Health + Wellness

With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The Ame...

With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The Ame...

Sreelakshmi Vasudevan is focused on helping people keep their sight. Originally from Kerala, India, Vasudevan is a postdoctoral scholar in Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences working alongside Paul Park. In the lab, Vasudevan research...

Exceptional staff members recognized for distinguished service and volunteerism Case Western Reserve staff members play a pivotal role in the university’s success, contributing to every aspect of campus life. Our employees are the backbone of the university—their dedication to areas from administra...

Andre K. Mickel, DDS, MSD, MDiv, DMin (DEN '91, DEN '94), a tenured full professor, will be honored with the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Mickel’s impact on education and research is undeniable. In 1995, Dr. Mickel was selected as the program director of the CWRU School of Dental Medicine ...

Theresa Roma Jasinevicius, DDS, MEd (DEN ‘74, ‘76), associate professor in the Department of Comprehensive Care, and affectionately known to students and alumni as Dr. J, will be receiving the Special Recognition Award for her 48 years of dedication to and teaching of CWRU dental students. Tania M...

To our School of Medicine community, In the 41 years that Nathan Berger, MD, provided academic leadership at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals, he, arguably, had the greatest impact on medicine in Cleveland of anyone—creating, evolving, nurturing, advising and championing ide...

Nicholas Nutile, DMD (DEN ‘17), will receive the Outstanding New Dentist Award. While at the CWRU School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Nutile was a natural leader, often encouraging his classmates to develop creative approaches to comprehensive care. As a student, he regularly presented strategies for re...

For Tiffany Vaughan, there are many pathways for healing hearts. The rising fourth-year Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine student, who plans to specialize in cardiology, has the opportunity to bring contemporary meaning to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. Through a Fellowship at Au...

New study finds ‘AMPLON’ method offers faster, more accurate pathogen identification, even in complex DNA sequences A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and analysis. This new tec...