Science + Tech

Try, try again. Researchers know that great discoveries can take winding, unpredictable paths. In the face of unfunded grant proposals, conflicting results and people who don’t yet see the vision, research can sometimes feel like failure—but persistence through the process is what often drives…

Dear faculty, staff and students, On behalf of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Jackson, PhD, MBA, as the new vice dean of graduate education.  Dr. Jackson, professor of pathology, has played a pivotal role in training the next…

The National Institutes of Health awarded a four-year, $2.6 million grant to researchers at Case Western Reserve University to study how high blood-pressure drugs affect patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). More specifically, they want to study whether such medications increase the risk of…

WEWS: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Civil Society and director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, emphasized the long-term impacts of lead poisoning on children, explaining that his research highlights the urgent need for comprehensive solutions in…

Since 1998, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society has granted over 4,000 scholarships to engineering students across the country. This year, two Case School of Engineering students received the honor. From a pool of over 1,300 applications, only 253 students were chosen—among them were biomedical engineering…

Double alumna Carol M. Musil chooses to return to the faculty to continue research, teaching After six years as dean of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Carol M. Musil (NUR ’79; GRS ’91, nursing) has chosen to step down from her role and return to the…

Kelvin Smith Library’s Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship will host three tours during CWRU’s Innovation Week 2024.  Tuesday, October 29th from 3:00 to 4:00 PM Wednesday, October 30th from 10:00 to 11:00 AM Thursday, October 31st from 1:30 to 2:30 PM Experience captivating visuals of digital…

With a new four-year, $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, researchers at Case Western Reserve University are investigating a new approach to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in military veterans.   AML is the most common form of blood cancer in adults, and many…

Case CCC Immune Oncology Program member, Amar Desai, PhD, has been awarded $100,000 in funding for one year from the Innovative Science Accelerator Program (ISAC) for his project Antihistamines to prevent age-associated hematopoietic decline. He aims to demonstrate that repurposing a well tolerated…

Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program and Director of CWRU SOM's Preventive Medicine Residency Program, has received a $1.5M award from the National Cancer Institute to develop a first-of-its-kind, transportable informatics tool that will integrate…