Appointments

Professors will advise new Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Management Michael Oakes on campus strengths and untapped potential President Eric W. Kaler today announced two faculty groups that will advise inaugural Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Management…

Howard Hughes Medical Institute taps chemistry professor, diversity leader as inaugural vice president The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today that it has named Chemistry Professor Blanton Tolbert as its inaugural vice president of science leadership and culture—a role dedicated…

Transformative—that describes Pamela Davis' impact as a leader, educator, researcher and mentor, not only at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine but across the university and Northeast Ohio. Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor and former dean of the…

Eradicating or finding a functional cure for HIV has been a primary focus of Jonathan Karn’s career, earning him a global reputation as an HIV-cure thought leader. An internationally recognized molecular virologist, he initially built his career on conducting pioneering basic research on the study…

When Roger Quinn joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 37 years ago, the term “biorobotics” was unknown. Initially focused on simulation and control of space structures, Quinn was approached by former CWRU professor Randall Beer and professors of biology Hillel Chiel and Roy…

The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) recently promoted Heather E. Burton to the role of associate vice president of the office. The promotion was effective July 1. Burton came to Case Western Reserve University in 2015 as project director of the NSF Advance grant and…

Kath Bogie, professor of orthopaedics, was named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, an international journal indexed on PubMed Central and Emerging Sources Citation Index. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical research papers and…

Alp Sehirlioglu, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, was honored as a fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) this May. Sehirlioglu was one of 19 members of ACerS to be named a 2022 fellow, an accolade recognizing scholars for their…

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, was elected to the board of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. The council seeks engagement in international affairs through education, citizen diplomacy and public dialogue. Programs develop global awareness and…

Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religion and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University, was recently named to two external positions. He was elected the vice president of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, an interdisciplinary academic organization for the study of the American rock band…