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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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May 23, 2022
One of the most common causes of disability or death in newborns is a lack of oxygen or blood flow in the brain during labor or delivery. The condition, known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), can result in severe brain damage, which is why researchers at Case Western Reserve University…
May 20, 2022
The Ohio Cardiovascular and Diabetes Health Collaborative (Cardi-OH) will host a webinar titled “Remote Monitoring for Diabetes: Embracing Technology to Improve Patient Care,” Wednesday, May 25, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Presenters during this 1.00 CME-credit webinar will: Define remote…
May 19, 2022
This past weekend collectively, as a medical school, we came together to celebrate the graduation of our medical students—our newest physician colleagues—the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine class of 2022. Congratulations to the new physician graduates! Of the 203 physician graduates,…
May 19, 2022
Join Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences for a virtual information session on the MS in Clinical Research program Sunday, May 22, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Program Director Jim Spilsbury will discuss the options available with…
May 18, 2022
Thomas LaFramboise, associate professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a team of researchers published an article in Nature Communications in February. Titled “Circulating Microbial Content in Myeloid Malignancy Patients…
May 18, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences for a virtual information session on the MS in Biostatistics program. Program Director Mendel Singer will give a presentation and lead a…
May 15, 2022
Data support PSA screening, particularly in Black men, for whom there is a shortage of clinical trial evidence Prostate-cancer screening based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood was introduced—and readily adopted—in the United States around the late 1980s. But this screening…
May 12, 2022
For the first time since 2019, the Case Western Reserve University Visual Sciences Research Center (VSRC) will hold its annual symposium in person. The event will be held Friday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Wolstein Research Building Auditorium. The day's keynote speaker will be Ula…
May 11, 2022
William Wulftange, an MD/PhD student at Case Western Reserve University, has been awarded a $100,000 Harrington Discovery Institute MSTP Fellowship grant. This scholar award recognizes students whose research has shown innovation and creativity, and the potential for progressing from scientific…
May 11, 2022
James M. Anderson, a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve and a professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, received the 2022 Professional Impact Award for Leadership from American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. The award was given March 21 and…