Researchers find favorable tradeoffs of PSA screening for prostate cancer
May 16, 2022Data support PSA screening, particularly in Black men, for whom there is a shortage of clinical trial evidence Prostate-cancer screening based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood was introduced—and readily adopted—in the United States around the late 1980s.Stephanie Harris receives the 2022 Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
May 10, 2022“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.” Stephanie Harris often reflects on this quote attributed to Winston Churchill as defining her teaching and mentoring philosophy. For the associate professor in Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Department of Nutrition, teaching students is about more than…Tamara Randall receives the 2022 J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
May 10, 2022Tamara Randall (CWR ’96; GRS ’00, public health nutrition) is often described as someone who “makes a lot of friends on airplanes.” That natural approachability and welcoming personality extends to the classroom, where she is known for creating meaningful relationships with her students.Polyxeni Philippidou honored with 2022 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Mentoring
May 5, 2022Reflecting on her time as a graduate student, Polyxeni Philippidou remembers two intense feelings: insatiable curiosity and endless possibilities for discovery. “My advisor, Simon Halegoua, showed me how to use the wonder of science to encourage and motivate trainees,” she said. “Every time I would show him new data, he’d excitedly say: ‘You are…New research supports combining two clinical cancer drugs to treat specific type of colorectal cancers
May 2, 2022Human clinical trials expected to begin later this year Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that combining two cancer drugs can be effective in treating a specific type of colorectal cancer, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.