Health + Wellness

I’m not the only one excited about students, faculty and staff returning to campus! I loaned my column to Lia Logio and Bud Isaacson, leaders at the HEC, to share their enthusiasm for students coming back to the Health Education Campus. Back to the HEC! ...

Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management—lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg—dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these di...

For alumni John (MED ‘86) and Catherine (CWR ‘77, NUR ‘81) Seibyl, collaboration and partnership go beyond their bond to each other. Thanks to a transformative $7.5 million commitment to Case Western Reserve University, it now extends to their respective schools in support of multidisciplinary resea...

Since 2019, new Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer J. Alan Diehl, PhD, has been working with fellow leaders to develop research priorities and support new initiatives. Diehl, who is also Chair of the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine, brings a strong understanding of basi...

Congratulations to Pallavi Tiwari, PhD, recipient of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Early Career Achievement Award! The 2021 Honorary Award is presented in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in imaging informatics. Dr. Tiwari is an assistant pr...

Angelique Redus-McCoy I am delighted to announce that Angelique Redus-McCoy, MD, assistant professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an alumna of the school, has been appointed as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs to serve as the Robbins Society Dea...

Prostate cancer incidence is particularly high in the area served by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. African American men, locally and nationally, are disproportionally affected by prostate cancer in greater incidence and mortality. Researchers have dedicated resources to better understand thi...

As the new Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Erika Trapl, PhD, strives to facilitate a bidirectional connection between Cancer Center research faculty and catchment-area community partners. The catchment area will inform research projects and, in turn, research will be used t...

With five-year, $6.4M grant from National Eye Institute of NIH About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous research...

The Case CCC Committee on Disparities in Clinical Research has revised the Clinical Research Brochure for African Americans. This document was developed by committee members to open and facilitate a dialogue with African American patients and their families about clinical research. The revised one-...