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A Q&A with Dean Stan Gerson on the Opportunities of a Strategic Plan
For Stan Gerson, MD, a strategic plan is not a sit-on-a-shelf-and-gather-dust kind of document. It’s a living plan that speaks to our times, details the rationale and goals for potentially game-changing collaborations, and is adjusted annually to account for the unforeseen. Work on the School of…
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June 16, 2026
Kate Letai never wanted to choose between helping patients and asking scientific questions. Growing up around medicine and research, she saw firsthand how discoveries in the lab could change lives in hospital rooms—and she knew she wanted to be part of both worlds.Originally from the Boston area,…
June 16, 2026
Stephen Gehlbach to endow pathway for medical education specialization at CWRU School of Medicine
June 10, 2026
Making the decision to retire is a significant milestone. For those who have worked in one place for the majority of their careers, it’s even more meaningful. This summer, a number of Case Western Reserve University faculty members are taking that step after more than 25 years of service to the…
June 05, 2026
Puja Van Epps, MD, faculty member of the Continuing Medical Education committee at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will assume the role of Acting National Program Executive Director (NPED) for the HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Programs (HHRC) for the U.S. Veterans’…
June 05, 2026
Tamara Randall, RDN (MED ’96, MED ’00), a nutrition instructor and director of the Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition Dietetic Internship program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently named the 2026–27 president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.…
June 04, 2026
Case Western Reserve University has been in the vanguard of neural engineering for decades, combining neurosciences and engineering to help people with conditions ranging from neurodegenerative diseases to extensive paralysis.Now, new collaborations are expanding between the School of Medicine’s…
June 01, 2026
A virus that can invade the brain and cause fatal neurological disease has long puzzled scientists because it replicates in a place most viruses avoid: the nucleus of infected cells. For Eric Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, that mystery…
May 29, 2026
CYP46A1 activation by low dose efavirenz uncovers the link between brain cholesterol metabolism, energetics and vasculature.Researchers at Case Western Reserve University—led by Irina Pikuleva, PhD, the Carl F. Asseff Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences—identified brain processes that…
May 27, 2026
Cancer Center receives $25.5 million grant renewal The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $25.5 million renewal grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), marking 38 years of continuous NCI funding since the center’s founding in 1987. The grant reaffirms the center’s key role in…