Health + Wellness

Through wide-ranging studies, researchers aim to improve survivorship and quality of life for cancer patients and caregivers. In treating cancer, nurses care for the entire patient. At Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, this same spirit informs how nurse scien...

A new program to increase the number and diversity of nurse anesthetists provides a launchpad for aspiring CRNAs Travel nurse Mya Williams, RN, had applied to half a dozen nursing anesthesia programs, advancing to final-round interviews multiple times. Yet even after years of building her credenti...

About this episode Interventions designed to improve health, including targeted drugs and medical devices, typically undergo a complex and lengthy process of development. In a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cornell University, the National Institutes of Health and Case W...

Free time always feels short-lived for Nicholas Valenta. Between studying for classes for his major in nursing and minor in public health and working two jobs—including in the emergency department at University Hospitals—Valenta serves on the executive board for the Undergraduate Student Nurses Ass...

Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine celebrated the Cleveland cohort Master of Science in Anesthesia Class of 2024 during a white coat ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Frank N. and Jocelyne K. Linsalata Alumni Center. The ceremony began with Executive Director Joseph Rifici sha...

When Life Experiences and Empathy Collide, Community Research Thrives This article is a part of our Health Disparities Research Feature series. Ever since Dr. Jin Kim-Mozeleski was young, she remembers being very curious. “I loved looking around and making connections, doing things, observing th...

Stephen Sroka, adjunct professor at the School of Medicine, received the William A. Howe Award from the American School Health Association. This is the organization’s highest honor recognizing individuals for outstanding contributions and distinguished service in school health. Sroka was selected f...

Shakuntala (Rita) Kothari, an assistant professor at the School of Medicine, was awarded the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Physicians 2022 Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP Master Teacher Award. The award was presented in recognition of her consistently outstanding educational contributions to trai...

Benjamin George and Lauryn Bailey, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine students, won trainee research prizes for their work in non-small cell lung cancer. Their work will be presented at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting later this month. George’s work...

Grant will support examining impact of pain and inflammation on eye’s surface and possible link to diseases The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine a five-year, $7.3 million grant to identify new technology, methods and models to study ...