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SOURCE STEM Updates - Summer Application and Funding
Summer Application Q&A This session focuses on specific questions students have about applications, statements, etc. and NOT about finding summer research. Questions are not limited to SOURCE applications. Join us with your questions! Wednesday, January 25, 5:00 p.m. Location: Sears Library 439...
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Message from Stan: Reproductive Health
In the now more than six months since the Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court—which limited access to abortions and limited reproductive rights self-determination on the part of those individuals wishing to become or who are pregnant—there has been much discourse relating to public policy, affi...
Student Spotlight: Ethan Slocum
Ethan Slocum was raised around nurses—his mother is a nurse and her friends are nurses. And his family instilled in him qualities like empathy, good communication and work ethic. So it’s no surprise that Slocum would eventually express interest in the field. “I’ve always had a deep respect for nurs...
$1.5M federal grant to support new CWRU public-health scholarship program in partnership with Cleveland Department of Public Health
To address inequities in community-wide healthcare by increasing number of public-health practitioners City of Cleveland residents who lack access to healthcare will benefit from a new Case Western Reserve University-led program designed to increase the number of public-health practitioners serving...
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$1.5M federal grant to support new Case Western Reserve University public-health scholarship program in partnership with Cleveland Department of Public Health
To address inequities in community-wide healthcare by increasing number of public-health practitioners City of Cleveland residents who lack access to healthcare will benefit from a new Case Western Reserve University-led program designed to increase the number of public-health practitioners serving...
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Columbia University’s Gary Schwartz named Case Comprehensive Cancer Center’s new director
A Columbia University oncologist renowned for his translational research, mentoring and leadership will become director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) this spring. Gary Schwartz, chief of the Hematology & Oncology Division at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and...
Caregivers In Crisis
In this Crain's Cleveland Business news article, Evelyn Duffy, DNP, RN, FAANP, the Florence Cellar Professor of Gerontological Nursing at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and the associate director of the University Center on Aging and Health at Case Western Reserve University, talks about th...
Medical student receives orthopaedic research award
Second-year Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine student Adam Rizk has been awarded the Thomas and Cynthia Sculco Research Award for his poster presentation titled, “Are Trends in Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty Sustainable? Declining Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Reimbursement for Hos...
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Risk of endocarditis more than 3x higher after COVID-19 infection in patients with cocaine, opioid abuse disorders
People diagnosed with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders are more susceptible to developing endocarditis, a condition that damages the lining of the heart valves and chambers, according to research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...
Evelyn Duffy Discusses Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners
Full practice authority gains ground in 26 states: What this means for nurse practitioners Nurse Practitioner: Evelyn Duffy, professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, discussed full practice authority for nurse practitioners. “Ohio is in the reduced practice category,” she noted. “Not a ...