Health + Wellness

We are thrilled to announce the integration of the ITI (International Team for Implantology, Basel, Switzerland) Digital Campus, which is an online learning platform, into our dental school curriculum, under the visionary leadership of Dean Kenneth Chance and Associate Dean of Digital Innovation…

Grace McComsey, MD, initially aspired to be an engineer before discovering her true passion for medicine. Shari Bolen, MD, was driven to become a doctor after witnessing the effects of illness on her family. Now, both serve as accomplished leaders at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and are…

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion invites you to celebrate Black History Month on Thurs., Feb. 27, from 3-5 p.m. at the Samson Pavilion/Health Education Campus. Featuring Harlem, NY-based filmmaker Stacey L. Holman, who has directed and…

The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Northern Ohio hosted the inaugural Epic Cosmos Datathon on December 7, 2024. The event brought together over 100 researchers and clinicians from CTSC partner institutions to engage in collaborative discussions and multidisciplinary…

Monitors and medical devices beep and whirr amid gurneys rolling down a terrazzo corridor. In a high-tech simulation suite at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a team of medical students are racing through a hospital—and against the clock—to reach their patient in the…

Finding offers potential new target for treatment

Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Hisashi Fujioka always had a love for biology and the natural world around him. That passion drew him to earn his PhD at Nagoya University before forging a 30-year research career in different aspects of science at Case Western Reserve. Now, the Case Western Reserve…

To our School of Medicine community, I am writing to share the sad news that Case Western Reserve University longtime research scientist Hisashi Fujioka, PhD, died Thursday, Jan. 23, at the age of 75.  Hisashi was the manager of standard electron microscopy…

Youth in juvenile detention centers face suicide rates significantly higher than their peers, driven by isolation, untreated mental health conditions and systemic barriers to care, according to the U.S. Office of Justice Programs. But for LGBTQ+ youth involved in child welfare and juvenile…

The start of a new year feels like a fresh start—and for many, that means setting goals related to personal wellness. If not approached correctly, these types of New Year’s resolutions can bring you down by the end of January. “If people have a New Year's resolution related to well-being, that…