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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
May 03, 2018
In January, Case Western Reserve University was among just 12 institutions nationally chosen by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to offer research grants and extensive mentorship to six undergraduate students in chemistry and the biological sciences—two each over the next three years. The…
May 01, 2018
Whether you want to change careers, or need to enhance or build your pre-med background, the Post-baccalaureate Readiness Instruction for bioMedical Education Program, (better known as PRIME) will help you get prepared, get competitive and get accepted to the into the top medical schools on your…
April 27, 2018
Access to safe drinking water remains a concern for many around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 2.1 billion people lacked safely managed water sources in 2015. Without clean water, people are at risk for diseases such as cholera, dysentery and hepatitis A. But here in…
April 26, 2018
Case Western Reserve researcher investigates the role of innate immunity Across the world, more than 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with malaria two or three…
April 23, 2018
A study by Eswar Shankar, PhD, found that combining two prostate cancer medications was more effective at killing cancer cells than giving them independently, opening the door to uncovering novel treatment paths. More than 22,000 research scientists from around the world gathered in…
April 20, 2018
Michiko Watanabe, professor of pediatrics, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering AIMBE College of Fellows during a ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences. About the organization The College of Fellows is composed of the top 2 percent of medical and…
April 20, 2018
Raghav Tripathi, a dual medical and Master of Public Health student, has been chosen to participate in the annual Telluride Patient Safety Educational Roundtable this summer in Telluride, Colorado. He is one of only 40 medical students from around the country chosen to participate, thanks to…
April 20, 2018
I-Corps@Ohio program aims to advance research into products for medical treatments or surgeries Four medical-technology research teams at Case Western Reserve University will participate in focused entrepreneurial training through I-Corps@Ohio, an Ohio Department of Higher Education initiative…
April 19, 2018
On Saturday morning, April 7, a group of Bolton Middle School 7th grade students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District came to the CWRU School of Medicine for a lively three-hour experience, "Learn to Beat Cancer," sponsored by the CWRU Center for Science, Health & Society and the Case…
April 18, 2018
Case Western Reserve named among The Hartwell Foundation's Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research Inborn errors of metabolism are rare single gene defects that involve mutations of enzyme proteins in key metabolic pathways. Many mutations are lethal to children at birth or in early childhood and…