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Associate Director's Message: Virtual Seminar Series
The following is a message from the Associate Director for Basic Research, Ruth Keri, PhD. I want to thank you all for continuing to attend our weekly Cancer Center Seminar Series as we transitioned to a virtual format three weeks ago. By tuning in via Zoom, we have the opportunity to continue to…
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CWRU distributes nearly 200 HoloLens devices to students for distance anatomy education
Universities get creative with technology due to coronavirus closures The Wall Street Journal: Sue Workman, chief information officer and VP of University Technology, and Mark Griswold, radiology professor and director of Interactive Commons, discussed how the university distributed nearly 200…
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Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic: History alumnus and medical student shares lessons from our past
As the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelms health care systems and disrupts industries worldwide, daily life may feel like uncharted territory. But the truth is, we’ve been here before: More than a century ago, the Spanish flu of 1918 worked its way across the globe, prompting many of the same public…
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Dealing with COVID-19 anxiety: CWRU psychology professor Jane Timmons-Mitchell offers tips for coping
The nation was already clinically anxious enough. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 19% of American adults experience at least one anxiety disorder over any 12-month period. And that was before the coronavirus outbreak. “In a matter of just a few weeks, most Americans had…
Law's Jonathan Adler co-authors piece addressing the void created when federal legislators yield their power
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, co-authored an opinion piece for The Regulatory Review. In the piece, "Reviving Congress’s Ambition," he stated that, in today’s regulatory era, in which Congress has increasingly shelved its legislative powers, a void has been left that…
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Law's Max Mehlman gives historical context to the debate about rationing life-saving care
Max Mehlman, Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law, a Distinguished University Professor, director of the Law-Medicine Centers and a professor of bioethics in the School of Medicine, wrote an opinion piece for The Columbus Dispatch. In the article, "History shows no good way to ration lifesaving…
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Center for Community Health Integration's Kurt Stange warns that COVID-19 doesn't discriminate
Kurt Stange, Distinguished University Professor, wrote a piece for The Plain Dealer about the potential for prejudicial treatment of those who fall ill with COVID-19 symptoms based on age and gender information. “As a family doctor and public health physician, I deal every day with trade-offs…
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Weatherhead School's Scott Shane, Susan Helper and David Clingingsmith call for a federal czar to ramp up medical-supply production
Weatherhead School of Management's Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies; Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics; and David Clingingsmith, an associate professor of economics collaborated on a piece for the Washington Center for Equitable…
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School of Medicine student Rohit Anand sees lessons for future doctors in current crisis
Rohit Anand, a second-year student in the School of Medicine, wrote for cleveland.com about the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of a future doctor: “The health of those around us impacts our health, the economy, and the community at large, as we are seeing. This national emergency is an…