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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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March 21, 2022
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…
March 21, 2022
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…
March 18, 2022
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…
March 18, 2022
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…
March 18, 2022
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…
March 17, 2022
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…
March 16, 2022
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…
March 16, 2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine physician Laura Bukavina is at the Polish-Ukrainian border providing care to refugees affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. There is a need primarily for medical supplies, however, non-medical supplies are also accepted. A donation box will…
March 16, 2022
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host a webinar on the Master of Science in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics program Tuesday, March 22, at noon. Biological sequences, gene expression, protein interactions and expressions, and metabolomics all fit within omics, the branch…
March 15, 2022
Today, the staircase into the BRB returned to its pre-COVID self. The X's and arrows were removed so that we can encourage free wandering, stair climbing and oft engagements. All designed to be more encouraging for our discovery, chance conversations, questions and freedom to…