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New research paper supports using microbiome data to develop potential probiotic therapies
In a clinical study, researchers demonstrate a model for developing targeted probiotic therapies to modulate the microbiome Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center have demonstrated a new model for developing…
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Health Disparities Researcher Self Portrait: Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA
by Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Faculty, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology  This article is a Health Disparities Researcher Self Portrait authored by a…
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CWRU researchers find impacts of 1930s lending practices persist today
Eighty years after the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) carved up the nation’s metropolitan neighborhoods into redlined maps, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine performed an autopsy on the discriminatory lending practice. Specifically, researchers…
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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…
Funding Opportunity: 2023 Case-Coulter RFA Released
Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) RFA Pre-proposal Due Date: February 28, 2023  The following information is shared on behalf of the Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP). This is the third year of the fifth phase of the Case-Coulter Translational Research…
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Community Organizations Play Pivotal Role in Building Sustainable Trust for Research
Mission: Health Equity Challenge Series - Challenge #3 Reinforces Importance of Doing Research With Community Organizations  Many people have preconceived notions about research. From the people who are considering going into research careers to patients turned prospective research participants…
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…
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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,…
$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…
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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…