Health + Wellness

Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Madigan (GRS '92) By Michelle Koski This fall, Elizabeth Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN, heads to Indianapolis for her new role as chief executive officer of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Madigan, who became the Independence Foundation…

Story by Jessica Ullian Photographs by Gary Yasaki Nursing has long occupied a unique position in health care around the globe, combining expertise in clinical research with commitment to patient well-being. Now, with unprecedented technology and data collection tools, the health care industry is…

Neurocritical Care Boot Camp Prepares Future Advanced Care Practitioners Story by Helen Jones-Toms Photographs by Roger Mastroianni Amid the antiseptic stillness of the cadaver lab is a quiet hum of conversation. Students and instructors huddle around two…

Rodeo Therapeutics receives early funding to develop 15-PGDH Inhibitors as human therapeutics Rodeo Therapeutics, a new drug development company created by two highly regarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers, has raised $5.9 million to develop small-molecule drugs…

Convocation is coming up in a week, signaling the formal start of the CWRU academic year, but things are already gathering momentum. Our new medical students have begun Block 1 and our physician assistant students have had their anatomy final exam. Our bioethics masters program is headed for record…

Alex Huang’s battle to defeat childhood cancers got another boost last week when the St. Baldrick’s Foundation named him among the year’s leading researchers in the field. The volunteer-driven organization, which focuses solely on pediatric and adolescent cancers, awarded 90 grants to scientists…

In the United States, more children are lost to cancer than any other disease, and one in 285 children will be diagnosed before they turn 20. As one of the nation’s leading pediatric cancer researchers, Alex Huang, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics with secondary appointments in pathology,…

For those of us on the course, at cheering or rest stop sites or volunteering along the way, it is a proud feeling to be part of an important community event. The weather was handled in a thoughtful way, and that allowed the entire ride to be uneventful and a rousing success! To see so many…

Anthropology’s Lee Hoffer and Trustee Linda Burnes Bolton take stock of the opioid issue in federal report, while offering recommendations to curb the crisis Though the total number of prescriptions for opiate medications have fallen, overdoses from the drugs, including its illicit forms, such as…

As a dentist also trained as a computer technician, Renarto Roperto created enhanced 360-degree video versions of his lectures so students can experience them in virtual reality (VR) headsets any time they want. The unconventional approach—an adaptation of the “flipped classroom” concept—allows…