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Nerve center: Inside the ISEB’s NeuroTechnology research cluster at Case Western Reserve
Researchers who have spent decades restoring individuals’ movement, sensation and function are moving in to drive further solutions to neurological conditions
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Hear from two students presenting at Graduate and Medical Student Research Day
Every day, students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are pushing the boundaries of discovery—conducting research that moves medicine forward, builds healthier communities and improves outcomes for patients around the world. From basic science that expands knowledge to…
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Andrew Pieper awarded the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation
When Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, set out to study the brain, he was drawn by the difficulty of the challenge—and the possibility of making a meaningful difference for patients facing some of medicine’s most devastating conditions. Now, that commitment to transformative research and patient care has…
Illustration of a drug-discovery research lab in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, where researchers work at benches and computer desks beneath a giant cell, an atom model, a molecular chain, and a wall-mounted brain connected to circuitry.
Collaborative cures: Inside the ISEB’s Molecular Therapeutics research cluster
By assembling researchers with complementary expertise under one roof, Case Western Reserve is building the critical mass needed to move drug discoveries from the laboratory to patients
Kristina Bowdrie, Bryan Singelyn, Andre Mickel, Sarah Andrews, Yidi Lin, Liam Dunn, Carol Musil, Andrew Medvedev, Rebecca Darrah and Ozan Akkus
They prepared for their futures at CWRU—and returned to invest in the next generation
With Homecoming and Reunion Weekend underway, alumni-turned-faculty reflect on their student experiences at CWRU
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Targeting solutions: Inside the ISEB’s Precision Diagnostics & Therapeutics research cluster at Case Western Reserve University
How a team of Case Western Reserve researchers is turning a decade of collaboration—and a portfolio of real-world innovations—into the future of precision medicine
Sasha Alexander
Meet a PhD student writing children’s books to help kids understand their medical diagnoses
Sasha Alexander may have just arrived at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine this fall as a PhD student in the Clinical and Translational Science program, but her commitment to improving patient care is already tangible.Before CWRU, Alexander worked at Stanford University School of…
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Tech, business and education: Discover 5 CWRU student startups
Editor’s note: Juliene Jones, the author of this story, is a student employee in the Department of University Marketing and Communications. She is a third-year student majoring in political science, international studies and sociology.Case Western Reserve University students are entrepreneurial…
Mia Osborne, Jaral Arroyo-Jefferson, Abigail Figueroa and Miguel Munoz
Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet four Hispanic members of the CWRU community
From participating in a medical brigade in Guatemala to creating a platform to empower student voices, individuals of Hispanic and Latine heritage are engaged with countless facets of Case Western Reserve University.In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place annually from Sept. 15…
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Medical student selected as the Phase 1 winner of the OligoTox Open Data Challenge
Joyce Kuo, a medical student at Case Western Reserve University, was selected as the Phase 1 winner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Oligonucleotide Toxicity (OligoTox) Open Data Challenge last month. The Oligonucleotide…