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20 Years of Mt. Sinai Scholars
Last week the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation celebrated twenty years of support for its Mt. Sinai Scholars program, which aids in the recruitment of junior faculty members to the basic sciences here at the School of Medicine. This visionary foundation’s marvelous investment – a total of $9M to…
Cristian Sandoval, EMBA '08
Cristian Sandoval, EMBA '08, was recently named Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. With more than 20 years of marketing experience, Sandoval has lead innovation and brand development for sales-driven organizations in the United States and Latin…
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River sediment speaks to changing climate
Case Western Reserve University researcher studies sediment in Colorado streams; helps to understand dynamics of rivers like Cuyahoga Studying the sediment of a mountain river can reveal thousands of years or more of a waterway’s history, including new threats from more frequent wildfires and…
Natasha Conley, PhD '18
Natasha Conley, PhD '18 and Fowler Center Fellow, was named Ascend Grant Manager at Washington University in St. Louis. Read more.
Director's Message: Cancer Mortality Declines Nationally, Findings Depict Need for Continued Efforts in our Catchment Area: National and State Data Available for Download
Last month the NCI released their Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer that reported "for all cancer sites combined, cancer death rates continued to decline in men, women, and children in the United States from 1999 to 2016." While these statistics are encouraging and confirm we have…
KL2 Scholar alum uses data to decide when to transfer patients by medical helicopter
The ability to quickly move patients by medical helicopter is especially vital in what is known as the golden hour--that first hour after a traumatic injury, considered the most critical for successful emergency treatment. "For true emergencies, it is quicker and better to transport someone by…
Latest Buzz: Malaria Drug May Help Prevent Genetic Hearing Loss
Outlet: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Drug to Treat Malaria Could Mitigate Hereditary Hearing Loss
The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes. Using a zebrafish model, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School…
Malaria Drug Could Help Prevent Form of Hereditary Hearing Loss
Outlet: The Hearing Review