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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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CWRU Athletes in Medicine: The power of peer mentorship
Balancing the demands of athletics with the rigorous path toward a career in medicine is a uniquely challenging—and rewarding—experience. At Case Western Reserve University, a new student-led mentorship initiative is working to make that journey more supportive and sustainable for pre-med student…
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Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
July 17, 2019
Study reveals a structural timeline of cellular signaling events Over one-third of all FDA-approved drugs act on a specific family of proteins: G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Drugs to treat high blood pressure, asthma, cancer, diabetes and myriad other conditions target GPCRs throughout the…
July 12, 2019
Heidi Moawad, a clinical assistant professor of medicine,
penned an article about how doctors can become medical writers. In the piece, she outlined the considerations doctors should
make when determining if writing would be a good fit for them. She went on to
explain how they can build a…
July 11, 2019
Outlet: Outbreak News Today
July 10, 2019
Outlet: Medical School Headquarters
July 08, 2019
By combining two well-established antibiotics for the first time, a scientific team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center has delivered a “double whammy” against the pervasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a potentially deadly form of…
July 02, 2019
Outlet: The Scientist
July 02, 2019
Drug activates sensory proteins in aquatic model of human hearing The ability to hear depends on proteins to reach the outer membrane of sensory cells in the inner ear. But in certain types of hereditary hearing loss, mutations in the protein prevent it from reaching these membranes. Using a…
July 01, 2019
Outlet: NPR