Health + Wellness

Glen Taksler, PhD, received a 5-year, $3M grant from National Institute on Aging for “Testing the Effectiveness of Individualized Disease Prevention for Middle-Aged Adults.” The goal of the study is to help middle-aged adults make informed decisions about healthcare services, integrating a…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Donna Plecha, MD as she was recently named Chair of the Department of Radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Dr. Plecha has been a faculty member at University Hospitals since 1993, is a professor of radiology at…

It’s holiday party season and this weekend, I went to several. At one, I met a distinguished emeritus faculty member, Jim Sampliner, who has been battling cancer. The first thing he said to me was, “I finished my ninth cycle of chemo last week, so I’m ready to go back to substituting at least in…

Outlet: The Plain Dealer

SWOG, ECOG, Alliance, NRG, COG, and NCTN. What does this alphabet soup mean for advancing care for patients? Some view the cooperative groups as a mechanism by which studies, that the pharmaceutical industry will undertake, get done. A few even go as far as describe them as the place to conduct a…

Last month, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed nearly 150 people to campus for the "Innovators in AYA Cancer: Driving Science and Policy toward a Brighter Future for Teens and Young Adults with Cancer" symposium. Throughout this day and a half event, research findings and scientific…

Research supported by multi-year National Institutes of Health grant The development of a set of strategies for delivering genome editing complexes directly to stem cells has earned a group of innovators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine a first-year grant of nearly $700,000…

Case Western Reserve researcher on team that prints 3D model to prove importance of ‘transverse struts’ to long-term structure life New bone-structure research from scientists at Case Western Reserve, Cornell and Purdue universities could give new hope to patients suffering from osteoporosis—and…

Ethical and social implications of neural–digital interfaces: an interview with Suzanne Rivera Neuro Central: Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and technology management and associate professor in the Department of Bioethics, addressed the ethics of neural-digital interfaces, including…

Young adults often "forgotten individuals" in cancer research ideastream: Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Asa and Patricia Shiverick–Jane Shiverick (Tripp) Professor of Hematological Oncology, and John Letterio, professor of pediatrics, discussed the…