Health + Wellness

CWRU senior to showcase Asclepii at the prestigious festival’s 15th annual pitch competition

On Jan. 2 of this year, Barbara Sciulli celebrated her 50th anniversary working at Case Western Reserve. Since Nov. of 1985, Barbara has supported the School of Dental Medicine as registrar and financial aid advisor, but her journey at Case Western Reserve began at the Controller’s Office in…

A Bond Abroad Growing as nursing professionals—and colleagues—far from home Writer: Matthew Merchant After a seven-hour flight to Antigua, Guatemala, and a rough truck ride into the mountainous region, a small group of Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing students—and one faculty member—arrived…

Zhenghe John Wang, PhD, Chair of the Genetics and Genome Sciences Department and co-leader of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, was awarded a grant for $2,012,500 from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for his research titled Mechanisms of metabolic…

Celebrating a Century School of Nursing marks milestone with centennial gala Writer: Matthew Merchant It was an evening 100 years in the making. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing celebrated the centennial of its namesake endowment with a gala at Tinkham Veale University Center during…

Reshmi Parameswaran, MS, PhD, member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Established Investigator Grant by the National Scleroderma Foundation. The funding supports her research using BAFF CAR-T treatment for systemic sclerosis. Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a…

To Recruit and Retain Nursing student’s parents establish fund for clinical faculty Writer: Anthony Fossaceca When Beth and David Daigle were helping their daughter, Celia Daigle, explore college options, Case Western Reserve quickly emerged as the top choice for the entire family. Two primary…

Dr. Terry Holder, DMD, was fresh out of dental school, attending a meet and greet with the Army Dental Commander. Dr. Holder was asked what area he wished to pursue. “Since pedo was my least experienced area, I chose that as my specialty. As a result, the Commander assigned me to DC-7, the…

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce Agata Exner, PhD, has been appointed director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Dr. Exner serves as the Henry Willson Payne Professor and vice chair of basic research in the Department of Radiology and holds an…

Olivia Dhaliwal, a fourth-year medical student, was named a Pisacano Leadership Foundation 2024 scholar in family medicine. Prior to beginning medical school, Dhaliwal worked with Teach for America, through which she contributed to efforts to cure Hepatitis C on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.…