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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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February 18, 2021
Program supports outstanding women and underrepresented individuals pursuing careers in scientific research Marissa Scavuzzo studies the nervous system—the one inside your gut. Using lab-grown organs to mimic the human intestine, she is mapping the diversity of support cells called “glia.” Glia in…
February 16, 2021
Alex Huang and his research team, including Sung-Hee Choi and Suzanne Tomchuck (pictured here, left to right), recently received a $100K award from Curing Kids Cancer, for their work on osteosarcoma, a highly aggressive bone cancer that affects 400–600 children, teens and young adults in the U.S.…
February 15, 2021
To be presented with Distinguished Scientist Award – Translational Domain during ACC’s 70th Annual Scientific Session & Expo Sanjay Rajagopalan Sanjay Rajagopalan has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Scientist Award – Translational Domain by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for…
February 15, 2021
The School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences will host an information session about the opportunities a Master of Public Health degree focused on health care management offers. This presentation and Q&A session will be held Thursday, Feb. 18, from noon to…
February 15, 2021
The Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host its February seminar, titled “Development of Innovative Curriculum on Climate Change for First-Year Medical Students,” Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 9 to 10 a.m. Numerous medical and health associations, governmental and non-governmental agencies…
February 12, 2021
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Cleveland Clinic's Abhishek Chakraborty, PhD as he was awarded a 2020 V Scholar Grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research for his proposal, "Chromatin Dysfunction Identifies Metabolic Regulators as Potential Therapeutic Targets…
February 12, 2021
Lina Mehta, associate dean for admissions at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently appointed to serve a three-year term as chair of the National Committee on Admissions (COA). The National Committee on Admissions functions as an advisory committee to the Group on…
February 11, 2021
Join the School of Medicine’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences to learn more about biostatistics in a webinar featuring alumni faculty. This session will be held Sunday, Feb. 14, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mendel Singer, associate professor and vice chair for education in the…
February 11, 2021
The Program in Cell Biology at the School of Medicine and the Department of Physics at the College of Arts and Sciences will host the annual “The 2020 Nobel Prizes in Science: What Were They Given For?” symposium today (Feb. 11) from 4 to 5 p.m. Attendees will learn about the research that earned…
February 10, 2021
Work has potential implications for new therapies to treat cancer and neurodegenerative disorders A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers has found a way to measure key characteristics of proteins that bind to RNA in cells—a discovery that could improve our understanding of how gene…