School of Medicine
From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine know how to make headlines.
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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS
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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
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September 25, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront the question of whether democracies are more or less effective than autocracies in responding to epidemics.
Kelly McMann, professor of political science, and Daniel Tisch, associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences, present...
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September 25, 2020
Jason Chao, professor in the School of Medicine, co-authored a study titled “Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really Goes Into Primary Care.”
Current methods for identifying medical school graduates planning to enter primary care overes...
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September 24, 2020
Efstathios "Stathis” Karathanasis, PhD and William Schiemann, PhD are leading a team of researchers from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Duke University combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy to treat metastatic breast cancer. The team received a five-year, $3M grant from th...
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September 24, 2020
School of Medicine awarded $2.3 million to study epidemiology, transmission and immunology of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities
Almost from the moment COVID-19 reached this nation’s shores, nursing homes have experienced some of its most devastating effects.
Within a few months, federal offici...
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September 23, 2020
As part of its series leading up to the presidential debate, the School of Medicine will host a forum titled “Why Biotech Advances Matter Now More Than Ever” Thursday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m.
The panel will discuss how biotech has adapted during the pandemic: critical investments in biotech research an...
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September 23, 2020
The CWRU physician assistant program invites members of the community to a Q&A event Monday, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m. via Zoom. Cynthia Lord, program director and associate professor, and Jensen Lewis, assistant professor and director of didactic curriculum, will answer questions about application prepar...
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September 22, 2020
Ahead of the 2020 presidential debate next week, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will sponsor a forum titled "The Public Return on Investment: Federal Support for Medical Research" today (Sept. 22) at 3 p.m. EDT.
In a panel moderated by Stanton Gerson, School of Medicine interim ...
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September 22, 2020
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host a forum on "Advancing a Culture of Health and Equity in Cuyahoga County" Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. EDT. This event is part of the medical school's forum series ahead of the presidential debate next week.
Panelists will discuss the ch...
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September 21, 2020
“Health Care Cleveland—COVID, 2020 and Beyond” offers panel discussions on how Northeast Ohio’s medical communities have managed the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing health care issues
On Sept. 29, the first presidential debate in advance of the November election will be held at Cleveland Clini...
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September 21, 2020
The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the fourth webinar in their Racial Disparity, Social Justice and the Opioid Crisis series. Held Thursday, Sept. 24, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST, the topic of the webinar will be “Substance Use, Stigma, ...