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Julie DeJager named Deputy Associate Director for Administration
We are pleased to announce Julie DeJager, MA, as the Deputy Associate Director for Administration for the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.   As the Deputy Associate Director, Julie is responsible for developing implementation strategies, advising on matters of…
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and other top U.S. cancer centers call for urgent action to get cancer-preventing HPV vaccination back on track
COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted delivery of key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a partnership of Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic, has joined with 71…
School of Medicine’s Ashley Nemes-Baran receives 2021 Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
Ashley Nemes-Baran The speed at which Ashley Nemes-Baran has connected with her students is almost unheard of. Nemes-Baran, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosciences, started teaching at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine just last fall. Not only is…
Case Western Reserve-led research team aims to determine which diabetic individuals can successfully donate corneas for transplant (and which should not)
With five-year, $6.4M grant from National Eye Institute of NIH About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death. The number of corneal transplants has grown over the last decade, but through continuous…
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School of Medicine’s Ashley Nemes-Baran receives 2021 Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
The speed at which Ashley Nemes-Baran has connected with her students is almost unheard of. Nemes-Baran, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosciences, started teaching at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine just last fall. Not only is Nemes-Baran new to Case Western…
Faculty member inducted as fellow of American College of Nurse-Midwives
Mary Franklin, DNP, CNM, ANCM As she wrapped up her work and signed off on grades for the Class of 2021 Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner students, assistant professor Mary Franklin, DNP, CNM, NCMP, prepared for her own celebration, being inducted as a fellow of the…
Medicine’s Keming Gao discusses bipolar 2 disorder
Outlet: U.S. News & World Report
Anatomy’s Andrew Crofton named 2021 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching recipient
In each of his anatomy classes, Andrew “Andy” Crofton tailors his teaching method to the students as individuals—a style they say creates an environment in which they feel respected and motivated to achieve at their highest level. It’s among the many reasons Crofton, assistant professor of anatomy…