Health + Wellness

Discovery could lead to possible prevention, treatment strategies Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age. Now, a team of…

Awarded five-year, $3.05 million grant from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute With a new five-year, $3.05 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Hospitals (UH)…

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of longtime faculty member Clinical Associate Professor Robert Heckel, DDS (DEN ‘57).  A graduate of the School of Dental Medicine (DEN ‘57), Dr. Heckel also served the United States Navy Submarine Force from 1957-1962. Stationed at Norfolk, Virginia…

A new $2 million grant from the Mt. Sinai Health Foundation has established the Mt. Sinai Fellows in Therapeutic Discovery, an effort to support the recruitment of exceptional mid-career MD/PhD researchers to participate in an interdisciplinary collaborative that includes CWRU's hospital…

Professorship leverages power of nurses to lead healthcare As healthcare systems across the country feel the mounting pressures of an aging and increasingly diverse patient population, staff burnout, a workforce shortage and rising costs – a partnership between The MetroHealth System and Case…

Case Western Reserve awarded $1.4 million for Ohio’s Great Minds Fellowship initiative Eligible students may receive up to $10,000 for pursuing careers in behavioral health As part of a statewide effort to encourage more students to pursue behavioral health-related professions, the Ohio…

Joel Saltzman, MD, a member of Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutic Program and a clinician in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO). An ASCO member is recognized as a…

Kaixiang Cao, PhD, a member of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics & Epigenomics program, is challenging the current paradigms for using the LSD1 (lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A) protein to slow cancer growth. He and his team posit that the entire LSD1 protein can be completely degraded rather…

Erika Trapl, PhD, Case CCC's Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Charles Modlin, MD, MBA, Director of the MetroHealth Minority Men's Health Institute, and Waverly Willis, owner/operator of two Urban Kutz barbershops and member of Case CCC's Community Advisory Board, discussed…

While there’s no cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there are measures people can take to avoid developing the disease. One involves taking drugs called preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2012. A newly released statement from…