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Andrew Pieper receives CWRU’s second eminent professorship
Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, is tackling some of medicine’s toughest targets: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's and brain injury. Now, his work at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is getting an even bigger boost thanks to alumna and psychiatrist Rebecca E. Barchas, MD (MED ’75). Pieper’s…
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July 12, 2022
By the time she was 6, Rebecca Barchas knew she wanted to be a doctor—and not just any kind of doctor: a psychiatrist. Credit her mother, who was reading her adult classics like The Microbe Hunters, along with tales of women in science and medicine. “She opened my eyes to the fascinating workings…
July 07, 2022
In mid-June, Robert Salata, professor at the School of Medicine, shared updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in an op-ed published by cleveland.com. Titled “Three things to know about COVID-19 at this time,” Salata’s piece broke down the current dominant subvariants, vaccination as a tool to curb the…
July 07, 2022
Peter Pronovost, clinical professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the School of Medicine, shared his opinion on Congress’ plan to cut Medicare payments. Pronovost co-wrote the piece titled “Now is not the time for Congress to further cut hospitals’ Medicare payments,” which was…
July 07, 2022
Michael Lederman, the Scott R Inkley Professor of Medicine, wrote an opinion piece about why he believes the COVID-19 immunization is important to protect against serious disease and hospitalization and death, but that it’s not likely that an immunization strategy in the United States will get us…
July 07, 2022
Susan Hatters-Friedman, associate professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, shared her opinions on the role forensic psychiatrists played in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial. She wrote the article, titled “In Depp v. Heard, forensic psychiatry took the stand. Let’s correct the record,”…
July 07, 2022
Throughout July, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host a series of virtual events about its doctoral programs to give you a better idea of what life is like as a PhD student—from how the programs will prepare you to achieve your research goals to the benefits of our location…
July 01, 2022
Supporting everything from teaching and research to operational efforts and more, staff members are key to Case Western Reserve’s success. Each year, the university recognizes exceptional staff members with two awards: the President’s Award for Distinguished Service and the Robin Kramer Volunteer…
July 01, 2022
Masashi Tabuchi, assistant professor of neurosciences, was selected to participate in the 2022-23 Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition, sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The event’s goal is to identify bottlenecks, find avenues for breakthroughs and build new…
June 28, 2022
Results suggest this highly vulnerable population could be significantly better protected The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
June 24, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an information session on the Master of Science in Biostatistics program Sunday, June 26, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Program Director Mendel Singer will give a presentation and lead a Q&A session for attendees to learn more…