Mt. Sinai Health Foundation awards medical school $2 million to accelerate new treatments for devastating diseases
September 12, 2023Fellows program to attract leading researchers to collaborate with university and hospital colleagues to develop promising solutions—and get them to patients After helping to launch the careers of 30 medical school researchers, the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation is partnering again with Case Western Reserve University—this time to increase…Internationally recognized researcher Fabio Cominelli named a Distinguished University Professor
September 7, 2023Fabio Cominelli’s contributions to groundbreaking research on gastrointestinal conditions, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, has helped alleviate pain and complications for tens of millions of people worldwide living with these disorders. At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the internationally recognized…Note from Stan: Welcome to the Fall Semester
September 6, 2023Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, The university is kicking off the fall semester by sponsoring Innovation Week, a week-long series of lectures, workshops and events highlighting innovation at Case Western Reserve—what an exciting way to start the fall semester.Case Western Reserve biochemists focus on degrading key cancer-driving protein; represents major shift in research
September 5, 2023Case Western Reserve University biochemical researchers have identified a new function of a key protein that leads to cancer—a finding they believe could lead to more effective treatments for a range of cancers and other diseases. The protein is LSD1 (lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A), which functions as a type of traffic cop inside human…Medical student earns Alpha Omega Alpha research fellowship
August 23, 2023Third-year Case Western Reserve University medical student Archana Murali has earned Alpha Omega Alpha’s 2023 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for her work studying intraocular pressure reduction pathways and the potential treatment for glaucoma using a specific prostaglandin analog. The national medical honor society awards the $5,…White Coat Ceremony Welcomes incoming PhD Students
August 21, 2023School of Medicine associate professor honored for work in occupational health and safety
August 11, 2023Karen B. Mulloy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine associate professor, was recognized for a career advocating for the health and safety of workers in the U.S. and internationally.Paul Bristol joins School of Medicine as Vice Dean for Finance and Administration
August 10, 2023Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, Please join me in welcoming Paul Bristol to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as Vice Dean of Finance and Administration.Case Western Reserve-based medical research collaborative awarded $56.3M federal grant to improve region’s health
August 7, 2023Renamed Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio to reflect even broader reach with addition of two partner institutions The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) a seven-year, $56.3 million grant to…$56.3M seven-year grant will support translational science
August 4, 2023Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, I am pleased to share that the Case Western Reserve University Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) in the School of Medicine has received a $56.3M seven-year grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health…John Wang, PhD, appointed chair of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences.
August 2, 2023Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, I am pleased to share that I have appointed John Wang, PhD, as chair of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences.Students experience new CWRU teaching kitchen
August 2, 2023Nutrition plays a vital role in health—particularly in the prevention and management of chronic conditions. Guidelines like those in the widely known MyPlate model created by the US. Department of Agriculture can help people understand the types of foods they should eat, but it can be challenging to put those guidelines into practice. That is…School of Medicine student earns PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
July 31, 2023School of Medicine Pharmacology student Jacqueline Plau has earned a Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation. The award includes $25,000 per year in stipend support for promising students in the advanced stages of training and thesis research in drug discovery. Plau, who is in the Molecular Therapeutics Training Program…New study reveals why Alzheimer's patients lose ability to defend against brain corrosion
July 26, 2023Findings offer hope for development of new medications A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University revealed that the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion. A main pathogenic initiator of AD and related dementias is oxidative stress, which…Spartan Showcase: Zubin Khan
July 25, 2023After completing his bachelor’s degree, Zubin Khan spent several years giving students direction as a high school counselor in Detroit. But despite the wise advice he gave, he still hadn’t found his own calling. Khan had begun his undergraduate studies at Eastern Michigan University planning to complete a pre-med program. But along the way, he…