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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center creates groundbreaking partnership with Israeli institutions
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…
Student Spotlight - Caroline Schuerger
Blazing trails by blending hard science with public health and social policy Caroline Schuerger is serious about combining medical research and science advocacy to advance public health. After earning her undergraduate degree at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, she enrolled in the…
Nursing PhD student receives government fellowship to study mental health and substance abuse
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has named Jessica McCullough, a current PhD student at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, a fellow in its 2020 Minority Fellowship Program. In 2014, while providing care to an underserved…
Faculty earns state award from AANP
Carol Savrin A faculty member from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has received Ohio’s top Nurse Practitioner Award from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Associate Professor Carol Savrin, DNP, CPNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, RN, has been selected as the recipient…
New Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource in Development
The Cancer Center will soon offer investigators isotope tracing capability through the new Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource (SR) in development. Isotope tracing analysis allows investigators to monitor pathway activities, which cannot be attained by measuring the metabolites' cellular…
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Case CCC Researchers receive NCI support to assess patient and provider perceptions of cannabis use during treatment
A team of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) researchers were recently awarded $150,000 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), as a supplement to the Cancer Center Support Grant, to survey cancer patients and oncology healthcare providers about the use of cannabis products during…
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New Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource in Development
The Cancer Center will soon offer investigators isotope tracing capability through the new Cancer Metabolism Shared Resource (SR) in development. Isotope tracing analysis allows investigators to monitor pathway activities, which cannot be attained by measuring the metabolites' cellular…
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UH and CWRU announce clinical trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) announced recently that UH Cleveland Medical Center has been selected as a clinical trial site for the Phase 3 global study of an…
Department Dialogues
This past month I had the opportunity to Zoom dialogue with each of the departments of the School of Medicine. I tried to set the stage with a few concepts but mostly wanted to listen to each of you. Here are some of the things that I learned.   COVID-19 occupies our day every day and influences…