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Medicine’s Walter Boron recognized by the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society
Walter Boron, MD, PhD, Distinguished University Professor and the Myers/Scarpa Professor and chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, was recently selected for the Davson Distinguished Lectureship. The lectureship is the highest honor awarded to a scientist who has made important…
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MD student receives Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship
Tolulope Banjo, a medical student and third-year Master of Science in Clinical Research student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently announced as the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship award winner at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 27th…
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Newly discovered hair cells on squid may offer clues to understand hearing loss in humans
Case Western Reserve University researchers discover previously unknown hair cells that resemble those found inside the human ear
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Call for abstracts: Plastics and Health Regional Forum
The Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and Master of Public Health program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine invites members of the community to submit abstracts for the inaugural Plastics and Health Bioregional Forum.The inaugural Plastics and Health…
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A new home for discovery and collaboration at Case Western Reserve University
189,000 square feet of dedicated research space.7 research clusters working to solve problems that matter.300 researchers breaking down silos to share expertise, ideas and tools.1 question: What happens when you stop organizing science around disciplines and start organizing it around problems?Case…
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Medicine’s Ronda Mourad announced as recipient of the 2027 APDIM Distinguished University Associate Program Director/Core Faculty Award
Ronda Mourad, MD, an associate program director in the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was announced as the recipient of the 2027 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) Distinguished University Associate Program Director/Core…
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National Sickle Cell Awareness Month shines a light on promising gene-editing therapy
As Sickle Cell Awareness Month this September draws attention to the urgent need for better treatments, findings from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers published in The New England Journal of Medicine show a promising gene-editing therapy that could lead to a functional…
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Where problems are solved: Get to know the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building at Case Western Reserve University
This story is the first in a series introducing the research, people and building that will define Case Western Reserve’s next chapter of discovery. Over the coming weeks, we’ll go inside each of the seven research clusters and the resources that make the work possible. When the Interdisciplinary…
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From pioneering cancer diagnostics to expanding rural care: Celebrating the School of Medicine’s 2026 alumni award recipients
CWRU School of Medicine honors eight distinguished alumni and faculty members for extraordinary contributions to medicine, community health and scientific discovery
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Pharmacology’s Phoebe L. Stewart receives NIH Merit Award
Phoebe L. Stewart, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R37 Merit Award for the project “Molecular mechanisms of adenovirus neutralization.”The award is listed by NIH as project number…