Health + Wellness

​The Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Dental Medicine has received a significant boost in its efforts to advance craniofacial care with a generous grant of $180,000 from the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation. This grant will support the continuation and expansion of the Craniofacial…

Using technology created at CWRU, Afference is ‘redefining human experiences through artificial sensation’

Program: Master of Public Health As Honey Bell-Bey finished reciting her poem, The Transformational Power of Art, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in January, the room full of leaders got to their feet. They were giving a standing ovation to Bell-Bey—a longtime grassroots community activist who…

Funding supports newly published findings showing some medications trigger ‘cell blasters’ to kill cancer

Nearly 200 people attended Case CCC's Second Annual Microbiome Workshop Feb. 7-8, 2024. The two-day event focused on the latest developments in microbiome cancer research and covered topics such as microbiome and immunity, metabolism and the microbiome, therapeutic implications of microbiome…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered why a gene that, when mutated, is a common cause of two debilitating brain diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The study found that the protein generated by this mutant…

Each month, the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing sends an internal research newsletter to faculty, staff, students and researchers. A recap is posted here. Message from the Associate Dean for Research Happy New Year!  We have exciting news to kick…

JungA “Alexa” Woo, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was awarded the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award by the Society for Neuroscience in November. The award recognizes her contribution to the advancement of…

Case Western Reserve University is among six institutions nationally to receive a prestigious 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Catalyst Award for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education. The six awardees were chosen from a national pool of applicants representing many graduate medical…

Edward Barksdale, MD, professor and chief of Pediatric Surgery, Rainbow Babies & Children's University Hospitals, presented the 2024 School of Medicine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. keynote lecture on Jan. 17 titled, "From Health Equity to Health Justice: A Passionate Call for Transformative…