Health + Wellness

As we transition to a new year, the School of Medicine is very pleased to congratulate four employees who were honored with Staff Awards for 2020: John Pounardjian, Erin Fogarty, Michelle Shaylor and Kacie Wick. These awards, the highest the school can bestow upon staff members, celebrate four…

Jaclene Zauszniewski Jaclene Zauszniewski, the Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing and one of Case Western Reserve University’s 2020 Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners, and her research team received $2.6 million to study stress management in caregivers of people with…

Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case…

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership has announced more than $1.1 million in funding and other support for six biomedical technologies out of Case Western Reserve University. The six projects were selected for full program funding, which ranges from $50,000 to $200,000 each.…

The Colorectal Cancer Alliance today announced $500,000 in total funding for two colorectal cancer (CRC) studies through its Chris4Life Research Program. Case Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Vinay Varadan, PhD, will investigate how multifactorial mechanisms…

As Cleveland Clinic's Aaron Gerds, MD, finishes his term as chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Committee on Communications, he will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of ASH Clinical News, the organization's magazine for American Society of Hematology members and non-members alike –…

“It’s been exhausting—but so rewarding! I’m really going to miss this when it’s over,” Madeline (Maddie) McKenna, an M2 (second-year medical student) said about being one of ten directors for Doc Opera 2020: Trauma Mia.  Doc Opera, the largest student-run organization in the Case Western Reserve…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that, once federally approved, COVID-19 vaccines could begin arriving in the state as soon as Dec. 15. We asked medical school Interim Dean Stan Gerson* to address some of the most common questions about the vaccine itself, as well as its distribution. Case…

$3.9 million NIH grant supports research from Case Western Reserve, University of Colorado on benefits of working out for those living longer with HIV World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) will be a somber remembrance of the thousands who have died from HIV in the last 40-plus years, but also a celebration of…

When you consider the company we keep, we are in good company, indeed! Substantiating the statement above, President Scott Cowen and I received a wonderful email on Thanksgiving from a very strong advocate for CWRU and the School of Medicine:  Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving. Look at this…