Health + Wellness

Dr. Eric Chen and Chesley Cheatham Champion Resources for Patients  This article is a part of our CTSC Barrier Busters series.  The Government Accountability Office conducted a study, as prompted by the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act, to explore barriers to clinical trial…

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is proud to announce the 2023 QS Top Universities ranking. Case Western Reserve University was ranked 41st in the world on the 2023 rankings for the nursing category. This rank was a tie with Trinity College Dublin at the University of Dublin,…

Study published in JAMA Internal Medicine News Release from University Hospitals The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since 2010, rising from 16% to 60% for low-risk patients and from 8% to 22% for patients…

Research originating from the lab of Quintin Pan, PhD, co-leader of Case CCC's Molecular Oncology Program, was featured last week on cleveland.com. It was reported that the two drugs on which his lab is working are likely to stop HPV from causing cancer. Pan suggests that, even if the virus can't…

The Office of Research and Technology Management has shared a number of research funding opportunities, including: Leveraging Big Data Science to Elucidate the Mechanisms of HIV Activity and Interaction with Substance Use Disorders (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-DA-008) Department of…

Aggressive medical care remains common at life’s end From the New York Times: Siran Koroukian, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, and Sara Douglas, the Gertrude Perkins Oliva Professor in Oncology Nursing and assistant dean for research at the…

CWRU School of Nursing awarded $2.56M grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation for age-friendly care program in MinuteClinic at CVS locations Since late 2018, researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have jointly…

At 18 years old, Erica Yang knew she didn’t want a desk job. She was unsure what that would mean for her future career, but by the time she began volunteering at hospitals near her hometown of Dallas, her path became clear: She wanted to be a nurse. “I got to see the connections that nurses made…

When Tamia Potter opened her envelope at Match Day—the day medical students nationwide learn what residency programs they will join following graduation—she discovered she was one step closer to achieving her goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. She also was among the first to realize she had just made…

Since late 2018, researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and MinuteClinic at CVS locations have jointly shaped a program to enhance care for older adults at the retailer’s pharmacies nationally. Now, with a new three-year, $2.56 million grant from…