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Partnerships
Our Center is comprised of top researchers from Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and Cleveland VA Medical Center.
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Connecting the Region
The Midwest DDRCC Alliance brings together centers from five institutions with complementary expertise and diverse areas of focus.
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From Our Center Director
Fabio Cominelli, principal investigator and chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, explains benefits of our research.