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Get to know Michael Yaffe, CWRU School of Medicine's 2026 Commencement speaker
Commencement marks the moment when students become alumni—when every hour spent in classes, labs and hospital rooms pays off as graduates take the next step on the path to doctorhood.For Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD (GRS ’87, pharmacology; MED ’89), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s…
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April 13, 2021
The School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences will host an information session on the Master of Public Health program Friday, April 16, from noon to 1 p.m. Daniel Tisch, director of the Master of Public Health Program, will lead a presentation and Q&A…
April 13, 2021
Join the School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences for a lunch and learn information session for the Master of Science in Biostatistics program. Mendel Singer, associate professor and vice chair for education in the Department of Population and Quantitative…
April 08, 2021
Journey to multi-million dollar Amgen acquisition required curiosity, collaboration and commercial expertise Twenty years after starting a cancer fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Sanford “Sandy” Markowitz published a groundbreaking study regarding the role of a gene called…
April 06, 2021
Spread of Candida auris on skin—a source of deadly infections—can be effectively stopped, according to new Case Western Reserve University research A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the…
April 06, 2021
Penelope Foudeas was the kind of person who lifted the spirits of everyone around her. Whether the master’s of nutrition student was visiting her father’s native Greece or assisting patients at a Columbus children’s hospital, she brought energy and enthusiasm to almost every experience—even the…
April 06, 2021
Join the School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences for a biostatistics information session Sunday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. Mendel Singer, associate professor and vice chair for education in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, will…
April 02, 2021
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Cleveland Clinic's Nima Sharifi, MD, as he has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer…
April 02, 2021
Kristi Westphaln, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Bioethics in the School of Medicine, wrote an op-ed published by Newsweek. Westphaln’s piece, titled “End Restrictive Family Visiting Policies in Hospitals, Nursing Homes,” called a reconsideration of visitation policies in nursing…
April 02, 2021
Aparna Bole, associate professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, wrote an op-ed for cleveland.com calling for elected officials in Ohio to push for a renewable-energy economy. Bole collaborated with Ariunaa Bayanjargal, MD/PhD student at The Ohio State University, and William Hardie, a…
April 01, 2021
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation—continuing Mt. Sinai Medical Center’s century-old tradition of caring for Northeast Ohio—has expanded its commitment to the region through a $1 million challenge grant to the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. With this grant, the Mt. Sinai…