ross W. Duffin, “Donne's Lost Songs,” John Donne Journal 38 (2020-21; printed 2024), 163–219.
    • Ross W. Duffin, Unmasked: Lost Music for the Palatine Wedding Masques (Oxford University Press, 2025).

Kathleen Kash

M. Roger Clapp University Professor Emerita in Arts and Sciences

Ellen G. Landau

Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emerita in the Humanities, Dept. of Art History and Art

  • Publications:
    • Addendum to the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Lee Krasner Holdings, 2024 (New York: Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., 2024/25); Winter 2026 publication, over 200 pages.
    • “The Strongest Gesture of All: Women Painters at FAMM, 1940-1970s,” included in FAMM: Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France (London and New York: Merrell, 2025), 105-51.
    • “‘Remembered Landscapes’: Marking Joan Mitchell’s Centenary,” Women in the Arts 43 (Spring 2025), 22-25; published by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
  • Curatorial Appointments & Exhibition Work:
    • Guest Curator: American Federation of Arts traveling exhibition: Abstract Expressionists: The Women. Opened August 2025 at the Wichita Art Museum; re-opens January 30, 2026 at the Muscarelle Museum (William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA). Future venues scheduled through 2027 include the J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, KY), Grinnell College Museum (Grinnell, IA), Mobile Museum of Art (Mobile, AL), and the Frick Pittsburgh Museum and Gardens.
  • Public Presentations:
    • Public Lecture: “Abstract Expressionists: The Women,” Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KA (August 23, 2025).
    • Lecture: “‘It’s all so circular, isn’t it’: Sourcing Philip Guston’s Late Creativity,” San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA (July 23, 2025).
    • Panel: “A Conversation between Katherine Wright, Curator at American Federation of Arts, and Ellen G. Landau, Guest Curator of Abstract Expressionist: The Women,” Berry Campbell Gallery, New York (November 7, 2025).
  • Research in Progress: Currently writing a book-length historical study presenting new critical views of Abstract Expressionist painter Elaine de Kooning’s artistic career.

Edward J. Olszewski

Professor Emeritus of Art History

  • Forthcoming Monograph: Raphael's Easel Paintings, A Technical Study (In press with Brepols, Turnhout, Belgium). This marks Dr. Olszewski's sixteenth book overall, and his eighth published volume since retiring in 2010.

Alan Rocke

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Bourne Professor of History Emeritus

  • Invited Scholarly Lectures:
    • “The Creative Imagination in Science: Perspectives from the History of Chemistry,” Notre Dame University (March 28, 2025).
    • “Who Discovered PVC? Early Research on Polymers Derived from ‘Dutch Oil’ and Similar Substances,” ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C. (August 18, 2025).
  • Keynote Address: “Gay-Lussac Aéronaute: Constructing a Career in the Early Napoleonic Era,” Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, Philadelphia (October 16, 2025).

Sandra Russ, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor Emerita; Louis D. Beaumont University Professor Emerita, Department of Psychological Sciences

  • Publications:
    • Dimitropoulos, A., Doernberg, E.A., Gordon, R.A., Vargo, K., Nichols, E., & Russ, S.W. (2024). Efficacy of a Remote Play-Based Intervention for Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 129(4), 279-293.
    • Russ, S. & Vargo, K. (2025). Developing creativity in early childhood: The role of pretend play. In J. Katz-Buonincontro & T. Kettler (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Creativity and Education (pp. 231-250). Oxford University Press.
  • Presentations:
    • Invited Lecture: “Pretend play and creativity research: What we know and what is missing,” Creativity Conference at Southern Oregon University, Ashland (May 2024).
    • Conference Paper: “Pretend Play and Play Interventions,” International Conference on Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy, Rome (Virtual, June 2024).

Kenneth Singer

Ambrose Swasey Professor Emeritus in Physics

  • Publications:
    • “Discerning the painter’s hand: machine learning on surface topography,” J. Feng et al, Heritage Science vol 9 pp. 1-11 (2021). 
    • “Optical Information Storage Medium”: JP Patent 7588596, 12/10/24; KR Patent 10-2776540, 2/27/25
    • “Systems and methods for increasing data rate and storage density in 3-dimensional optical data storage media”; US 12,027,178; application CN118053456A
  • IEEE Committee to develop the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems on Mass Data Storage
  • Visiting Scholar appointment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen J. Farkas

Associate Professor of Social Work, Emerita

Grover C. Gilmore, PhD

Professor and Dean Emeritus

  • Scholarly Publications:
    • Young, D. R. & Gilmore, G. C. (2025). Case Study: The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations – A Shooting Star. In E. A.M. Searing and D. R. Young (Eds.), Case Studies in Nonprofit Resilience Management (pp. 117-133). Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Young, D. R. & Gilmore, G. C. (2025). TEACHING NOTE: Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations – A shooting star. In E. A.M. Searing and D. R. Young (Eds.), Case Studies in Nonprofit Resilience Management, Supplementary materials for Chapter 14. Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Gilmore, G. C., Milligan, S. E., Korsch-Williams, A. E., & Wood, Z. B. (2024). Meeting the Challenge: Educating Social Work Students During a Pandemic. In L. Shklarski, & Y. Latzer (Eds.), Rethinking Social Work Education in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Social Work Scholars and Leaders (pp. 26-36). Cognella.

Erik M. Jensen

Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law

David C. Aron, MD, MS

Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine

  • Publications:
    • Fava GA, Sonino N, Aron DC, Balon R, Berrocal Montiel C, Cao J, Concato J, Eory A, Horwitz RI, Rafanelli C, Schnyder U. Clinical interviewing: an essential but neglected method of medicine. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2024 Apr 4;93(2):94-9.
    • Sonino N, Fava GA, Aron DC, Guidi J. The role of interviewing in endocrine practice. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 2025 Mar 29:1-0.
    • Aron DC. The Wicked Problem of Context in Clinical Practice and Implementation Research. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2025 Jun;31(4):e70120.

Jerome L. Belinson, MD

Clinical Professor Emeritus of Ob-Gyn and Reproductive Biology

  • Organizational Leadership & Clinical Development:
    • Directing research operations for Preventive Oncology International, Inc. (POI), an independent 501(c)3 research venture exploring international gynecologic oncology protocols. Following the suspension of standard programmatic NIH consortium infrastructure support in June 2025, POI effectively realigned its capital networks to fully fund and maintain operations for the PAVE (Papillomavirus Automated Visual Evaluation) international collaborative consortium through 2026. This ongoing initiative spans 9 countries across 4 continents, validating AI algorithms combined with self-collected HPV samples to reduce global cervical cancer mortality metrics.
  • Active Research Initiatives (2025):
    • Coordinating ongoing empirical field assessments in mainland China evaluating structural reproducibility of localized AI-integrated modular systems configured across field camera devices (IRIS platforms), analyzing patient acceptance vectors, and monitoring actual implementation expenditure variables.
  • Publications:
    • Hou J, Belinson JL, Du H, Li C, Zhang W, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Qu X, Wu R. AmpFire HPV and ScreenFire RS HPV validation trial. Am J Clin Pathol. 2024 Jun 3;161(6):535-542. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqad181. PMID: 38365314.
    • Dai W, Guo C, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Wu D, Wang C, Belinson JL, Li C, Du H, Qu X, Wu R. Validation of the 2019 American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Online Cervical Cancer Screening Program via 9 Large-Cohort Data of Chinese Women. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2024 Oct 22. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000852. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39436316.
    • Reiter PL, Shoben AB, Cooper S, Ashcraft AM, McKim Mitchell E, Dignan M, Cromo M, Walunis J, Flinner D, Boatman D, Hauser L, Ruffin MT, Belinson JL, Anderson RT, Kennedy-Rea S, Paskett ED, Katz ML. A Mail-Based HPV Self-Collection Program to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening in Appalachia: Results of a Group Randomized Trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Oct 24. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0999. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39445831
    • Wang J, Imade G, Akanmu AS, Musa J, Anorlu R, Zheng Y, Garcia-Bedoya O, Sanchez GI, Belinson J, Kim K, Maiga M, Gursel DB, Sagay AS, Ogunsola FT, Murphy RL, Hou L. Analytic performance of ScreenFire HPV RS assay Zebra BioDome format and its potential for large-scale population HPV screening. Infect Agent Cancer. 2024 Nov 29;19(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13027-024-00622-2. PMID: 39614290; PMCID: PMC11606105.
    • Jerome L Belinson MD. Maximizing the potential of self-collection for cervical cancer screening. Clinical Laboratory Products. Feb.2025
    • Jun Wang, Godwin Imade, Alani S. Akanmu, Jonah Musa3, Rose Anorlu, Yinan Zheng, Isaac Adewole, Imran O. Morhason-Bello, Jerome Belinson, Mamoudou Maiga, Demirkan B. Gursel, Atiene S. Sagay, Folasade T. Ogunsola, Robert L. Murphy, Lifang Hou. Analytical Performance of the ScreenFire HPV RS Zebra BioDome Assay on Four Different qPCR Platforms. Infect Agent Cancer. 2025 Apr 30;20(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13027-025-00651-5.

Krishan Chandar, MBBS, MRCP

Associate Professor Emeritus of Neurology

  • Instructional & Programmatic Contributions:
    • Allocated 20 face-to-face academic hours instructing Third-Year Core Clerkship Medical Students.
    • Dedicated 10 collaborative hours preparing structural module curriculum changes for Block 6 (2nd-year medical curriculum), contributing to the design and rollout of 3 new IQS interactive study models.
  • Publications & Collaborative Media:
    • Co-authored historical volume tracking regional department milestones: History of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University 1961-2010 alongside co-authors Dennis Landis (former Department Chairman), John Leigh, and Michael Devereux (Dr. Chandar provided 40 direct project research hours).
    • Featured expert interview provider for professional journalism piece: “A Life Well-Lived: The Remarkable Legacy of Dr. Howard Tucker” (authored by Deborah Brauser for Medscape Medical News), detailing professional collaborative history with Dr. Tucker.

Neal V. Dawson, MD

Emeritus Professor of Medicine

  • Funding:
    • NIH K-12, Ferrel (PI), Clinical and Translational Science Training Award, Neal V Dawson, Director, Clinical Scholar Seminar Series. Career Mentor for Shahdi Malakooti, October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2027, 4% salary support.
  • Service:
    • Instructor, PQHS 472 and 473: Integrated Thinking in Population and Quantitative Health I and II. 2019-present.

Sara M. Debanne, PhD

Professor Emerita of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

  • Teaching:
    • Taught the course PQHS 502: Introduction to Statistical Consulting, taken by 11 students working towards the MS in Biostatistics program.
    • Organized and ran a seminar series for the students in the MS in Biostatistics program, “Conversations About Your Future: Career Paths and Professional Development”. Biostatisticians working in the pharmaceutical industry, government and academia additionally gave the students their perspective on career paths.
    • Mentored a student working on her internship project.
    • Member of the Curriculum Committee of the MS program in Biostatistics.
  • Member of six Data Monitoring Committees (DMCs) for clinical trials conducted by the pharmaceutical industry (Janssen and Amgen), chairing two of them.
  • Associate editor of Pathogens and Immunity, serving as reviewer for several other scientific journals.

Dr. D. John Doyle

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology

  • Publications: Doyle DJ. “Understanding the Numbers: A Critical Review of Understanding the Numbers in Depth of Anesthesia Monitors.” A&A Practice. 2025 Aug;19(8):e02041. DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000002041. PMID: 40827777.

Neil S. Greenspan

Professor Emeritus of Pathology, Clinical Pathology

  • Publications:
    • Greenspan NS. Historical Highlight: The Chemical Characterization of the Transforming Principle. Pathog Immun. 2024 Apr 2;9(1):18-19. doi: 10.20411/pai.v8i2.687; doi: 10.20411/pai.v9i1.704.
    • Lederman MM, Greenspan NS. Dr. Anthony Fauci Shares Insights on His Career and Leadership of the NIAID. Pathogens and Immunity. 2024;9(2):152–171. doi: 10.20411/pai.v9i2.754
    • Greenspan NS. Jonathan Yewdell Discusses Viral Immunology, Vaccine Development, Navigating a Scientific Career, and Offers Perspectives on Transforming Scientific Publishing and Research Education. Pathogens and Immunity. 2024;9(2):94–134.doi: 10.20411/pai.v9i2.753
    • Greenspan NS and Kukan, EN. Historical Highlight: The Luria-Delbrück Fluctuation Test – A Study of the Nature of Bacterial Mutations Conferring Resistance to Infection by Bacteriophage. Pathog Immun., 2024;10(1):12–18. doi: 10.20411/pai.v10i1.763. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39439487
    • Das, R., and Greenspan, N.S. Understanding HLA-DQ in renal transplantation: a mini-review. Frontiers in Immunology, 2025 (16).
    • Lederman, M.M. and Greenspan, N.S. The Biomedical Publications Industry Must Change to Better Serve the Needs Science and of Scientists. Pathog Immun. 2025 Mar 31;10(2):69-73. doi: 10.20411/pai.v10i2.819. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40265152
    • Greenspan, N.S. and Lederman, M.M. Stanley Plotkin, MD, Discusses Scientific Progress and the Complexities of Public Health Vaccine Policy. Pathog Immun. 2025 Oct 2;10(2):183-195. doi: 10.20411/pai.v10i2.891. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41122632
  • Teaching:
    • 2024 Block 5 – Lecturer (2 hrs.)
    • 2025 Block 5 – Lecturer (2 hrs.)
    • 2024  PATH 510 (Basic Pathologic Mechanisms) – Lecturer (3 hrs.; Humoral Immunity; Complement in Health and Disease)
    • 2024 Co-Director of PATH 511/512
    • 2025 PATH 510 (Basic Pathologic Mechanisms) – Lecturer (3 hrs.; Humoral
    • Immunity; Complement in Health and Disease)
    • 2025 Co-Director of PATH 511/512
    • 2024 Philosophy for Science sessions; Origins of Immunogenicity (1/30/24), The Relevance of Evolution for Medicine (2/27/24), Reflections on Experimental Imperfections and Interpretive Misdirections (3/26/24), Cell Subsets, Categories, and Combinatorics (4/23/24), Fundamental Conceptual Tools for Biomedical Research (5/07/24)

Brian D. Hoit

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

  • Editorial Board Leadership: Following transition to Emeritus status on January 1, 2026, Dr. Hoit maintained continuous high-level editorial oversight roles serving as an Associate Editor for two landmark cardiovascular research publications: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.Charles Hoppel, MD

Ulrich Hopfer, MD, PhD

Professor of Physiology & Biophysics

  • Instructional Service: Developed and delivered 4 dedicated lectures within the PHOL481C & D curriculum.

Charles Hoppel, MD

Professor Emeritus

  • Publications:
    • Buckley Y, Stoll MSK, Hoppel CL, Mears JA. Fis1 regulates mitochondrial morphology, bioenergetics, and removal of mtDNA damage in irradiated glioblastoma cells. Journal of Cell Science. 2025 May 1;138(9):jcs263459.
    • Dantas WS, Heintz EC, Zunica ERM, Mey JT, Erickson ML, Belmont KP, Taylor AL, Davuluri G, Fujioka H, Fealy CE, Hoppel CL, Axelrod CL, Kirwan JP. Deubiquitinating Enzymes Regulate Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Quality Control and Insulin Sensitivity in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 16:e13763, 2025.
    • Dantas WS, Zunica ERM, Heintz EC, Hoppel CL, Hill CM, Morrison CD, Axelrod CL, Davuluri G, Kirwan JP. Dietary Protein Restriction Ameliorates Cardiac Inflammaging via AMPK-ULK1-Mediated Mitochondrial Quality Control. Aging Cell. 25(2):e70386, 2026.
  • Textbook Chapters:
    • Hoppel, Charles L. Chapter 12: Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Oxidative Metabolism. Pp 1-52, 2025. In Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations: Eighth Edition. PART IV: METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND THEIR CONTROL. Edited by Martin Snider and Colleen Croniger.
    • Lesnefsky E.J., Chen Q., Tandler B. and Hoppel C.L. Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Heart. In: Vasan, R., Sawyer, D., The Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine. vol.3, p. 365-380. Oxford: Elsevier. (Updated and revised for Second Edition, 2025).
  • Keynote Presentations: Delivered the Keynote Address, “Mitochondrial Physiology: Fatty Acid Oxidation,” at the Mitochondrial Physiology Society Summer School (Baton Rouge, LA; May 18-23, 2025).

Alan L. Hull, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU

  • Institutional Service & Committee Appoints:
    • Appointed Contract Staff Member for curriculum mapping and LCME Accreditation Preparation portfolios at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
    • Appointed Vice President, Board of Directors for Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine.
    • Executive voting member on the Medical Student Promotion and Review Committee.
    • Active panelist on the Disability Action Committee.
  • Clinical Evaluations & Academic Mentorship:
    • Serving as Lead Preceptor/Evaluator overseeing clinical compliance parameters for Year 1 and Year 2 Clinical Skills Formative Examinations.
    • Programmatic Youth Mentor for the True2U Career Advisory Program, working with 8th-grade students within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (Denison Junior High School campus).
  • Peer Review Portfolios: Active ongoing manuscript referee for premier medical education publications, including Academic Medicine and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

James W. Jacobberger, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

  • Translational & Entrepreneurial Activities:
    • Continues operations of a private company founded in 2019 to execute clinical trial work originating from active university research. Completed an impactful clinical trial in sickle cell anemia for a primary pharmaceutical entity. Currently preparing analyses for two upcoming clinical trials associated with University Hospitals and a spinoff company from the Cleveland Clinic. Services continue to be offered to internal Case investigators at discounted cost boundaries.
  • Publications:
    • Moss, F. J., et al. (2025). “Role of channels in the $O_2$ permeability of murine red blood cells II. Morphological and proteomic studies.” bioRxiv.
    • Robinson, J. P. and J. Jacobberger (2025). “The evolution of flow cytometry with respect to cancer.” Methods Cell Biol 195: 1–21.
    • Woost, P. G., et al. (2024). “Flow cytometry of DNMT1 as a biomarker of hypomethylating therapies.” Cytometry B Clin Cytom 106(1): 11–24.
    • Jacobberger, J. W., et al. (2024). “Analysis of the multiparametric cell cycle data.” Methods Cell Biol 186: 271–309.
    • Jacobberger, J. W. and P. G. Woost (2024). “A pharmacodynamic assay to monitor treatment with the hypomethylating cytosine analogs, decitabine and azacitidine.” Methods Cell Biol 186: 131–150.

Charles H. King, MD, MS

Emeritus Professor of International Health, Center for Global Health and Diseases

  • Instructional Contributions:
    • Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MPHP/INTH 484): 3 core curriculum lectures per academic year.
    • Fundamentals of Global Health (INTH 301/401): 1 specialized session per year.
  • Publications:
  • International Policy Committees & Symposia:
    • World Health Organization (WHO): Appointed expert panel participant evaluating specialized standardization criteria for ultrasonography protocol validation guidelines in Asian schistosomiasis clinical environments (2024). Active committee voting member for the WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (2024–2025 meetings).
    • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Invited expert participant establishing public verification matrix parameters designed to monitor infectious disease elimination thresholds across nine Caribbean territories (PAHO Summit; December 9–10, 2025).

Hillard M. Lazarus, MD, FACP

Professor of Medicine

  • Publications:
    • Mora J, Modak S, Kinsey J, Ragsdale CE, Lazarus HM. GM-CSF, G-CSF or no cytokine therapy with anti-GD2 immunotherapy for high-risk neuroblastoma. Int J Cancer 154: 1340-1364, 2024.
    • Malek E, Kort J, Metheny L, Fu P, Li G, Hari P, Efebera Y, Callander NS, Qazilbash MH, Giralt S, Krishnan A, Stadtmauer EA, Lazarus HM. Impact of visceral obesity on clinical outcome and quality of life for patients with multiple myeloma: A secondary data analysis of STaMINA (BMT CTN 0702) trial. Transplant Cell Ther 30: 698.e1-698.e10, 2024.
    • Dougan M, Nguyen LH, Buchbinder EI, Lazarus HM. Sargramostim for prophylactic management of gastrointestinal immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for cancer. Cancers (Basel) 16: 501, 2024.
    • Gale RP, Lazarus HM. Is myelo-ablative pretransplant conditioning really myelo- ablative: Implications for radiation and nuclear accidents? Bone Marrow Transplant 59: 159-161, 2024.
    • Gao K, Ayati M, Kaye NM, Koyuturk M, Calabrese JR, Christian E, Lazarus HM, Kaplan D. Possible role of correlation coefficients and network analysis of multiple intracellular proteins in blood cells of patients with bipolar disorder in studying the mechanism of lithium responsiveness: A proof-concept study. J Clin Med 13: 1491, 2024.
    • Khera N, Ailawadhi S, Brazauskas R, Patel J, Jacobs B, Ustun C, Ballen K, Abid MB, Diaz Perez MA, Al-Homsi AS, Hashem H, Hong S, Munker R, Schears RM, Lazarus HM, Ciurea S, Badawy SM, Savani BN, Wirk B, LeMaistre CF, Bhatt NS, Beitinjaneh A, Aljurf M, Sharma A, Cerny J, Knight JM, Kelkar AH, Yared JA, Kindwall-Keller T, Winestone LE, Steinberg A, Arnold SD, Seo S, Preussler JM, Hossain NM, Fingrut WB, Agrawal V, Hashmi S, Lehmann LE, Wood WA, Rangarajan HG, Saber W, Hahn T. Trends in volumes and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation in racial/ethnic minorities. Blood Adv 8: 3497-3506, 2024.
    • Uy GL, DeAngelo DJ, Lozier JN, Fisher DM, Jonas BA, Magnani JL, Becker PS, Lazarus HM, Winkler IG. Targeting hematologic malignancies by inhibiting E-selectin: A sweet spot for AML therapy? Blood Rev 65: 101184, 2024.
    • Kaplan D, Lazarus HM, Christian E. Cell-type specific molecular expression levels by restricted-dimensional cytometry. Eur J Clin Invest 54: e14207, 2024.
    • Ganzel C, Wang Y, Roopcharan K, Sun Z, Rowe JM, Fernandez HF, Paietta EM, Luger SM, Lazarus HM, Cripe LD, Douer D, Wiernik PH, Tallman MS, Litzow MR. Shorter long-term post-transplant life expectancy may be due to prior chemotherapy for the underlying disease: analysis of 3012 patients with acute myeloid leukemia enrolled on 9 consecutive ECOG-ACRIN trials. Bone Marrow Transplant 59: 1215-1223, 2024.
    • Balciuniene J, Ning Y, Lazarus HM, Aikawa V, Sherpa S, Zhang Y, Morrissette JJD. Cancer cytogenetics in a genomics world: Wedding the old with the new. Blood Rev 66: 101209, 2024.
    • Lazarus HM, Lozier JN. Past, present and future of uproleselan. A new anti-leukemia drug. J Leuk 12: 378, 2024.
    • Ballen K, Wang T, He N, Knight JM, Hong S, Frangoul H, Verdonck LF, Steinberg A, Diaz MA, LeMaistre CF, Badawy SM, Pu JJ, Hashem H, Savani B, Sharma A, Lazarus HM, Abid MB, Tay J, Rangarajan HG, Kindwall-Keller T, Freytes CO, Beitinjaneh A, Winestone LE, Gergis U, Farhadfar N, Bhatt NS, Schears RM, Gómez-Almaguer D, Aljurf M, Agrawal V, Kuwatsuka Y, Seo S, Marks DI, Lehmann L, Wood WA, Hashmi S, Saber W. Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Outcomes After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther 30: 1027.e1-1027.e14, 2024.
    • Litzow MR, Sun Z, Mattison RJ, Paietta EM, Roberts KG, Zhang Y, Racevskis J, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Arber DA, Wieduwilt MJ, Liedtke M, Bergeron J, Wood BL, Zhao Y, Wu G, Chang TC, Zhang W, Pratz KW, Dinner SN, Frey N, Gore SD, Bhatnagar B, Atallah EL, Uy GL, Jeyakumar D, Lin TL, Willman CL, DeAngelo DJ, Patel SB, Elliott MA, Advani AS, Tzachanis D, Vachhani P, Bhave RR, Sharon E, Little RF, Erba HP, Stone RM, Luger SM, Mullighan CG, Tallman MS. Blinatumomab for MRD-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults. N Engl J Med 391: 320-333, 2024.
    • Kahn J, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait S, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Schoemans H, Abraham AA, Agrawal V, Auletta JJ, Badawy SM, Beitinjaneh A, Bhatt NS, Broglie L, Diaz Perez MA, Farhadfar N, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Hayashi RJ, Hematti P, Hildebrandt GC, Inamoto Y, Kamble RT, Koo J, Lazarus HM, Mayo SJ, Mehta PA, Myers KC, Nishihori T, Prestidge T, Rotz SJ, Savani BN, Schears RM, Sharma A, Stenger E, Ustun C, Williams KM, Vrooman LM, Satwani P, Phelan R. Late effects after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation in children and adolescents with non-malignant disorders: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 8: 740-750, 2024.
    • Kaplan D, Christian E, Pope SP, Lazarus HM, Cohen JA. Analyte heterogeneity analysis as a possible potency parameter for MSC. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 37: 101596, 2024.
    • Lazarus HM, Gale RP. Cytokine therapy of acute radiation syndrome. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 37: 101599, 2024.
    • Kegyes D, Moisoiu V, Constantinescu C, Tanase A, Ghiaur G, Einsele H, Tomuleasa C, Lazarus HM, Gale RP. Neuro-toxicities of chemo- and immune-therapies in haematologic malignancies: from mechanism to management. Blood Rev 69: 101254, 2025.
    • Gyurkocza B, Nath R, Seropian S, Choe H, Litzow MR, Abboud C, Koshy N, Stiff P, Tomlinson B, Abhyankar S, Foran J, Hari P, Chen G, Al-Kadhimi Z, Kebriaei P, Sabloff M, Orozco JJ, Jamieson K, Silverman M, Van Besien K, Schuster M, Law AD, Larkin K, Pandit-Taskar N, Rowley SD, Munshi P, Cook R, Levy MY, Lazarus HM, Sandmaier BM, Pagel JM, Reddy V, MacDougall J, McNamara K, Spross J, Haeuber E, Vusirikala M, Nahar A, Desai A, Giralt S. Randomized phase III SIERRA trial of 131I-apamistamab before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation versus conventional care for relapsed/refractory AML. J Clin Oncol 43: 201-213, 2025.
    • Rodríguez-Arbolí E, Phillips GL, Pardee TS, Lazarus HM, Gale RP. Intensive post-remission therapy does not decrease relapse after allotransplants for acute myeloid leukaemia in 1st remission and should not be given. Leukemia 39: 1053-1055, 2025.
    • Gilbert JS, Pollyea DA, Walsh TJ, Groll AH, Lazarus HM. Recombinant myeloid hematopoietic growth factors and clinical stimulation of acute myeloid leukemia cells: a narrative review. Acta Haematol. 2025 Apr 8:1-15. doi: 10.1159/000545588. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40199260.
    • Perales MA, Riches M, He N, Martens MJ, Chemaly RF, Dandoy CE, Hill JA, Diaz MA, Hashmi S, Prockop S, Lazarus HM, Beitinjaneh AM, Hildebrandt GC, Auletta JJ, Szabolcs P. Delayed T-cell recovery after hematopoietic cell transplantation is associated with decreased overall survival in adults. Blood Adv 9: 3502-3517, 2025.
    • Bonfield TL, Lazarus HM. Human mesenchymal stem cell therapy: Potential advances for reducing cystic fibrosis infection and organ inflammation. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 38: 101602, 2025.
    • Arai Y, Brazauskas R, He N, Al-Homsi AS, Chhabra S, Battiwalla M, Yanada M, Steinberg A, Diaz Perez MA, Hong S, Kanda J, Bashey A, Frangoul HA, Badawy SM, Verdonck LF, Lazarus HM, Yared JA, Hashem H, Sharma A, Aljurf M, Dias AL, Abid MB, Wirk B, Freytes CO, Zeidan AM, Gergis U, Beitinjaneh A, Askar M, Pu JJ, Lehmann LE, Rangarajan HG, Wood WA, Hashmi S, Yano S, Kako S, Ozawa Y, Doki N, Kanda Y, Fukuda T, Katayama Y, Ichinohe T, Tanaka J, Teshima T, Okamoto S, Atsuta Y, Saber W. Efficacy of total-body irradiation-based intensified myeloablative regimens for acute leukemia - An international collaborative study. Eur J Haematol 6: e70061, 2025.
    • Kaplan D, Lazarus HM, Valent J, Anwer F, Mazzoni S, Samaras C, Williams L, Nakashima M, Hanna M, Raza S, Christian E, Khouri J. Signalling network analysis of blood mononuclear cells from clinical samples by bivariate correlation. J Cell Mol Med 29: e70550, 2025.
    • Kaplan D, Christian E, Valent J, Anwer F, Mazzoni S, Samaras C, Williams L, Nakashima M, Raza S, Hanna M, Lazarus HM, Khouri J. Molecular expression differences in specific blood mononuclear cell-types identify patients with AL amyloidosis. J Cell Mol Med 29(18): e70850, 2025.
  • Abstracts:
    • Ramakrishna B, Praus M, Espinoza G, Zhang X, Mallick R, Ida F, Gasink LB, Yoon L, Dabrowski EC, Shen J, Lazarus HM, Gardiner D, Ataher Q. Infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and secondary immunodeficiency in the United States: A real-world analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association, EHA2024 Hybrid Congress, June 2024, Madrid, Spain.
    • Ramakrishna B, Praus M, Espinoza G, Zhang X, Mallick R, Ida F, Gasink LB, Yoon L, Dabrowski EC, Shen J, Lazarus HM, Gardiner D, Ataher Q. Treatment patterns of immunoglobulin replacement therapy among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and secondary immunodeficiency in the United States: A real-world analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association, EHA2024 Hybrid Congress, June 2024, Madrid, Spain.
    • Choe H, Tomlinson BK, Gyurkocza B, Nath R, Seropian S, Litzow MR, Abboud CN, Koshy N, Stiff PJ, Abhyankar S, Foran J, Abedin S, Chen G, Al-Kadhimi Z, Kebriaei P, Sabloff M, Orozco JJ, Jamieson KJ, Magalhaes-Silverman M, Van Besien K, Schuster MW, Law AD, Mayer SA, Lazarus HM, Spross J, Li KL, Vusirikala M, Sandmaier BM, Pagel JM, Desai A, Giralt SA. 131I-apamistamab-led allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant results in improved survival outcomes in R/R AML patients with high-risk TP53 mutations in the randomized phase III SIERRA trial. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association, EHA2024 Hybrid Congress, June 2024, Madrid, Spain.
    • Foran J, Gyurkocza B, Nath R, Seropian S, Choe H, Litzow MR, Abboud CN, Koshy N, Stiff PJ, Tomlinson BK, Abhyankar S, Abedin S, Chen G, Al-Kadhimi Z, Kebriaei P, Sabloff M, Orozco JJ, Jamieson KJ, Magalhaes-Silverman M, Van Besien K, Schuster MW, Law AD, Mayer SA, Lazarus HM, Spross J, Li KL, Vusirikala M, Sandmaier BM, Pagel JM, Desai A, Giralt SA. Long term efficacy results of the SIERRA trial: A phase 3 study of 131I-apamistamab-led allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation versus conventional care in older patients with active, R/R AML. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association, EHA2024 Hybrid Congress, June 2024, Madrid, Spain.
    • El Chaer F, Zhang M-J, Gue G, Nawas M, Milano F, Bejanyan N, Kebriaei P, Liu W, Modi D, Klyuchnikov E, Michelis F, Hildebrandt G, Guru Murthy GS, Murthy H, Lazarus H, Politikos I, Passweg J, Liesveld J, Yared J, Chakrabarty J, Maakaron J, Mcguirk J, Pidala J, Ballen K, Williams K, Lekakis L, Metheny L, Verdonck L, Muffly L, Iqbal M, Grunwald M, Battiwalla M, Cairo M, Sabloff M, Damlaj M, Bilal Abid M, Bhatt N, Farhadfar N, Ringden O, Jamy O, Castillo P, Bashir Q, Savoie L, Vij R, Lin R, Gale R, Soiffer R, Badawy S, Ganguly S, Ciurea S, Nishihori T, Badar T, Jain T, Prestidge T, Bacher U, Brown V, Bhatt V, Koc Y, Wieduwilt M, Wirk B, Rizzieri D, Porter D, Cutler C, Kanakry C, Ebens C, Freytes C, Shaffer B, George B, Dholaria B, Hamilton B, Bashey A, Kansagra A, Beitinjaneh A, Sharma A, Al-Homsi S, Hourigan C, Page K. Pre-allogeneic transplantation flow cytometry testing for patients with AML in first CR, as currently performed, has limited clinical utility for relapse and survival prediction: A CIBMTR analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association, EHA2024 Hybrid Congress, June 2024, Madrid, Spain.
    • Podoltsev NA, Sun Z, Litzow MR, Paietta E, Roberts KG, Zhang Y, Racevskis J, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Arber DA, Wieduwilt MJ, Liedtke M, Bergeron J, Wood BL, Zhao Y, Wu G, Chang T-C, Zhang W, Pratz KW, Dinner SN, Frey N, Gore SD, Bhatnagar B, Atallah EL, Uy GL, Jeyakumar D, Lin TL, Willman CL, DeAngelo DJ, Patel SB, Elliott MA, Advani AS, Tzachanis D, Vachhani P, Roy R, Sharon E, Little RF, Erba H, Stone RM, Mullighan CG, Tallman MS, Luger S, Mattison RJ. Addition of blinatumomab to consolidation therapy among older newly diagnosed patients (pts) with BCR::ABL1 negative B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the ECOG-ACRIN E1910 randomized phase III trial (abstract #4211). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2024, San Diego, CA. Blood 144 (suppl 1) 2024.
    • Karagkouni D, Cheloni G, Nanda S, Ma Y, Wang S, Katopodi LX, Saldarriaga I, Pita- Juarez Y, Chung DJ, Shah N, Callander N, Dhakal B, Chodon T, Munshi NC, Anderson KC, Efebera YA, Hematti P, Lazarus HM, Malek E, McCarthy PL, Nooka AK, Patel KK, Rapoport AP, Soiffer RJ, Waller EK, Pasquini MC, Rosenblatt J, Avigan D, Vlachos IS. Uncovering the tumor antigen landscape in patients undergoing dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine with lenalidomide maintenance treatment (abstract #3289). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2024, San Diego, CA. Blood 144 (suppl 1) 2024.
    • Matar A, Breitman M, Bonfield T, Haghiac M, Reese J, Barnboym E, Lewis S, Lazarus H, Singer N. Patient reported outcomes and disease activity from a phase 1 double- blind randomized clinical trial of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells in early rheumatoid arthritis. Presented at the American College of Rheumatology ACR Convergence 2024, November 2024, Washington, DC.
    • Ramakrishna B, Praus M, Espinoza G, Zhang X, Mallick R, Ida F, Gasink LB, Yoon L, Dabrowski EC, Shen J, Khan S, Toyip A, Iyer M, Madsen A, Lazarus HM, Gardiner D, Ataher Q. Real-world analysis of diagnostic patterns of severe bacterial infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and secondary immunodeficiency in the US. Presented at the 21st Biennial Meeting of the European Society for Immunodeficiencies, October 2024, Marseilles, France.
    • Liedtke M, Sun Z, Litzow MR, Mattison RJ, Paietta E, Roberts KG, Zhang Y, Racevskis J, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Arber DA, Bergeron J, Wood BL, Zhao Y, Wu G, Chang T-C, Zhang W, Pratz KW, Dinner SN, Frey N, Gore SD, Bhatnagar B, Atallah EL, Uy GL, Jeyakumar D, Lin TL, Willman CL, DeAngelo DJ, Patel SB, Elliott MA, Advani AS, Tzachanis D, Vachhani P, Bhave R, Sharon E, Little RF, Erba HP, Stone RM, Luger S, Mullighan CG, Tallman MS, Wieduwilt MJ. Assessment of outcomes of allogeneic stem cell transplantation by treatment arm in newly diagnosed measurable residual disease negative patients with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia randomized to conventional chemotherapy +/- blinatumomab in the ECOG-ACRIN E1910 phase III National Clinical Trials Network Trial (abstract #779). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2024, San Diego, CA. Blood 144 (suppl 1) 2024.
    • Fenske TS, Wang XV, Till BG, Blum KA, Lunning M, Lazarus HM, Fishkin PAS, Shields LK, Scott DW, LaCasce AS, Johnston PB, Cashen AF, Popplewell LL, Dean RM, Ahmed N, Shah NN, Wagner-Johnston ND, Hu B, Dholaria BR, Little RF, Friedberg JW, Leonard JP, Brad S. Kahl B. Lack of benefit of autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (auto-HCT) in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients (pts) in first complete remission (CR) with undetectable minimal residual disease (uMRD): Initial report from the ECOG-ACRIN EA4151 phase 3 randomized trial (abstract #LBA-6). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2024, San Diego, CA. Blood 144 (suppl 1) 2024.
    • Dinner SN, Sun Z, Paietta EM, Mattison R, Roberts KG, Zhang Y, Racevskis J, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Arber D, Wieduwilt MJ, Liedtke M, Bergeron J, Wood BL, Zhao Y, Wu G, Chang T-C, Zhang W, Pratz KW, Frey N, Gore SD, Bhatnagar B, Atallah EL, Uy GL, Jeyakumar D, Lin TL, Willman CL, Podoltsev N, DeAngelo DJ, Patel SB, Elliott MA, Advani AS, Tzachanis D, Vachhani P, Bhave RR, Sharon E, Little RF, Erba HP, Stone RM, Mullighan CG, Tallman MS, Luger SM, Litzow MR. Addition of blinatumomab to consolidation therapy for younger adults with newly diagnosed BCR:ABL1-negative B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on the ECOG-ACRIN E1910 phase III trial. Presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress, 30th Annual Congress, June 12-15, 2025, Milan, Italy.
    • Karagkouni D, Cheloni G, Wang S, Katopodi X-L, Nanda S, Ma Y, Saldarriaga I, Pita-Juarez Y, Chung DJ, Shah N, Callander NS, Dhakal B, Munshi N, Anderson K, Efebera Y, Lazarus H, Malek E, Nooka AK, Patel K, Rapoport AP, Waller EK, Pasquini MC, Rosenblatt J, Vlachos IS, Avigan D. Uncovering shared cancer-restricted cryptic antigens as T cell targets in multiple myeloma patients treated with dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine. Presented at the 22nd International Myeloma Society (IMS) Annual Meeting, September 2025, Toronto, Canada.
    • Tremblay D, Chen L, Ganzel C, Fernandez HF, Foran J, Lazarus HM, Arber D, Zhang Y, Paietta E, Bennett J, Rowe J, Litzow M, Tallman M, Atallah E, Luger S. Bone marrow biopsy characteristics at nadir after intensive induction therapy do not predict outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML): an analysis of ECOG-ACRIN clinical trials (submitted to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2025).
    • Bhatnagar B, Sun Z, Mattison RJ, Paietta E, Roberts KG, Zhang Y, Racevskis J, Lazarus HM, Rowe JM, Arber DA, Wieduwilt MJ, Liedtke M, Bergeron J, Wood BL, Zhao Y, Wu G, Chang T-C, Zhang W, Pratz KW, Dinner SN, Frey N, Gore SD, Atallah EI, Uy GL, Jeyakumar D, Lin TL, Willman CI, DeAngelo DJ, Patel SB, Elliott MA, Advani AS, Tzachanis D, Vachhani P, Bhave RR, Sharon E, Litte RF, Erba HP, Stone RM, Mullighan CG, Tallman MS, Luger SM, Litzow MR. Impact of therapy delays on outcomes in adults with BCR::ABL1 negative B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the ECOG-ACRIN E1910 randomized to conventional chemotherapy +/- blinatumomab (submitted to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2025).
    • Baslan T, Belleau P, Deschênes A, Zhang Y, Sun Z, Garrett-Bakelman F, Kleppe M, Paietta E, Cripe L, Fernandez H, Tallman M, Rowe J, Lazarus H, Melnick A, Litzow M, Levine R, Dimitrova N, Luger S, Krasnitz A, Lowe S. Sparse whole genome sequencing and machine learning of AML genomes reveals novel, clinically relevant genetics (submitted to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2025).
    • Foran J, Chen L, Luger S, Sun Z, Klepin H, Lai C, Claxton D, Lazarus H, Arber D, Rowe J, Paietta E, Racevskis J, Garrett-Bakelman F,  Zhang Y, Altman J, Al-Kali A, Zheng H, Pratz K, Broun R, Powell B, O’Dwyer K, Godwin J, Ofran Y, Dotan E, Litzow M, Tallman M, Wagner LI. Prospective study of patient-reported depression, and cognitive and functional impairment, on survival and induction mortality in fit adults age ≥60 years receiving intensive chemotherapy (IC) for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Prospective Geriatric Assessment (GA) report from ECOG-ACRIN (EA) E2906 randomized study (submitted to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, December 2025).
  • Lectures and Presentations:
    • “ASH Review 2023” January 19, 2024, Co-Organizer and Session Moderator “Update Hematologic Malignancies” Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • “The Clinical Trial Process” The Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program Lecture to K12 Scholars, April 17, 2024, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • “Blood and bone marrow transplantation: History, biology and clinical uses” Scientific Enrichment and Opportunity (SEO) & Youth Engaged in Science (YES) Program, Center for Science, Health and Society, July 9, 2024, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
    • “Hematopoietic, Mesenchymal, & Embryonic Stem Cells: History, Biology & Clinical Uses”, Part 1 September 24, 2024 and Part 2 September 27, 2024, Master's Program in Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship (RGME); RGME 35, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • “Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know” The Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program Lecture to K12 Scholars, Research Compliance, Education, & Outreach, University Hospitals Clinical Research Center, Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CREC) Lecture, October 17, 2024, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • “How To Get Your Paper Published” October 24,2024, UH Clinical Research Education, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • “Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know” The Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program Lecture to K12 Scholars, December 18, 2024, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • “ASH Review 2024” January 17, 2025, Co-Organizer and Session Moderator “Update Hematologic Malignancies” Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • “A Journey Through Clinical Research” Clinical Trials Awareness Week, May 22, 2025, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • “Hematopoietic, Mesenchymal, & Embryonic Stem Cells: History, Biology & Clinical Uses” Part 1 September 16, 2025 and Part 2 September 18, 2025, Master's Program in Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship (RGME); RGME 35, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • “Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know” Research Compliance, Education, & Outreach, University Hospitals Clinical Research Center, Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CREC) Lecture, October 16, 2025, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • “How To Get Your Paper Published” November 12, 2025, UH Clinical Research Education, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
  • Awards:
    • 2024 Lifetime Order of The May Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Editorial:
    • Journal Associate Editor-In-Chief, Clinical Transplantation (2023-2024)
    • Journal Editor-In-Chief, Blood Reviews (2013-present)
    • Journal Editor-In-Chief, Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology (2022-2025)

James H. Liu

Professor Emeritus of Reproductive Biology

  • Peer-Reviewed Publications (2024–2025):
    • Liu JH, Glassner M, Garcie CR, Johnstone EB, Schell VL, Thomas MA, Morrison L, Lee-Sepsick K. Femaseed directional intratubal artificial insemination for couples with male factor or unexplained infertility associated with low male sperm counts. J Gynecology and Reprod Med 2024; 8(2):1.
    • Liu JH, Blumenthal PD, Castano PM, Chudnoff SC, Gawron LM, Johnstone EB, Lee-Sepsick K. FemBloc non-surgical permanent contraception for occlusion of the fallopian tubes. J Gynecology Reprod Med 2025, 9(1):1-19.
    • Liu JH. Role of progestogens in hormone therapy. Menopause 2025; 32(10):975-977.

Anne L. Matthews, PhD, FACMG

Professor Emerita, Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences; Director Emerita, Genetic Counseling Training Program

  • Educational Programs:
    • Bimonthly Journal Club with the Genetic Counseling Program.
    • Weekly Grand Rounds seminars hosted by the Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences.
  • Committees and Leadership:
    • Member of the Genetic Counseling Program Leadership Council.
    • Advisory Board of the Genetic Counseling Training Program.
    • Curriculum Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling.
    • Match Integrity Subcommittee of the Genetic Counselor Educators Association.
    • Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) Forum hosted by ELSIhub.
    • National Society of Genetic Counselors’ annual education meetings.
    • American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in Denver 2024.
    • Virtual attendance for educational meetings held by the Cleveland Clinic, Mass General Brigham and the University of Colorado Anschutz (health sciences campus). 

John J. Mieyal, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology

  • Department of Pharmacology:
    • Member, Graduate curriculum committee
    • Member, Qualifying Exam Committee
    • Lecturer/Discussion leader – PHRM 401
  • School of Medicine:
    • Co-Chair, Assessment Committee (part of the year)
    • Co-Adjudicator of Grade Appeals (part of the year)
    • Discussion leader, Team-Based learning – Medical curriculum, Block 4
    • Member of Search Committee for Director of Assessment
  • University:
    • Co-Chair, Conflict of Interest Committee
  • Outside Activities:
    • Member, Editorial Board of Antioxidants (scientific journal)
    • Ad Hoc Reviewer for scientific journals
    • Consultant, University of California
    • Consultant, Polish Academy of Sciences
    • Regular Volunteer, Second Harvest Food Bank

Susan Nedorost, MD

Professor Emerita of Dermatology

  • National Keynote Presentation: Delivered the prestigious Alexander A. Fisher Lecture at the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) 35th Annual Meeting, titled “Embracing the Complexities of Dermatitis” (San Diego, CA; March 2024).
  • Regional and Local Lectures:
    • NERD Inter-institutional Remote Lecture Series (UMass, University of Vermont, and Dartmouth Residency Programs): “Common Misconceptions in Dermatitis” (February 2025).
    • Dermatology Grand Rounds Guest Speaker: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Remote, October 2024).
    • DOCS National Quality Summit Panel Speaker: “Utilizing ‘TRIZ’ Methods for Quality Improvement of the Clinical Biopsy Pathway” (Cleveland, OH; September 2024).
  • Publications:
    • Zeglin A, McCarthy M, Nedorost S, Dell M, Logio L. Psychological Distress in the Era of Psychological Safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul 1. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08893-6.
    • Ahuja K, Issa CJ, Nedorost ST, Lio PA. Is Food-Triggered Atopic Dermatitis a Form of Systemic Contact Dermatitis? Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2024 Feb;66(1):1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12016-023-08977-x.
    • Nedorost S. A sticky mess—Are moisturizers overused in dermatitis care? J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Dec;91(6):1171-1176. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.07.1485.
    • Nedorost S, Zhang G, Fekedulegn D, Fluharty K, Wang W, Frye B, Baron E, Zug K, Yucesoy B. Weak Sensitizers May Be Associated with CD80 Polymorphisms: Implications for Systemic Contact Dermatitis. JID Innov. 2025 May 9;5(4):100382. doi: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2025.100382.

Nancy L. Oleinick, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Radiation Oncology and Joseph T. Wearn, M.D., University Professor Emerita of Medicine

  • Teaching:
    • Lecture, "Risks of Radiation Exposure," recorded for and continues to be used by students in the M.S. program in Environmental Health Sciences.
  • Publications:
    • Jin JY, Yuan J, Qin X, Li Y, Yan H, Oleinick NL, Yao M, Pan Q, Kong FS, Machtay M, Derivation of a comprehensive semi-empirical proton RBE model from published experimental cell survival data collected in the PIDE database.  Front Oncol. 2024; Nov. 27;14:1415213.
    • Patel N, Held I, Trzcinska A, Wasman J, Alagramam KN, Oleinick NL, Maronian N, Howard NS.  Mucosal injection of the silicon phthalocyanine Pc 4 in a rabbit model -  A pilot study.  Laryngoscope 2025; 135: 270-276.
  • Other:
    • Participation in the following activities of the Emeriti Academy:
      • Past Chair of the Executive Committee for the 2024/25 academic year.
      • Ongoing participation in several events sponsored by the Academy, including the annual meeting and the monthly book club.
    • Member of the Speakers Bureau of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.
    • Member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Hillel Foundation at CWRU.
    • Attendance at Origin Science Scholars lectures and other classes sponsored by Siegal Lifelong Learning.
    • Review of scientific manuscripts for colleagues and for several scientific journals.

Karen Olness, MD, FAAP

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, Global Health and Disease

  • Teaching:
    • Five day workshop in Amman Jordan- “Helping Children and Families in Disasters”
    • Grand Rounds Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, April 4, 2024
    • Graduation Speaker, Global Health Program, Wayne State University May 2024
    • Talk to Retirement Association- Northfield, MN  “Helping children and families in disasters” January 2025
    • Advisor  via ZOOM for five day workshop held on West Bank, June 2025
    • ZOOM presentation – “Special needs of children in humanitarian emergencies” February 2025
  • Keynote: Gala, Mental Wellness Innovations, October 2024.
  • Writing:
    • Chapter, “Hypnosis with Children” in Encyclopedia of Hypnosis and Suggestion, January 2025
    • Updated Frame of Reference for textbook,  6th Edition Trancework, Michael Yapko November 2024
    • Reviews for Journals-Pediatrics, International Journal of Experimental Hypnosis, Journal of Immigration and Migration, Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Commitees and Boards:
    • Hovorka Prize Committee, 2024 and 2025
    • Member of Board Mental Wellness innovations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics, Education subcommittee, Disaster Council
    • Past President’s Committees Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
    • Medical Director, Health Frontiers

Klara K. Papp, PhD

Professor Emerita, Division of General Medical Sciences Center for Medical Education

  • Editorial Board Service: Maintained administrative appointment as Deputy Editor overseeing publication production cycles for the Hungarian Cultural Studies Journal throughout 2024 and 2025.
  • International Presentations: Prepared and delivered the core research paper “Folktales: an integral part of Hungarian culture” presented live at the 49th Annual International Conference of the Hungarian American Educators Association (AHEA) hosted in Pécs, Hungary (June 19-21, 2025).
  • Institutional Conference Leadership: Appointed General Organizing Chair of the Local Arrangements Executive Committee preparing infrastructure requirements to host the upcoming landmark 50th Annual Conference of the Hungarian American Educators Association (AHEA), scheduled for April 16-18, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jeffrey P. Renston, MD, FCCP

Associate Professor Emeritus of Medicine

  • Instructional:
    • Block 4 Core Design Team Development Operations: 25 hours.
    • Block 4 Clinical Immersion Small/Medium Interactive Group Preceptor: ~15 hours.
    • Block 4 System Integration Cohort Liaison (Whole Class Instruction): 1 hour.

Carol L. Rosen, MD

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics

  • Publications:
    • Kirsch D, Abbasi-Feinberg F, Davies C, Gamaldo C, Thomas S, Koochaki P, Otto C, Lipman K, Rosen CL. The Patient-reported Longitudinal Assessment Tool for OSA (PLATO): development and validation of a new clinical tool to assess response to obstructive sleep apnea treatment in adults. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Oct 1;21(10):1743-1758. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.11790. PMID: 40465398; PMCID: PMC12493073.
    • Bakker JP, Zhang F, Amin R, Baldassari CM, Chervin RD, Garetz SL, Hassan F, Ibrahim S, Ishman SL, Kirkham EM, Linden A, Mitchell RB, Naqvi K, Rosen CL, Ross K, Tapia IE, Young LR, Yu PK, Redline S, Wang R. Adenotonsillectomy and Health Care Utilization in Children With Snoring and Mild Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jun 1;179(6):600-609. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.0023. PMID: 40094698; PMCID: PMC11915112.
    • Cabrera AJ, Li D, Redline S, Chervin RD, Ishman SL, Baldassari CM, Mitchell RB, Amin R, Hassan F, Ibrahim S, Ross KR, Kirkham EM, Zopf DA, Cielo CM, Young LR, Furth SL, Garetz S, Rosen CL, Wang R, Tapia IE. Adenotonsillectomy and Blood Pressure in Children With Mild Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing: An Exploratory Analysis of the PATS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 2025 published online. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2025.2555.
    • Ibrahim S, Ievers-Landis CE, Taylor HG, Tapia IE, Williamson AA, Cole MC, Gurbani N, Chervin RD, Hassan F, Mitchell RB, Naqvi K, Baldassari C, Edlund W, Wang R, Wei Z, Li D, Redline S, Rosen CL. Bedsharing sleep characteristics in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Feb 1;21(2):237-247. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.11352. PMID: 39302128; PMCID: PMC11789256.
    • Gueye-Ndiaye S, Tully M, Amin R, Baldassari CM, Chervin RD, Cole M, Ibrahim S, Kirkham EM, Mitchell RB, Naqvi K, Ross K, Rueschman M, Tapia IE, Williamson AA, Wei Z, Rosen CL, Wang R, Redline S. Neighborhood Disadvantage, Quality of Life, and Symptom Burden in Children with Mild Sleep-disordered Breathing. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Apr;21(4):604-611. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202307-653OC. PMID: 38241286; PMCID: PMC10995551.
    • Maski KP, Amos LB, Carter JC, Koch EE, Kazmi U, Rosen CL. Recommended protocols for the Multiple Sleep Latency Test and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test in children: guidance from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Apr 1;20(4):631-641. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10974. PMID: 38149645; PMCID: PMC10985297.

Marion Skalweit, MD, PhD

Professor Emerita of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

  • Conferences:
    • Weekly Dept of Medicine Grand Rounds, VA Morbidity and Mortality Conference and UH Morbidity and Mortality Conference.
    • 1st Case VA-CARES Symposium on the Structural Biology of Antimicrobial Resistance and Emerging Antimicrobial Therapies Thursday, November 2025.
  • Editorial:
    • Associate editor and reviewer for Frontiers publications infectious diseases and microbiology.
  • Reviews:
  • Additional:
    • Three pieces of vocal music for the Music Settlement, University Circle:  Die Forelle by Franz Schubert, Amor by William Bolcom, and the aria "Mon couer s'ouvre ta voix" from Samson et Dalila by Camille St Saens. 

Charles Kent Smith

Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health

  • Instructional Service: Actively teaches second-year Family Medicine (FCM) on Tuesday mornings.

Kathleen Smyth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

  • Professional Service & Review Boards: Maintained appointment as a senior technical grant portfolio peer reviewer for the national Alzheimer's Association Grants Program (2024–2025).
  • Community Leadership: Acts as an executive officer for an active regional educational philanthropic non-profit consortium overseeing scholarship structures, educational low-interest finance provisions, and localized institutional resource grants supporting women pursuing higher academic degrees.

Michiko Watanabe

Professor Emeritus

  • Publications:
    • Reyes-Serratos E, Ramielle J,  Santos L, Puttagunta L. Lewis S,  Watanabe M, Gonshor A, Buck R, Befus AD, Marcet-Palacios M (2024) Identification and Characterization of Calcium Binding Protein, Spermatid Associated 1 (CABS1) in Selected Human Tissues and Fluids. PlosOne on 3-25-2024. PONE-D-23-29960R1.
    • Gillespie CA, Chowdhury A, Quinn KA, Jenkins MW, Rollins AM, Watanabe M, Ford SM. (2024) Fundamentals of DNA methylation in development. Pediatr Res. 2024 Dec 10. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03674-7. PMID: 39658604 Review.
    • Suh J, Liu Y, Smith J, Watanabe M, Rollins AM, Jenkins MW. (2024) A Simple and Fast Optical Clearing Method for Whole-Mount Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Imaging. J Biophotonics. 2024 Oct 10:e202400258. doi: 10.1002/jbio.202400258. PMID: 39389582 (for the special issue on clearing)
  • Teaching:
    • Mentoring Remotely: Areeb Chowdhury (high school student) at Brecksville - Broadview Heights High School.
    • Co-mentoring graduate students and serving on their Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. committees (Jia Fang, Bosco Bakwatanisa, and Junwoo Suh).
    • Serving as Committee Member and mentor for Stephanie M Ford K08 AA028845, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
  • Commitees and Associations:
    • Member of the publication committee for the Society of Birth Defects Research and Prevention.
    • Member of the Editorial Board of Developmental Dynamics.
  • Conferences:
    • SPIE conference and PSA (Pediatric Society Assoc)
    • 2024 SPIE Abstract #: PW25B-BO103-19. Multimodal 3D Imaging of Genetic Expression and Electrical Activity in the Embryonic Heart. Junwoo Suh, Jia Fang, Michiko Watanabe, Andrew Rollins, Michael Jenkins. Oral presentation for 2025. Light in Cardiology 2025.
    • 2024 SPIE Abstract #: PW25B-BO103-29.  Interplay of the structure and conduction of the early embryonic atrioventricular junction. Jia Fang, Michiko Watanabe, Michael Jenkins, Andrew Rollins
    • 2025 SPIE Abstract #: PW25B-BO504-31Multiscale Imaging and Spectroscopy VI, part of BiOS: Multiscale 3D Imaging of the Embryonic Heart
    • 2026 SPIE Abstract #; PW26B-BO103-13. PS-OCT local optic axis measurement of quail embryonic hearts. Light in Cardiology 2026, part of BiOS: Bakwatanisa, Bosco
    • 2026 SPIE Absstract #: PW26B-BO103-30. Motion correction for optical conduction mapping of early embryonic hearts. Fan, Jia.
  • Grants:
    • Serving as mentor for a NIH grant K award recipients Drs. Stephanie M Ford.
    • Serving as co-investigator on two NIH R01 grants.

Stephen J. Zyzanski, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine & Community Health

  • Research & Analysis: Managed ongoing data parsing, computational verification, and administrative health reporting for public datasets collected across community health centers analyzing primary care efficacy dynamics metrics evaluated during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Publications:
    • Takagi MA, Hess S, Smith Z, Gawronski K, Kumar A, Horsley J, Haddad N, Noveloso B, Zyzanski SJ, Ragina N. The impact of educational interventions on COVID-19 virus and vaccination attitudes among patients in Michigan: A prospective study. Frontiers in Public Health In Press.
    • Bensken WP, Navale SN, McGrath BM, Cook N, Nishike Y, Mertes G, Goueth R, Jones, M, Templeton AR, Zyzanski SJ, Koroukian SM, Stange KC.  Variation in multimorbidity by sociodemographic and social drivers of health among patients seen at community-based health centers. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity 2024;14. DOI: 10.1177/26335565241236410.
    • McGrath BM, Goueth R, Jones MWH, Cook N, Navale S, Zyzanski SJ, Bensken W, Templeton A, Roroukian SM, Crist R, Stange KC. Care quality and equity in health care centers during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, May 2024, DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.05.011.
    • Jones MWH, Cook N, McGrath B, Crist R, Larson A, Templeton A, Niishike Y, Koroukian S, Zyzanski S, Stange K. Examining PTSD Prevalence Among Underserved Populations in the Integrated Community Mental Health Setting 2019 to 2022. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2024;15. doi:10.1177/21501319241291751
    • Rose Goueth PhD, MS,  Claudia Der-Martirosian, PhD, Nicole Cook PhD, MPA  , Matthew W. H. Jones, MS  , Stephen J. Zyzanski, PhD,  Suparna M. Navale PhD, MS, MPH  , Rae Crist, MS,  Anna R. Templeton, DNP  , Yui Nishiike, NP  , Kurt C. Stange MD, PhD.  Continuity of Primary Care in Community Health Centers. Annals of Family Medicine. 2025, In Press.

Bo Carlsson

Professor Emeritus of Economics

  • Scholarly Publications:
  • International Conferences: Presented research paper titled “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Experimentation: The Role of Innovation Systems in Economic Growth” delivered at the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference (Gothenburg, Sweden; June 2024).
  • Doctoral Dissertation Committees & Ongoing Research Partnerships:
    • Committee Member for Brian Abraham: Medical Device Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Comparisons (Defended July 2024).
    • Currently drafting three joint derivative papers for peer publication:
      • The Role of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Theoretical Perspective
      • University Engagement and Regional Innovation: When Policy Aligns, Performance Follows
      • Policy Interventions and Regional Innovation: The Role of State Support in Medical Device Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
  • Committee Member for Gail Garland: Barriers and Enablers of Commercialization for Biotechnology Entrepreneurs: A Convergent Mixed Methods Study (Defended January 2026).

Harlow B. Cohen, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior 

  • Scholarly Journal Publications (2025):
    • Cohen, H. B., & May, K. (2025). “Strategic Decision-Making: how some management teams make better strategic decisions.” Strategy & Leadership, Emerald Publishing Limited.
    • Cohen, H. B. (2025). “Why Some Organization Development and Change Management Practitioners Achieve Higher Impact.” Journal of Organizational Change Management, Emerald Publishing Limited.

David Cooperrider, PhD

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Organizational Behavior

  • Editorships:
    • Special Issue Editor for Refereed Journals
  • Publications:
    • Cooperrider, D.L. and Yeager, T. (2025) “Honoring One of the Field of OD’s Greatest Mentors Peter F. Sorensen  1933—2025”. The Organization Development Review. Volume 57, No. 1.
    • Cooperrider, D.L. and Yeager, T. (2025) “Tribute: Honoring One of the Field of OD’s Greatest Mentors Peter F. Sorensen  1933—2025”. Organization Development Journal of the International Society for Organization Development and Change, Volume 43, No. 2.
    • Laszlo, C., Cooperrider, D., and Fry, R. (2024) “Business Innovation as a Force for Good: From Doing Less Harm to Positive Impact Type1and Type 2” Business and Society Review Published by Wiley Periodicals: pgs. 1–17. 
    • Cooperrider, D.L. and Godwin (2024) Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry as a Research Method for Qualitative Research and Prospective Theory Building for the Age of Enlivenment. The International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry: The AI Practitioner. Volume 26, Number 1. Pgs. 6-9  ISBN 978-1-907549-58-8 dx.doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-58-8
    • Cooperrider, D.L. and Godwin, L. (2024). A Seminar on Prospective Theory Building: the Life-Centric Art and Collaborative Science of Appreciative Inquiry as World-Making. The International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry: The AI Practitioner. Volume 26, Number 1. Pgs.27-42 ISBN 978-1-907549-58-8 dx.doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-58-8
    • Cooperrider, D.L. and Godwin, L. (2024). Appreciating Awe: Cultivating Radical Curiosity as the Fuel for Appreciative Inquiry Research. The International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry: The AI Practitioner. Volume 26, Number 1. Pgs.64-70 ISBN 978-1-907549-58-8 dx.doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-58-8
  • Book Chapters:
    • Cooperrider, D. (2025 ). “Leading with Resistance as a Productive and Fertile Force.” Foreword to Barros, Ilma, Leading Through Resistance. Manuscripts LLC.
    • Cooperrider, D (2025) “Drenching in the Power of the Positive in Appreciative Inquiry” Foreword to  Sankarasubramanyan Ramamoorthy and Wasundrhara Joshi in Organizational Transformation through Appreciative InquiryExperiences and Reflections on Drenching Processes. Routledge Publishing.
    • Cooperrider, D. (2025) “The Positive Way Forward” in Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Holistic Approach to Responsible and Sustainable Business. In the new 3rd edition, Sage Publications: London, England.
  • Presentations:
    • 2025 Keynote: “What Was Organization Development Made For: Embracing the Call for New Magnitudes of OD Change Capacity for the World's Deep Transformation to a Sustainable Planetary Future and Regenerative Economy in the Service of Life. International Society for Organization Development and Change Conference at Sacred Heart University. Opening Keynote.
    • 2025 What  Was OD Made For? Embracing the Call for New Magnitudes of OD Change Capacity for the World's Deep Transformation to a Sustainable Planetary Future and Regenerative Economy in the Service of Life.” Opening Keynote at the International Society for Organization Development and Change Conference, Gonzaga University.
    • 2025 “Powerful Past, Flourishing Future: Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the 1st Masters Program in Positive Psychology” Invited tribute to the Mapp program at the University of Pennsylvania
    • 2025 “Better Business, Better World: How OD’s ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ Propels Full-Spectrum Flourishing.” Keynote at the International Conference of the OD Network at Gonzaga University.
    • 2025 “Young OD Earthshot Leaders for a Better World.” Workshop to design a worldwide initiative designed to mobilize, empower, and connect mission-led Organization Development student clubs and next-generation change-makers committed to accelerating the world’s transformation to a regenerative planetary future and economy in the service of life. Workshop at the International Conference of the OD Network at Gonzaga University.
  • Awards:
    • International Society for Organization Development and Change: The 2025 “Impact for Society Award” honoring David’s pioneering work in Appreciative Inquiry and the Business of Building a Better World. Sacred Heart University.
  • Service:
    • Elected to the Board of Trustees, Organization Development Network (2024-present)
    • Fellow of the International Academy of Management (2020--present)
    • Fellow of the World Business Academy (2010—present)
    • Honorary Chair—The David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry at the Stiller School of Business, Champlain College 2014-present.
    • Founding Board Member—International Positive Psychology Association 2010-present
    • Founding Chair—World Conference on Appreciative Inquiry 2000-present
    • Editorial Board—Journal of Applied Behavioral Science—2020—present.

William S. Peirce

Prof. Emeritus of Economics

  • Executive Leadership Roles: Serves as active Vice President and Director on the executive operating board governing the American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

Melvin L. Smith, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior 

Matthew J. Sobel

William E. Umstattd Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics; Professor Emeritus of Operations

  • Publications:
  • Presentations:
    • Supply Chain Finance & Risk Management Workshop; sponsored by Olin  School  of Management (Washington University), May 26-27, 2024: "Fishing for Value  (Anchovies are Not Just for Pizza)"
  • Service:
    • Executive Committee, CWRU Emeriti Academy: Vice-Chair Jan. 2024-Aug. 2024; Chair  Sept. 2024-Aug. 2025; member Sept. 2025-Dec. 2025.
    • Distinguished Fellow Selection Committee, MSOM (Manufacturing and Service  Operations Management Society), member.

Richard C. Brunken, MD

Emeritus Professor of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU

  • Editorial Leadership & Service: Maintained official appointments as an active Editorial Board Member for both the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.
  • Technical Reviewer Panels: Appointed Abstract Reviewer handling nuclear cardiology scientific data submissions for the American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions.