Health + Wellness

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, I am pleased to share that the Case Western Reserve University Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) in the School of Medicine has received a $56.3M seven-year grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational…

Immediate past president of the School of Dental Medicine Alumni Association Board of Directors Kari A. Cunningham, DMD (DEN '10, '12) was recognized with the National Dental Association’s 40 Under 40 Award at the 2023 convention on July 22 in New Orleans. Spotlighting the nation’s top dentists…

Editor's note: This article has been corrected. Summer Intersections is Thursday, Aug. 3. At Case Western Reserve University, undergraduate students don’t waste any time getting into the lab. Across disciplines, research is an integral part of their campus experiences—allowing them to make…

Nutrition plays a vital role in health—particularly in the prevention and management of chronic conditions. Guidelines like those in the widely known MyPlate model created by the US. Department of Agriculture can help people understand the types of foods they should eat, but it can be challenging…

School of Medicine Pharmacology student Jacqueline Plau has earned a Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation. The award includes $25,000 per year in stipend support for promising students in the advanced stages of training and thesis research in drug discovery. Plau, who…

Findings offer hope for development of new medications A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University revealed that the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion. A main pathogenic initiator of AD and…

After completing his bachelor’s degree, Zubin Khan spent several years giving students direction as a high school counselor in Detroit. But despite the wise advice he gave, he still hadn’t found his own calling. Khan had begun his undergraduate studies at Eastern Michigan University planning to…

U.S. military veterans who lived in what were once known as “redlined” areas had a higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues, according to a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA Medical…

Winnie Wong, D.M.D. (DEN ‘16) received the Outstanding New Dentist Award. The award is given to an alum whose accomplishments enhance the perception of the dental profession, has demonstrated outstanding service to his/her community and is engaged with the activities of the School of Dental…

Case CCC's Associate Director for Cancer Population Sciences, Jennifer Cullen, PhD, MPH, and Alberto Montero, MD, MBA, member of the Developmental Therapeutics Program, address the social determinants of health and racial disparities in cardiac events in breast cancer in an article published in…