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Leading amid a pandemic
Lessons learned by alumni navigating the highs and lows of leadership during the COVID-19 crisis Kari Cunningham, DMD (pictured here with her niece), owns Panther Pediatric Dentistry in Euclid, Ohio. Kari Cunningham, DMD (DEN ‘10, ‘12), has a h...
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A new tool in the fight against rectal cancer
Case Western Reserve-led team to test artificial intelligence medical imaging to determine which rectal cancer patients need surgery—or can avoid it Building on its successes in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to medical imaging to enhance treatment of other diseases, a Case Western Reserve U...
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Nursing’s Deborah Lindell embarks on Fulbright Scholar program in Kenya
“When you see a possible opportunity show up, take it. You never know what might happen,” said Deborah Lindell (NUR ’03), the Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and a new Fulbright Scholar who departed in September for an eight-month sojourn to Northw...
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Student Spotlight: Kathleen Mulligan
To honor her father while he was in intensive care and hospice, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine second-year medical student Kathleen Mulligan wrote a song as a tribute to her father during his last few days. The lyrics to Mulligan’s song will be performed on Saturday, De...
State of the School
On Friday, Dec. 3, I presented a town hall to faculty and staff on the State of the School of Medicine. I would like to briefly summarize that conversation and provide a link to the webcast for your review. Thank you to the 60 or so people who joined us in person and the more than 200 who particip...
Cynthia Kubu, PhD
I am pleased to announce Cynthia Kubu, PhD, ABPP-CN, has been appointed Vice Dean for Faculty for Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. One of our top strategic priorities is building and enhancing collaborations with faculty across our five campuses—Case Western Reserve University Sc...
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Taking antiviral aim to stop COVID-19 and possible future viruses in their tracks
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, Duke and Rutgers lead work to understand how the novel coronavirus’s tangled RNA could help treat infected people Scientists at Case Western Reserve, Duke, and Rutgers universities have identified compounds within the coronavirus genome that have the...
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Researchers warn of next ‘wave’ of opioid overdose deaths
Case Western Reserve University and Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office on front lines of another epidemic plaguing nation When Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Thomas Gilson issued a public health warning earlier this month, the cause wasn’t COVID-19—but drugs. Over a 48-hour period Nov. 6 ...
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Artificial intelligence tool predicts treatment response and survival in small cell lung cancer patients
Researchers identify set of patterns from CT scans to help predict patient’s response to chemotherapy Researchers at the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) at Case Western Reserve University have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns on computed t...
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CWRU partners with Cleveland Metropolitan School District to provide COVID-19 vaccines to local families
Students, staff and families from two nearby schools will enter the holidays with additional COVID-19 protection through a collaboration between Case Western Reserve and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Under the direction of medical and nursing faculty, more than 50 students from Case ...