CCLCM academic promotion
May 4, 2026Congratulations to Dr. Irene Wang on promotion to full professor of neurology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU. The focus of Dr. Wang’s research is to advance surgical treatment of MRI-negative (nonlesional) epilepsy patients through novel imaging and neurophysiology techniques.
Student receives Velosano grant
May 4, 2026PhD student Kartik Lakhotiya was recently awarded a VeloSano Graduate Student Grant for the project, “Defining therapy induced remodeling of the HLA class I immunopeptidome in AML models.”
Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research spring events in Washington, D.C.
May 1, 2026CCIR is pleased to partner with the UH/CWRU Department of Radiology's membership in the Academy. In March, Katherine Gullett and Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Innovation and Professor, Radiology, attended the Academy's annual spring events and meetings in Washington, D.C.
Researchers awarded NIBIB grant for nanomedicine and ultrasound
May 1, 2026The goal of this project is to develop innovative biomarkers using contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging that can quickly and quantitatively assess vascular leakiness in tumors. Dr. Agata Exner is project PI with co-Investigators Dr. Rui Cao and Dr. Bill Schiemann.
National Consortium of Breast Centers 2026 Impact Award
April 6, 2026Dr. Donna Plecha, Chair of Radiology, University Hospitals, received the 2026 Impact Award from the National Consortium of Breast Centers at their Cleveland meeting. Congratulations, Dr. Plecha!
CWRU School of Medicine academic promotions
April 3, 2026Congratulations to Dr. Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt and Dr. Amit Gupta on promotion to professor and Dr. Navid Faraji on promotion to associate professor at the CWRU School of Medicine!
CCIR Showcase Trainee Awards
March 30, 2026Congratulations to three trainees on their awards at the 2026 CCIR Research Showcase! Jindi Kong - Best First-Year PhD Student Poster, Madison Augelli - Runner-Up Power Pitch Award, and Christina MacAskill - Best Power Pitch Award
Tiny bubbles, big breakthrough: cracking cancer’s “fortress”
February 24, 2026Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered a way to breach one of cancer’s most stubborn defenses: the impenetrable fortress that solid tumors build around themselves.
Researchers develop treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate severe side effects
January 8, 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.
$2.5M small business innovation grant to advance medical imaging technology
January 5, 2026CCIR member Susann Brady-Kalnay, PhD, and CWRU spinout company BioInVision Inc have jointly received a $2.5 million NIH Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, advancing technology that enhances the ability to locate therapeutic cells or diseased cells like cancer.
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