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Q&A with Rachel Horvath (MGT '22)
Rachel Horvath Year Graduated: May 2022 Degree: Master of Business Administration with a dual concentration in entrepreneurship, design and innovation and organizational leadership What are you up to? I work at KeyBank on the Client and Employee Experience team, and just celebrated my one-year…
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Enhancing the performance of solar power
U.S. Department of Energy initiative includes Case Western Reserve University-led project to test latest technology and publicly share results A Case Western Reserve University-led team will test and analyze the latest solar energy technology. They will then publicly share the results, hoping it…
New link found that connects cell signaling pathway to development of esophageal cancers, Barrett’s syndrome
Researchers believe pathway is a potential therapeutic target for gastroesophageal cancers Of the roughly 20,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed with esophageal cancer this year, just 4,000 are likely to still be alive in 2027. Such dire data has long driven researchers to try to understand the…
Summer Spotlight: An internship with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services
Rachel Shen Major: Nursing BSN Graduation Year: 2024 Internship: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tell us about your internship: I am interning with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a commissioned officer (ensign rank) of the United States Public Health Service…
Case Western Reserve-led study identifies way to specifically target and block disease-associated white blood cells
Offers potential to transform therapies for prevalent diseases, including diabetic complications, cancer and autoimmune disorders Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help fight illness and disease by traveling to the body’s infected site to seek and destroy harmful pathogens. Evi…
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Case Western Reserve-led study identifies way to specifically target and block disease-associated white blood cells
Offers potential to transform therapies for prevalent diseases, including diabetic complications, cancer and autoimmune disorders Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that help fight illness and disease by traveling to the body’s infected site to seek and destroy harmful pathogens. Evi…
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Operating a ‘smart home’ by breath control
Case Western Reserve University scientists invent novel breath-controlled device that allows users to command “smart” technology and monitor breathing Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have invented a device that allows users to control “smart technology” by changing their breathing…
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Corrupted proteins in focus: How shape gives rise to variations of fatal brain disease
Researchers believe imaging could lead to better understanding of what causes fatal prion diseases Prion diseases are incurable, deadly neurological disorders that can affect both humans and animals–including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in people, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cows (also known…
School Medicine faculty members retiring with more than 40 years of service
The School of Medicine is celebrating the careers of David Aron and Joseph Charles LaManna, who are retiring after more than 40 years of service.  Learn more about their impact through teaching, mentorship and accomplishments.     David C. Aron 42 years   Throughout his teaching career at…
CTSC Talks Clinical Research Law and Policy with the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Lack of Inclusive Data and Low Trust Remain Barriers to Advancement of Health Equity On Thursday, June 16, 2022, the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) hosted a REAL (Racial Equity and the Law) Talk webinar, titled Clinical Research Law and Policy, with the Cleveland…