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Professor Emeritus John Yankey honored as NASW Social Work Pioneer
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the National Association of Social Worker's (NASW) annual Social Work Pioneers Celebration will be held in-person on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Social Work Pioneer Program honors members of the social work profession...
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Mandel School hosts colleagues for North Central Field Director Consortium
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host the North Central Field Director Consortium meeting today (Oct. 7). The event will bring 30 colleges and universities in the area together to collaborate and discuss best practices and leadership innovation in field educa...
Doctoral student Braveheart Gillani writes about health disparities in transgender and gender diverse populations
Transgender and gender diverse (TGGD) populations experience more health disparities than the general lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) and the general cis-gender heterosexual population. A new study conducted by doctoral student Braveheart Gillani provides data regarding the statistically significan...
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National Institutes of Health awards $15.75M to research team led by Case Western Reserve University and Duke University to map vagus nerve—body’s ‘super highway’ for controlling major organ functions
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $15.75 million contract to researchers led by Case Western Reserve and Duke universities to accelerate development of therapeutic devices that improve chronic medical conditions. The contract is within the NIH’s Stimulating Peripheral Activ...
Dan Flannery to discuss bullying at American Academy of Pediatrics Conference
Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, will give a presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics' National Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. PDT, ...
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Merck Foundation awards Case Comprehensive Cancer Center 5-year, $2M grant to advance equitable cancer care in Northeast Ohio
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) recently announced it received a $2 million grant through the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care (the Alliance), an initiative funded by the Merck Foundation (the Foundation) and designed to make cancer care more equitable in the United States by helpi...
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Karamu House CEO to direct Case Western Reserve University theater program’s fall show
Production is the first in a long-term commitment to collaborate The iconic Karamu House is recognized as the oldest active African American theater in the nation. The Department of Theater at Case Western Reserve University is among the first academic theater programs in the country. A year ago...
September 2022 Inside the Action Newsletter
Inside this issue: Coulton Retirement Celebration Recap Register for Mandel School Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Events Upcoming Events & CEU Opportunities Media Mentions and Publications Student Spotlights Alumni News Employment and Career Development Opportunities Read the September 20...
Jennifer King explains “autumn anxiety”
Jennifer King, co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity and assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, weighed in on the stress and anxiety some experience in the fall. “Autumn anxiety is a term that describes the increase in worry, fear, a...
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COVID-19 associated with increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in youth, by as much as 72%
Children who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a new study that analyzed electronic health records of more than 1 million patients ages 18 and younger. In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers at ...