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Case Western Reserve University teams with Boehringer Ingelheim on artificial intelligence solutions for precision medicine
The Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) at Case Western Reserve University recently signed a three-year research agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. The agreement was the third partnership in 2020 between the…
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New CWRU study shows child care facilities can be safe and are essential
Researchers outline recommendations to maintain safety standards during the pandemic Child care programs can be safe within the context of low community transmission of COVID-19, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University, based on data from child care programs throughout…
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New School of Medicine study identifies novel mechanisms that cause protein clumping in Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain diseases
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has taken a major step toward understanding the mechanisms involved in the formation of large clumps of tau protein, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders. Their findings may help…
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H. Jack Geiger, public health pioneer, passes away
School of Medicine alumnus leaves indelible legacy as national, international human-rights advocate Case Western Reserve University alumnus H. Jack Geiger, MD (MED '58, HON '00), who used his medical training and experience to take on poverty, racism and the threat of nuclear destruction, was…
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Jessica DeCaro is promoted to Director, Cleveland Health Sciences Library
Congratulations to Jessica E. DeCaro, MLIS, AHIP, who was promoted to Director of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library (CHSL) at Case Western Reserve University last fall. She previously served as the Senior Librarian of User Services and the Interim Director. DeCaro has extensive experience with…
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Researchers aim artificial intelligence at rising oral cancers with $3.3 million grant from National Cancer Institute
Case Western Reserve and partners local and global team up to better predict which patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas will need radiation or chemotherapy after surgery Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and partners in the United States and India are applying the investigative…
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5 questions with… Johnie Rose, preventive medicine and public health researcher applying work to COVID-19
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Johnie Rose was uniquely positioned to support the local response. An assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine in the Center for Community Health Integration and director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Rose has…
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Thank You: A Message from Dr. Stan Gerson
As we end December, I, for one, am glad to see 2020 fade into the rear-view mirror. Almost like the Alfred Hitchcock movie (rear window), the whole year looked and felt wrong—unlike anything we have ever experienced. It threw immense challenges at us, pushed many to our limits, and tested us in…