Health + Wellness

As part of a recently announced $13 million federal grant to help combat the opioid epidemic in Northeast Ohio, Case Western Reserve University will play a big role in evaluating the project’s effectiveness. Under the new Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program, more than $2 million is earmarked…

Researcher at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing focuses on aging-related health issues among people living with HIV-AIDS A nurse scientist at Case Western Reserve University is further expanding her research on aging-related health challenges increasingly faced by people living longer with…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) has made pilot award selections following a recent RFA. Selected projects were recognized as highly innovative and impactful, and likely to generate key data for larger, nationally competitive grants. Investigators were permitted to submit…

This week, the New York Times featured an opinion piece written by three board members of the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation, including Mukesh Jain, MD, University Hospitals cardiologist, professor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and member of the Case…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jame Abraham, MD as he was recently appointed Chair of the Hematology/Oncology Department at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Abraham directs the Breast Oncology Program at Taussig Cancer Institute and is co-director of the Cleveland Clinic…

New dental research from Case Western Reserve University identifies new approach to learning about seniors’ perception of their oral health How do senior citizens perceive the importance of their oral health? The answer to that question might make all the difference whether they’ll decide to…

My approach to best care has always been to think of a clinical trial first and use best available evidence next. That approach was unnerved by this week's excellent Perspective in the NEJM by Robert Aronowitz and Jeremy Greene. Aronowitz and Greene's perceptive and moving account of an all too…

Congratulations to the below Case Comprehensive Cancer Center members from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine who were recently announced as recipients of Annual Pilot Awards from the Cleveland Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC)! Up to $50,000 in…

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named 54 academic inventors to the Spring 2019 class of NAI Senior Members, including Stanton L. Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC). NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators from its Member…

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) between Case Western Reserve University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation has announced more than $1.1 million in 2019 funding and support for seven biomedical technologies. The seven Case Western Reserve projects were selected for…