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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
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October 04, 2018
Case Western Reserve University and Engine Biosciences Pte Ltd have signed an exclusive license option in which the drug discovery company will evaluate university-generated technology to treat debilitating neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal…
October 02, 2018
Elaine Batchlor (MED '83) will give the School of Medicine’s Dean's Distinguished Lecture as part of homecoming festivities Friday, Oct. 12, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building auditorium. Batchlor, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital in…
September 26, 2018
The odds of a black or Hispanic patient visiting an outpatient dermatologist are about half that of a white patient with the same skin condition, according to a new study in JAMA Dermatology. Patients most likely to receive outpatient dermatologic services in the study were white, educated women.…
September 26, 2018
Developing device to expand global access to safe drinking water
Update: The CWRU team selected as bronze winner in the graduate competition. A team of student innovators from Case Western Reserve University, developing a device to expand access to clean drinking water globally, was chosen a…
September 18, 2018
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the Martha L. and Irwin H. Lepow Medical Student Research Day Thursday, Sept. 20, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballrooms A, B and C. The event celebrates research done by students at the CWRU…
September 17, 2018
Lan Zhou, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to study human colorectal cancer. Her work focuses on the effect of the imbalance of…
September 14, 2018
At the 35th annual Meeting of the Ohio Dermatological Association (ODA), a group of researchers from the School of Medicine presented their poster among groups from other dermatological schools in Ohio. Their research poster, titled "Disparities and Trends in the Characteristics of Eccrine…
September 11, 2018
This past Sunday the New York Times published an extensive front-page article about the repeated failures of a prominent physician scientist to declare potential conflicts of interest on many of the research papers he published. This was even the case for papers in journals that explicitly query…
September 10, 2018
On August 24, we greeted a new class of PhD students from around the world at the annual Seeds of Discovery White Coat ceremony. The following is an edited version of Dean Pamela Davis’ welcoming remarks. I am honored to welcome another brilliant class of new scientists and researchers to Case…
September 06, 2018
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD, the James H. Jewell MD ’34 Professor of Genetics and chair of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, has been…