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Meet the people of The Research Institute for Children’s Health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Our researchers focus on implementing strategies to develop safe, effective therapies for childhood disorders, and to do so as rapidly as possible, focusing on disorders with genetic involvement.

Institute Director

 

  • Mitchell Drumm

    Mitchell Drumm, PhD

    Connie and Jim Brown Professor in Cystic Fibrosis Research
    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics
    Vice Chairman, Clinical and Translational Research
    Director, The Research Institute for Children’s Health

    Email: mitchell.drumm@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6893

People

 

  • headshot of Drew Adams

    Drew Adams, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Member, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: drew.adams@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4922

  • Portrait of Ilya Bederman

    Ilya Bederman, PhD

    Research Scientist, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Drumm Lab, School of Medicine

    Email: Ilya.Bederman@cwru.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5578

  • Ron Conlon

    Ronald A. Conlon, PhD

    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Director, Case Transgenic and Targeting Facility
    Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: ronald.conlon@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1826

  • Rebecca Darrah

    Rebecca Darrah, PhD

    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Genetic Counseling Training Program, School of Medicine

    Email: rebecca.marsick@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4911

  • Portrait of Chris Flask

    Chris A. Flask, PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Imaging Research Core, School of Medicine
    Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: christopher.flask@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.4963

  • Craig Hodges

    Craig Hodges, PhD

    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Director, Cystic Fibrosis Mouse Models Core, School of Medicine

    Email: craig.hodges@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0008

  • Thomas Kelley head shot

    Thomas Kelley, PhD

    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
    Director, Epithelial Cell Core

    Email: thomas.kelley@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0831

  • Mike Konstan, MD

    Michael W. Konstan, MD

    Gertrude Lee Chandler Tucker Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Vice Dean for Translational Research, School of Medicine
    Principal Investigator, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, School of Medicine

    Email: michael.konstan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3731

  • Hua Lou

    Hua Lou, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine

    Email: hua.lou@case.edu

    Phone: 216. 368.6419

  • Helen Miranda

    Helen Miranda, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine

    Email: helen.miranda@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8811

  • Alexander Miron, PhD

    Alexander Miron, PhD

    Director, Genomics Core, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: alexander.miron@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2791

  • Ashleigh Schaffer

    Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD

    Vice Chair for Education, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, School of Medicine

    Email: ashleigh.schaffer@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1892

  • Portrait of Karen Shelde

    Karen Schelde, PhD

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Drumm Lab, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Histology, Microscopy and Imaging Core, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Visual Sciences Research Center, School of Medicine
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: karen.schelde2@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4695

  • Head shot of Paul Tesar

    Paul J. Tesar, PhD

    Director, Institute for Glial Sciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine
    Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: paul.tesar@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6225

  • Image of headshot of John Tilton

    John Tilton, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair, Research, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine

    Email: john.c.tilton@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3360