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Physician burnout is a growing concern within the profession, but it’s also a public-health issue because of the potential to harm patients. Now, in new published research, a Case Western Reserve University law professor insists that government—not just the medical profession—needs to step up to…

Nearly 94% of defendants in Cuyahoga County drug court have been exposed to trauma and many suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new Case Western Reserve University study. “These findings tell us that we need to not only treat the disease of addiction, but…

By Eddie Kerekes, Class of 2020 When first-year swimmer Laila Michel’s father first told her the news, she thought he was joking. Michel, then in high school, could not believe she would be going to the Haitian embassy in Washington, D.C., to secure dual citizenship in Haiti and the United…

Article provided by CWRU Athletics. Read the original on their website. Senior David Hall, a member of the men's cross country team, has been selected as a fall recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded to student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions who excel academically and…

Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after a downsizing Everyone knows that losing your job hurts, but the negative effects are not solely experienced by the displaced worker. Newly published research by a Case Western Reserve University economist finds that…

Case Western Reserve University researchers use lipids to safely deliver gene therapy to the eye, successfully holding off advance of rare, inherited eye disorder Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have used a unique method to safely deliver gene therapy to fight a rare, but…

Jaron Lanier, the computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer whose book, You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto; Who Owns The Future?, has been at the center of conversations about the digital future since its release in 2010, will speak on campus Wednesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. as part of the…

This spring, the fifth Cleveland Humanities Festival continues its annual exploration of some of society’s most pressing issues and concerns—through the lens of a single topic This March and April, the 2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival will probe one of the most objective and subjective subjects…

Ted Parran is re-educating physicians who may have helped fuel the opioid epidemic For as long as the opioid crisis has dominated headlines, the question of who's to blame has festered. Ted Parran Jr., the Isabel and Carter Wang Professor and chair in medical education at Case Western Reserve's…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have appointed Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Stan Gerson to serve as interim dean for the medical school and interim senior vice president for medical affairs. Both appointments are effective July…