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Sami Hausserman featured as one of CWRU's outstanding 2022 graduates
After several years of adjusted plans due to pandemic-related health and safety protocols, the Case Western Reserve University community will gather once again this year for fully in-person commencement events. The Class of 2022’s accomplishments will be celebrated in ceremonies on May 14 and…
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Polyxeni Philippidou honored with 2022 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Mentoring
Reflecting on her time as a graduate student, Polyxeni Philippidou remembers two intense feelings: insatiable curiosity and endless possibilities for discovery. “My advisor, Simon Halegoua, showed me how to use the wonder of science to encourage and motivate trainees,” she said. “Every time I…
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Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NCATS is issuing this FOA in response to the declared public health emergency issued by the Secretary, HHS. Please see Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the Opioid Crisis as renewed in Renewal of the Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists…
Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative- New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The participating NIH Institutes and Centers are issuing this FOA in response to the declared public health emergency issued by the Secretary, HHS. Please see Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the Opioid Crisis as renewed in Renewal of the Determination…
Collaborate with NCATS Intramural Scientists
NCATS aims to address scientific and operational challenges that slow the development of new interventions to improve human health. Center researchers strive to make translational science more efficient, less expensive and less risky. Experts in NCATS’ Division of Preclinical Innovation actively…
New research supports combining two clinical cancer drugs to treat specific type of colorectal cancers
Human clinical trials expected to begin later this year Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that combining two cancer drugs can be effective in treating a specific type of colorectal cancer, according to a new study published in Nature…
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New research supports combining two clinical cancer drugs to treat specific type of colorectal cancers
Human clinical trials expected to begin later this year Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that combining two cancer drugs can be effective in treating a specific type of colorectal cancer, according to a new study published in Nature…
Student Spotlight: Yiran Wang
Class Year: 2024 Degree program: Medical Degree Yiran Wang Second-year medical student Yiran Wang's decision to attend medical school was unexpected. The experience of participating in a summer shadowing program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital as an undergraduate student unearthed Wang's…
Researchers identify a new treatment for metabolic syndrome
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals team identifies receptor that shows how appetite and body weight are regulated Metabolic syndrome increases a person’s risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, and includes conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and high blood…
Alumna’s $5.5 million commitment to provide scholarships to support nurse anesthetist students
A decorated Air Force officer, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) alumna Cheryl E. McRae-Bergeron, DNP (NUR ‘94), has spent a lifetime advancing the critical role of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) in health care.  Today, through a transformative $5.5 million estate commitment…