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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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October 28, 2020
Pidgeon Pagonis, co-founder of the Intersex Justice Project, will lead a series of virtual events focused on intersex advocacy Nov. 5–6. Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. People can be born with these differences or develop them in childhood.…
October 27, 2020
The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the seventh webinar in the Racial Disparity, Social Justice and the Opioid Crisis series Thursday, Oct. 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. (EST). This installment is titled “Addressing Social Determinants of…
October 26, 2020
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October 26, 2020
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October 26, 2020
Madabhushi lab working with researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to begin training computers to glean from pathology images which patients will accept, reject heart transplant The team of biomedical researchers…
October 26, 2020
For more than 40 years, the Case Western Reserve University Anatomical Gift Program (AGP) has been a trusted source of cadavers to many of the health professions students at CWRU, including those in the MD, PA, dental medicine, and graduate anatomy programs. Donating one’s body is a selfless gift…
October 22, 2020
Researchers uncover surprising dark side to the body’s normally protective low oxygen response system Brain cell dysfunction in low oxygen is, surprisingly, caused by the very same responder system that is intended to be protective, according to a new published study by a team of researchers at…
October 21, 2020
Are you interested in pursuing a master's program to assist your career aspirations within health care, social work, or perhaps policy and law? Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a special virtual information session this Wednesday to learn about the Bioethics…
October 20, 2020
Interim President Scott Cowen and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Interim Dean Stan Gerson has agreed to extend his term for another year, to June 30, 2022. “We knew Stan’s deep familiarity with the medical school and its hospital partners would give him distinct advantages as he…
October 19, 2020
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine seek to optimize emerging methods of diagnosing two common neurodegenerative diseases—dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia—that affect 1.4 million in the United States With a $5.5 million, five-year award from…