Science + Tech
July 13, 2020
On a perfect Sunday morning, 216 first-year medical students participated in the School of Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage officially welcoming them into the community of healers. The physician’s white coat is a powerful symbol of the profession, and the ceremony launched these…
July 10, 2020
Effective July 1, Leland Metheny, MD will serve as Chair of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) and Shilpa Gupta, MD will serve as Co-Chair. The PRMC reviews all new cancer-related trials conducted at the institutions affiliated with the Case CCC…
July 10, 2020
As COVID-19 swept across the world and hit the United States in force this spring, hospitals had to make critical decisions about everything from appropriate staffing and bed allocation to securing medications that were in short supply and how much of medical care could be put on hold, or changed…
July 10, 2020
Following Medicaid Expansion Individuals with Low-Income Less Likely to be Diagnosed with Advanced Cancers A new study published in CANCER (Kim, CANCER, 2020) indicates the expansion of Medicaid led to earlier detection of cancer in individuals with low-income. Their findings suggest Medicaid…
July 10, 2020
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) recently awarded a new five-year $3.7M grant to Ge Jin, PhD and Bingcheng Wang, PhD, as co-principal investigators, to explore why those living with HIV have a higher risk for certain kinds of cancers, such as lung cancer. Drs. Jin and Wang are members of the…
July 08, 2020
Joseph A. Kotarba and Clara M. Pelfrey (CTSC Program Evaluation Director) co-organized a webinar version of their Translational Science 2020 (TS20) session. This session was co-sponsored by the ACTS Evaluation Special Interest Group and the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Translational…
July 07, 2020
Pallavi Tiwari among winners in Johnson & Johnson global competition; includes grant funding, mentorship for three years Pallavi Tiwari’s impact on brain cancer research was recognized in June when she was selected as one of six winners of the third annual Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D…
July 07, 2020
Pallavi Tiwari among winners in Johnson & Johnson global competition; includes grant funding, mentorship for three years Pallavi Tiwari’s impact on brain cancer research was recognized in June when she was selected as one of six winners of the third annual Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D…