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Bioethics department’s Kristi Westphaln writes about restrictive visitation policies at nursing homes, hospitals
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…
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Medicine’s Aparna Bole calls for push toward renewable-energy economy
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…
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Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation awards $1 million grant to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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…
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Case Western Reserve University biotech startup Rodeo Therapeutics Corp. sold to Amgen Inc.
Deal worth $55M, plus potential milestones of up to $666M Rodeo Therapeutics Corp., a drug-development startup founded by two leading researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and a third scientific partner, has been sold to Amgen Inc., a publicly traded international…
Student Spotlight: Michelle Lee
Fourth-year student Michelle Lee decided somewhat recently, during her last years as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, to study medicine.  “I had volunteered with children and was studying to be a teacher,” Lee explained. “That changed after becoming involved in a program…
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U.S. News & World Report releases graduate and professional program rankings
Case Western Reserve’s health-related graduate and professional programs continued their prominence in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, with eight specialty programs among the top 15 in the nation, and our medical school still in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton School of…
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MS in applied anatomy Q&A webinar
Join the Department of Anatomy to learn about the MS in applied anatomy program at Case Western Reserve University. A Q&A webinar will be held Thursday, April 1, from 4 to 5 p.m. Attendees will hear from Darin Croft, program director and professor of anatomy, and current MS students in a…
COVID-19 Heroes—Sung and Unsung
It's been one year since COVID-19 began to change our lives forever. In all facets of daily life and by varying degrees, the virus has impacted every one of us. And in our individual ways, we have risen to confront this wicked, relentless challenge.  I want to recognize several of our faculty,…
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Notice of Changes to NIH Biosketches, Other Support page
To support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page, and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and…
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New biophysics program partners with U.S. Air Force to develop biosensors for stress and fatigue
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and…