School of Medicine

Stephen Sroka, adjunct professor at the School of Medicine, wrote an op-ed for Campus Safety Magazine, titled “School Shootings and Settlements Soar: 5 Disturbing Perspectives and 5 Positive Prevention Strategies.” In the article, Sroka opined there is no quick fix for school violence and that…

Gloria Tavera, alumna of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will be featured in the documentary White Coat Rebels, a film highlighting the efforts of medical students across the U.S. as they fight the drug industry's influence on healthcare.  Tavera was an MD/PhD student in the…

Role in addition to current roles at UH, where he is president of academic affairs and external affairs and chief scientific officer Stanton Gerson, dean and senior vice president for medical affairs at the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine, has appointed Daniel Simon…

Friday, March 18, marked one of the most important days in a medical student's career: Match Day. This annual event marks the time when medical students across the country find out—at the same time—where they will “match” for post-graduation residency programs, among the last steps to becoming a…

An article by Jon Niemi and other lab members from CWRU School of Medicine neurosciences department was published by peer-reviewed neuroscience journal eNeuro in February. Niemi and colleagues’ article, “The Conditioning Lesion Response in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Is Inhibited in Oncomodulin…

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, assistant professor of pathology and biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently co-authored an article, “Sam68 contributes to intestinal inflammation in experimental and human colitis,” investigating the role of an inflammation-related…

Trygve Dolber, assistant professor of psychiatry and internal medicine at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently featured on an episode of Cardi-OH Radio’s podcast, “The Heart-Mind-Body Connection: Mental Health and Cardiometabolic Conditions,” for…

Colin Crowe, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, co-wrote an article discussing the importance of a Pathways Community HUB model referral in addressing the social needs of diabetic patients. The article was featured in a Capsule publication from the Ohio Cardiovascular & Diabetes…

Medications for opioid-use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower death rates and improved quality of life for people in recovery. But which of the most commonly used medications for OUD are most effective? And how does that effectiveness improve when coupled with behavioral therapy? A new…

Aaron Weinberg, professor at the School of Dental Medicine, and Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, professor of pathology and biochemistry, recently co-authored a study investigating a method for impeding the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at the molecular level. Weinberg, Ramakrishnan and colleagues tested…