School of Medicine

Journalists routinely turn to Case Western Reserve University faculty first. Whether it’s breaking news or subject-matter analysis, reporters look to CWRU to help make sense of the stories shaping our world. Perhaps more importantly, our researchers often drive the headlines in the media with their…

From advancing precision medicine and examining how nail fungus affects various sports to investigating multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments, researchers at Case Western Reserve University push the boundaries of discovery across labs, clinics and collaborative spaces each day.…

Case Western Reserve University has been a home to many students-turned-alumni over the years. But for those who dedicate much of their professional lives to the university, it has come to feel like a home, too. We invited faculty and staff members with more than 25 years of service to Case…

Sarah Namirembe, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, received the  Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize along with co-authors, China Scherz (Notre Dame University) and George Mpanga (Makerere University) for their 2024 book Higher Powers Alcohol and After…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine was recently selected among 12 medical schools across the nation to receive a grant from Sketchy’s Clinical Reasoning Catalyst program. This initiative provides funding to implement DDx, an AI-powered clinical readiness platform that equips…

Marissa Scavuzzo, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently selected as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience. This award recognizes early-career researchers who have made outstanding…

Financial barriers are biggest hurdle, according to new Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals study

Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes? Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Nutrition will host virtual information sessions for the Prevent Type 2 (Prevent T2) Lifestyle Change Program. In addition to incentives, participants of this program have the opportunity to hear from a trained…

The students of Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate Class of 2029 aren’t the only new faces on campus this semester. We also welcomed new faculty members across the university, including at the School of Medicine. Read on to get to know some of those new faculty members, who shared…

For first-year medical student Mishaal Omer (CWR ’24), the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab, but with literature. A former English major at Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences, she learned how stories shape the world—especially our capacity for empathy. Now, those…