Awards

Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering, and Lyndsay Harris, professor of medicine-hematology/oncology, were awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant titled, "Radiogenomic approach for predicting pathologic complete response in HER2+ breast cancers" as part of the Case Comprehensive Cancer…

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University has selected Martha C. Nussbaum, who The New York Times once described as “the most prominent female philosopher in America,” for the 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize. Case Western Reserve has awarded the…

Foot-powered mobile phone charger for developing countries takes first place More than $20,000 was at stake—funding that could give a promising student business idea a real boost. Sixteen student teams entered the Spartan Challenge, Case Western Reserve University’s annual business start-up…

The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies received the Niagara Peace and Dialogue Education Award for 2015. The Niagara Peace and Dialogue Awards recognize individuals and groups who have contributed time, energy, leadership and dedication to the cause of dialogue, peace, education,…

Jonathon Wanta and Paul Cheng recently won the Case Western Reserve University Pride LGBT Ohio Leadership Scholarship, sponsored by the Alumni Association. Wanta (CWR '14), a first-year medical student in the School of Medicine, was awarded $1,200 by the CWRU Pride Lesbian Gay Bisexual…

The Model UN team at Case Western Reserve University recently competed at the Chicago Model United Nations Conference, receiving six awards—the most they’ve ever won at a single conference. The awards were as follows: Outstanding Delegate: Andrew Latham Honorable Mention: Ayush Gupta Honorable…

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has selected Scott P. Bruder as the 2015 recipient of the Pierre Galletti Award, the highest honor AIMBE bestows on an individual. Bruder serves as an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve…

Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, has been awarded U.S. patent 9002092, titled “Image-based risk score—A prognostic predictor of survival and outcome from digital histopathology." The invention…

The Hartwell Foundation has presented a 2014 Individual Biomedical Research Award to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher Brian A. Cobb, to support his efforts to prevent or reverse asthma. Cobb, an associate professor of pathology, will receive a total of $300,000 during…

Two Case Western Reserve University faculty members recently joined the ranks of the prestigious American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellows. Elina Gertsman, associate professor of art history, and Daniel Goldmark, associate professor of music, were elected to this year’s 70-member class…