Health + Wellness

Researchers examine food systems in Cleveland’s Buckeye-Shaker, Buckeye-Woodhill and Central neighborhoods Although Cleveland is among the nation’s largest cities for urban agriculture and has one of the oldest food policy coalitions, many Clevelanders struggle to access healthy food items like fre...

Case Western Reserve University-led research team discovers why some cases result in rapid decline and death An international team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has made a significant breakthrough in understanding why Alzheimer’s disease progresses so rapidly in some peo...

How one alumna works to create lasting change in her community Mary Louise Tatum (NUR ‘20) is a lifelong learner. In addition to holding two bachelor’s and two master’s degrees, she has used her 26-year career as a behavioral health nurse to learn “what makes people tick.” “I would have been an a...

Data-tracing system developed in partnership with Cleveland Department of Public Health A new interactive tool is now available to track COVID-19 cases in Cleveland thanks to a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University. The Cleveland COVID-19 Dashboard allows users to follow the daily ...

Armed with a $3.4M grant, an alumna, assistant professor and new fellow of the American Academy of Nursing is on a mission to improve Black Americans’ health. By Emily Mayock Carolyn Harmon Still, PhD, CNP (GRS ’10, nursing; MGT ’16), was 14 when she began cari...

Deborah Lindell, DNP (NUR ’03), the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, follows one particular piece of advice in her life: “When you see a possible opportunity show up, take it. You never know what might happen.” It’s that mantra that led her to depa...

Eight hours a night has long been touted as the optimal amount of sleep to feel rested and restored. Now, a Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing researcher is studying if this same credo could help better control Type 1 diabetes in young adults. “We know that sleep is important for all of us, of ...

Funding Opportunities, sponsored by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center...

In 2014, Umut Gurkan, associate professor at the Case School of Engineering, received a Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Annual Pilot to develop HemeChip, an accurate, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic, specialized for low-income countries, to diagnose sickle cell disease. Gu...

All faculty members are eligible to apply to ACES+ Opportunity Grants, which provide small amounts of supplemental support for current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources. Examples of funding support include: Seed funding for unusual resear...