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How does the brain process heat as pain?
New research finds a signaling pathway involving neurons responsible for how we understand thermal pain The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How…
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Existing cancer therapy in narrow use shows significant activity against other cancers
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals research team publishes new findings in Nature Cancer A drug used to target IDH1 mutations in select cancers also appears to inhibit the wild-type form of the enzyme, under certain conditions. This feature explains why a large group of…
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Student Spotlight: Rebekah Russell
Second-year medical student Rebekah Russell’s passion for social policy, health policy, health equity and social justice is why she was selected to receive the Graduate/Professional Student Diversity Excellence Award. Read More       
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Breakthrough COVID-19 infections more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, studies find
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to two new studies from researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. People with these diseases are often more…
Mandel School doctoral student Nichole Cobb receives scholarship for research on psychopathology
Nichole Cobb (CWR ’93; SAS ’95), a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently received the Methodology Workshop Scholarship award from the Center for Research on Families at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Cobb, who has founded the behavioral…
Q&A: Men’s tennis players Jonathan Powell and James Hopper discuss their NCAA DIII Doubles Championship win
This story originally ran in The Daily. Both James Hopper and Jonathan Powell (pictured left to right) readily admit their collegiate tennis prospects weren’t the strongest. “There were very few coaches who were truly interested in recruiting me,” said Hopper, now a rising senior majoring in…
Driven to act
Retiring after nearly 45 years on the Mandel School faculty and almost 35 leading the Poverty Center, Claudia Coulton’s career has centered on using data to make community change When Claudia Coulton, PhD (GRS ’78, social welfare), delivered a major presentation on the potential impacts of welfare…
Call for Applications – CWRU Translational Fellows Program
CWRU Translational Fellows Program (TFP) seeks to train individuals in entrepreneurship and translation of innovation to benefit humanity by providing programs and workshops, protecting time for entrepreneurial activities, and establishing a network of peers and fellow entrepreneurs. We are…
Limited Competition: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number: PAR-22-167 The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program Collaborative and Innovative Acceleration Award (CCIA) supports synergistic activities that accelerate the translational research process through collaboration and innovation. This…