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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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September 29, 2020
Last week, the School of Medicine held a series of four live, virtual health care forums and a student forum as a run-up to this week’s presidential debate at our Health Education Campus. Attendance was good for the live forums, the discussions were lively, and those who attended asked the…
September 29, 2020
The CWRU School of Law will host a webinar titled “Universal Immunization Against COVID: What Law and Society Can Do” via Zoom Thursday, Oct. 1, at noon. The webinar will feature: Michael Lederman, professor of medicine at CWRU School of Medicine; Maxwell J. Mehlman, director of the Law-Medicine…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…