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Medical students and partner organizations present Intersex Advocacy Series, with events beginning today
Lloyd Chen and Garrett Weskamp, members of the School of Medicine’s Class of 2023, recognize that when the term “LGBTQ+” is used, the “+” symbol represents a variety of genders and sexual orientations—and may obscure individuals’ unique experiences. One of those grouped communities is intersex, an…
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UH and CWRU announce clinical trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) announced recently that UH Cleveland Medical Center has been selected as a clinical trial site for the Phase 3 global study of an…
Department Dialogues
This past month I had the opportunity to Zoom dialogue with each of the departments of the School of Medicine. I tried to set the stage with a few concepts but mostly wanted to listen to each of you. Here are some of the things that I learned.   COVID-19 occupies our day every day and influences…
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Spartan Showcase: Bijou Basu
Program: MD-PhD (PhD in Genetics) Year in program: Second-year The death of a loved one can be a life-altering experience. When second-year MD/PhD student Bijou Basu’s grandfather passed away earlier this year, it left her pondering approaches to end-of-life care and, ultimately, led her to launch…
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PRCHN Seminar Series: "Formation and Early Results of Cardi-OH, a Statewide Cardiovascular Health Collaborative"
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) will host the November installment of its Seminar Series Wednesday, Nov. 11, at noon via Zoom. Shari Bolen, associate professor of medicine in the Department of Population and Qualitative Health Sciences, director of Population Health…
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“Beyond Magic Bullets: White Race as a Social Determinant of the Opioid Crisis”
The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will be hosting the eighth webinar in its fall webinar series, Racial Disparity, Social Justice and the Opioid Crisis, Thursday, Nov. 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. (EST). The topic of this webinar will be “Beyond…
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Medical students argue for “universal, safe, affordable” health care in opinion piece
Several medical students at Case Western Reserve University recently wrote an opinion piece discussing problems in the U.S. health care system. In their piece, published in Septembr by USA Today, Rohit Anana, Dhiksha Balaji, Aparna Narendrula and Jasmine Serpen elaborated on health inequities…
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“Outbreak! A Classroom Simulation Of A Unified Response To A Progressing Epidemic”
Members of the community are invited to “Outbreak! A Classroom Simulation Of A Unified Response To A Progressing Epidemic” Monday, Nov. 16, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ET. This webinar will discuss an interprofessional education (IPE) experience that provides students from public health, medicine,…
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CWRU and UH researchers secure $5 million in NCI funding to investigate relationships between HIV and lung cancer in East Africa
Researchers with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC) have secured $5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish an HIV-associated Malignancy Research Center…