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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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May 01, 2020
Study: Rice Cookers May Actually Be A Good Way To Clean Face Masks Ideastream—WCPN: New research co-authored by Sarah Redmond, Curtis J. Donskey and Lucas Jones of the School of Medicine, is highlighted for examining whether brief treatments of steam—using a kitchen rice cooker—can decontaminate…
May 01, 2020
A multidisciplinary team of authors at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals published a new study regarding racial differences in time to treatment for melanoma in one of the preeminent dermatology journals, Journal of the American Academy of…
May 01, 2020
A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers recently had an article published in the Journal of Community Health titled “Small Improvements in an Urban Food Environment Resulted in No Changes in Diet Among Residents.” The CWRU researchers were: Darcy Freedman, professor in the…
May 01, 2020
Peter Zimmerman, professor at the School of Medicine, was called on to advise several health and social ministries in Madagascar, which recently convened an expert panel via video conference call. Zimmerman was joined by infections disease researchers from around the world who are now advising the…
May 01, 2020
A medical device based on technology developed by three faculty members from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH) has won a prestigious 2020 Edison Best New Product Award. EsoCheck, a device designed to help detect precancerous changes in the…
May 01, 2020
Amy Sheon, executive director of the Urban Health Initiative, wrote an article for the American Medical Association Physician Innovation Network blog on the importance of telehealth distribution in health care settings during the global fight against COVID-19. Telehealth, or technology-based health…
May 01, 2020
Darcy Freedman, director of the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health at Case Western Reserve University, presented at a virtual town hall gathering titled “An Epicenter of Change: Earth Day in Cleveland 50 Years Later” Wednesday, April 22. The discussion focused on Cleveland’s historic…
April 29, 2020
Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and director of the law school’s Social Justice Law Center, has been named co-director of the Social Justice Institute (SJI) at Case Western Reserve University. Bell Hardaway is joined in the co-director role by Professor Mark Chupp, an assistant…
April 28, 2020
On Monday, May 18, 2020, the CWRU Library catalog (catalog.case.edu) is being upgraded to new servers. The upgrade will take a majority of the day to complete, so if you need to search the library's catalog, please go to catalog.ohiolink.edu. If you have any questions, please contact our research…
April 28, 2020
Outlet: World Economic Forum