Research Impact

Researchers at the Mandel School awarded $715,000 grant to examine thousands of police interviews with sexual assault victims Police officers may use “signaling” language in sexual assault reports—occasionally dropping hints about the validity of the victim’s claims—that possibly influences an inve...

Case Western Reserve School of Nursing study seeks to fine-tune, personalize exercise, nutrition ‘prescriptions’ for patients; could also apply to diabetes, heart disease, others Although generally true, it’s not enough for health care professionals to simply advise patients to “exercise more and e...

Case Western Reserve researchers observe waves ‘leap’ across cut in brain tissue; ‘ephaptic coupling’ said to be producing self-propagating waves unknown until now Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University say they have identified a previously unidentified form of neural ...

As part of panel of experts convened by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Case Western Reserve University professor Lee Hoffer voted last week to recommend a new nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression that some are touting as the most significant development in a generation for tre...

New research could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals New research from Case Western Reserve University in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals...

Shaming perpetrators of human-rights abuse and shocking audiences with visceral imagery can be an ineffective—and counterproductive—approach to improving humanitarian conditions, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. The finding can help advocacy organizations navigate eff...

National Institutes of Health funded research to study cancer patients with HIV/AIDS AIDS patients suffer higher rates of cancer because they have fewer T-cells in their bodies to fight disease. But new research examines why HIV-infected patients have higher rates of cancer—among the leading causes ...

Only Ohio institution to receive funding all three years The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Case Western Reserve University its third $500,000 grant since 2016 for the CWRU Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund Program (CTP), a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty r...

The political standoff that has shut down parts of the federal government since Dec. 22 threatens research funding at universities across the country, including Case Western Reserve. More specifically, the shutdown affects research agencies not yet funded for the current fiscal year, among them the...

Next generation of connected buildings envisions using changes in vibrations, sound and electrical field to improve energy consumption, monitor occupants’ movements Houses have been getting progressively “smarter” for decades, but the next generation of smart homes may offer what two Case Western Re...