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Medicine’s Heather Broihier wins NIH award for mentorship
Outlet: Crain's Cleveland
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Mentoring
We all talk about mentoring, but it’s not clear that we all mean the same thing by it. Do we mean mentoring or sponsoring? Do we mean a few words of advice here and there, or sustained interest in the mentee’s career, changing goals, and expectations, even if they are not what we would choose for…
First Cohort of Scholars Completes Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) Program
Though the summer academic break is often a time to relax and rest, as temperatures rose in Cleveland, so did the buzz across the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) as students from across the nation assembled for the Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) Program. Directed…
$2.14M Grant from NCI to Fund Study of Family Caregiver Training led by Mazanec
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Susan Mazanec, PhD, RN as she is leading a study recently granted $2.14 million from the National Cancer Institute to explore new approaches to training and preparing family caregivers of patients with cancer. Dr. Mazanec is an…
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CWRU School of Nursing awarded $2.14M National Cancer Institute grant
Study to explore new approaches to training, preparing family caregivers of patients with cancer Patients with head and neck, lung, esophageal, rectal and anal cancers typically undergo rigorous, intense treatment, usually including some combination of radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. Much of…
KL2 Scholar alum receives $7.2 million NIH grant to study transmission of tuberculosis in Uganda
Charles Bark, MD, CTSC KL2 Scholar alum and an infectious disease specialist in the MetroHealth Medical Center Department of Medicine, was awarded a 5-year $7.2 million NIH grant to study patterns of tuberculosis (TB) transmission in Kampala, Uganda. Decreasing the global burden of TB requires…
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Interview with a KL2 Scholar alum: Exploring early multiple sclerosis treatment strategies
When it comes to initial treatment selection for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), there is one question that has yet to be answered: Is it better to start with potentially safer moderately effective disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) or to hit the disease immediately with a…
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CWRU’s work with Microsoft HoloLens highlighted
Outlet: Cleveland Magazine