Health + Wellness
December 11, 2020
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…
December 10, 2020
“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…
December 07, 2020
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…
December 01, 2020
$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…
November 30, 2020
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…
November 30, 2020
School of Medicine awarded $2.6M; receives two of 13 grants nationally New research funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) aims to boost understanding of how the immune system responds to COVID-19, from the start of infection to recovery. Two projects totaling over $2.6 million are being…
November 27, 2020
We wish Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS much luck as he transitions to a new position at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as chief of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Sekeres has been a long-time advocate for cancer patients and clinical research in our center. His guidance, leadership and gift for…
November 23, 2020
Cleveland Clinic's newly established Center for Immunotherapy & Precision Immuno-Oncology (CITI) has launched its Immunomonitoring Laboratory (IML), which will help researchers and clinicians to analyze the nature and state of immune responses of cancer patients. The IML is an institutional core…
November 20, 2020
When Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Director Stan Gerson, MD agreed to take part in an exploratory trip to Israel this past March, he could not imagine the worldwide pandemic that would descend and shake up every aspect of the trip. While conferences were canceled, meetings were…
November 20, 2020
Sudha Chakrapani and her team of researchers understand that exploring the smallest molecular structures requires advanced instrumentation, big data and state-of-the-art shared resources. Recently appointed Director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), Chakrapani’s…