180 Years at the Forefront of Knowledge and Discovery
At the School of Medicine, we're dedicated to improving human health through scientific discovery and education as we prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals and scientists to be leaders and innovators.
Our mission is to improve global health by linking research to populations in a superb educational environment.
Whether you aspire to become a physician, medical researcher or public health leader, we provide unparalleled research and educational opportunities under the mentorship of top healthcare providers, scientists and educators.
From investigating cancer treatments to creating new surgical approaches in partnership with our affiliated healthcare systems and beyond, the research we conduct at CWRU School of Medicine doesn't just drive innovations--it changes lives.
Under the leadership of renowned physician and cancer researcher Dean Stanton L. Gerson, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is dedicated to improving health through scientific discovery and learning preparing the next generation of physicians, healthcare professionals and scientists to be leaders in their fields.
Recent News
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January 09, 2026For millions, a dementia diagnosis comes with preconceived notions of fear, loss and burden—stigmas written by decades of media and cultural depictions that Case Western Reserve University researchers are determined to rewrite in a recently published special issue of The Hastings Center Report… -
January 09, 2026Christina Farr Zuend, PhD, assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University Department of Pathology and member of the Center for Global Health and Diseases, was recently named an American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Rescuing Research grant recipient. As a recipient, she was… -
January 07, 2026Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy. In a study recently published in Molecular Imaging and Biology, the researchers describe how…