
School of Medicine
From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine know how to make headlines.

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Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis
Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS

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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
Recent News

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April 02, 2020
Rohit Anand, a second-year student in the School of Medicine, wrote for cleveland.com about the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of a future doctor: “The health of those around us impacts our health, the economy, and the community at large, as we are seeing. This national emergency is an oppo...

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April 02, 2020
First-year med student talks about volunteering to help out against COVID-19
Kevin Zhai, 29, a first-year medical student at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, has been volunteering at a Cleveland medical clinic and talked about how he and others have helped by volunteering....

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April 02, 2020
Isaac Levine, a third-year medical student who was pulled off his clinical rotation when COVID-19 restrictions were put in place, found himself with free time and wanted to do something to help those on the front lines. He joined forces with fellow students Abby Gross and Daniel Li to address the sh...

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April 02, 2020
When the COVID-19 outbreak started to become increasingly prevalent in Northeast Ohio, Mitchell Thom, a first-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University, and his friends were looking for ways to help. The group started discussing how much physicians and health care employees on the fron...

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April 01, 2020
The coronavirus test isn't as scary as it looks
Mashable: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, described the swabbing test required to determine if a person has COVID-19, which requires a health professional to insert what is essenti...

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April 01, 2020
More Than 1,000 Coronavirus Cases Among New York Nursing Homes
Wall Street Journal: Robin Jump, associate professor of medicine, spoke about the growing number of coronavirus cases in nursing homes: “[It] speaks to … how difficult infection protection and control is,” she said, adding that nursing ...

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April 01, 2020
Outlet: Cleveland.com...

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April 01, 2020
Outlet: American Medical Association...

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March 31, 2020
Faculty researchers from across campus stepping up to lend their expertise
The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has established a Coronavirus Task Force, led by immunologist Rafick-Pierre Sekaly and virologist Jonathan Karn. Since its inception less than two weeks ago, an overw...
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March 30, 2020
In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law. The size of this transformative gift instantly put CWRU on the map in the environmental law field, as recognized by the Spring 2020 issue of PreLaw magazine, which gave CWRU’s Environmental Law ...