Health + Wellness

For patients with cancer and their caregivers, high quality end-of-life care is incredibly important, as one expert explained. “There has been a fair amount of research done that has shown that when patients do not receive what is considered quality end of life care ... not only are there poor…

A groundbreaking study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). The findings, published today (Dec. 7) in the journal JAMA Oncology, support the need for clinical trials to…

Funding will advance novel approaches to treating cancer and diabetes-related blindness

Reshmi Parameswaran, PhD, MS, a member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, has received the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust award. The $1M was awarded to Parameswaran for her work in cancer cell therapy. It is to be used over three years to advance novel approaches to treating…

The second-annual Dean Kenneth B. Chance, DDS, Endowed Distinguished Lectureship was held on Thursday, Nov. 16, in Samson Pavilion. Faculty, staff, residents, students from the Schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, Applied Social Sciences and Nursing attended the event. After a reception,…

Case Western Reserve University postdoctoral fellow Oladayo Oyebanji has earned the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s Yoshikawa and High award for an abstract he presented at the society’s IDWeek in October. The award honors work that focuses on solving healthcare epidemiology,…

Case Western Reserve nursing researcher to study how to improve end-of-life care with $3.3 million National Cancer Institute grant More than 600,000 people in the United States will die of cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Many will receive care they didn’t want…

Ronald Hickman, the Ruth M. Anderson Endowed Professor and associate dean for research at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was recently elected a board member of the American Academy of Nursing. Hickman is regarded for his work leveraging technology in decisions related to end-of-life care…

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. A Message from the Associate Dean for Research November is National Gratitude Month, and our…

Pinunta (Petch) Nittayacharn first arrived at Case Western Reserve University in 2016 to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering with support from the Royal Thai Government Scholarship under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Upon graduating in 2022, she remained at the university and is now in…