Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, recognized as a Woman Living STEM
October 25, 2019Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, was recently recognized as a Woman Living STEM by the Cleveland collaboration of the STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice…
Mind the Gap: Complications in returning data to study participants
October 21, 2019People who participate in genetic research increasingly tell researchers that they want all of their genetic data back. But many of these participants do not…
Combating Cancer: CWRU faculty highlight promising advances in diagnoses and treatments
October 20, 2019Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, joined several faculty members for a THINK magazine feature…
Lack of Diversity in Genetic Research: Serious Consequences for Science and Medicine
April 08, 2019Lack of diversity in genetic research data and the resulting bias limits scientists’ understanding of the genetic and environmental factors influencing health…
Darcy Freeman, PhD, MPH, named Director of the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health
March 05, 2019Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH, has been named Director of the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health…
Jonathan Haines, PhD, and Will Bush, PhD, Part of International Collaboration that Makes Landmark Breakthroughs
March 04, 2019An international study analyzing data from more than 94,000 people identified five new genes related to Alzheimer’s disease. The study also supports developing…
Researchers find higher incidence of malignant brain tumors among people living in Appalachia
December 20, 2018In the hunt to understand why some people get certain types of cancer and then have different outcomes, biomedical researchers look at genetic profiles and…
Jonathan Haines, PhD, secures $14.6 million grant to study Alzheimer’s disease across diverse populations
December 06, 2018Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, such as memory loss or cognitive decline, can present in different ways among people with diverse ethnic backgrounds. Researchers…
Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA, receives grant from BrightFocus Foundation
December 06, 2018Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA, recently received a grant from the BrightFocus Foundation to continue her team’s work in glaucoma, with a focus on the Amish…
Kara Quaid, BS/MS Student, Receives award for work at NINDS
November 15, 2017Congratulations to Kara Quaid!
Kara, a BS/MS in Biostatistics student, received an Honorable Mention Summer Student Award for her work at the National…
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