School of Medicine

At just 3 years old, Pierra Heard’s daughter, Pace, developed a fascination with presidents, leadership positions and government styles around the world. Heard, associate director of enrollment management and strategic initiatives at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, fosters her…

Only a few labs around the world rely on micro-perfusion techniques. Postdoctoral Scholar Gaaminepreet Singh is among a select group of researchers using this method, working alongside Case Western Reserve University professors and researchers Walter Boron and Jeffery L. Garvin, both in the…

Sarah Tyler Plummer, associate professor, and Shanail Berry Lampkin, assistant professor, both of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently joined Cardi-OH Radio for a discussion on cardiovascular risk factors for children and adolescents. The two spoke on “Podcast 51 -…

Elite female athletes often make headlines for their achievements, but women in sports have long fought for the recognition they deserve. Each year, National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Feb. 5) celebrates their impact and accomplishments while highlighting the ongoing push for gender equity in…

Grace McComsey, MD, initially aspired to be an engineer before discovering her true passion for medicine. Shari Bolen, MD, was driven to become a doctor after witnessing the effects of illness on her family. Now, both serve as accomplished leaders at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and are…

Monitors and medical devices beep and whirr amid gurneys rolling down a terrazzo corridor. In a high-tech simulation suite at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a team of medical students are racing through a hospital—and against the clock—to reach their patient in the…

Finding offers potential new target for treatment

Beata Jastrzebska, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, and her research team used a virtual screening approach that identified potential treatment options for a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. Their work was published in PLOS…

Research out of the Xinghong Dai's lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and led by postdoctoral scholar Bibekananda Sahoo recently revealed that NINJ1, a small membrane protein, actively drives plasma membrane rupture (PMR) during lytic cell death, challenging the long-standing belief…

Emily Nelson, research associate at the School of Medicine, and Darcy Freedman, the Swetland Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, will lead a webinar for the HEALing Communities Study. They will present “Tips for Engaging Coalitions to Respond to the Opioid Crisis: Lessons Learned from…