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Annual Report to the Nation Part 2: Patient economic burden of cancer care more than $21 billion in the United States in 2019
Part 2 of the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that cancer patients in the United States shoulder a large amount of cancer care costs. In 2019, the national patient economic burden associated with cancer care was $21.09 billion, made up of patient out-of-pocket costs…
Graduate student testifies at Ohio House
On Oct. 21, graduate nursing student Takiyah Smith (NUR ’19), a registered nurse and sexual assault nurse examiner, testified as a proponent of Ohio House Bill 3 (HB 3) which seeks to make strangulation a felony in Ohio. “A sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) is a registered nurse that is an…
Case Western Reserve receives $16 million federal grant to launch major research center on substance use and HIV
The use of opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine and other stimulants is the second-most common cause of exposure to HIV among those in the United States diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. Thanks to a new $16 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National…
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Case Western Reserve receives $16 million federal grant to launch major research center on substance use and HIV
The use of opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine and other stimulants is the second-most common cause of exposure to HIV among those in the United States diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. Thanks to a new $16 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National…
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Keeping up With the Many Coronavirus Variants
Source: Cleveland Magazine
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Scientists develop novel ‘shapeshifting’ liquid crystal
Physicists from Case Western Reserve University, Tufts say they’ve remotely altered microscopic surface; could lead to applications for microchips, or ‘liquid tools’ Physicists at Case Western Reserve University and Tufts University say they’ve changed the shape of a flat liquid crystal surface…
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Marvin Nieman, PhD
I am pleased to announce that Marvin Nieman, PhD, has been appointed as the first Vice Dean for Graduate Education for the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Elevating oversight of graduate programs has been a priority, given the number of students, the breadth of programs and the…
Lucid Diagnostics Completes $70 Million Initial Public Offering
Company’s esophageal cancer prevention tests developed jointly by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center members, medical school faculty at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals  Lucid Diagnostics Inc., a company that produces esophageal cancer tests based on Case Western Reserve…