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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
April 13, 2018
What is our medical school worth? For many of us, it is priceless. It’s not easy putting a price tag on producing physicians who care for patients and families, or supporting research scientists who develop new treatments and diagnoses for disease. And it’s equally difficult to assess the economic…
April 13, 2018
Research is at the core of Case Western Reserve University, and our faculty make groundbreaking discoveries and inventions every day. Across the university, faculty members solve important problems, advance new technologies, and pave the way in emerging industries. In recognition of such…
April 12, 2018
Obesity can also alter a young person’s likelihood of developing cancer later in life A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis…
April 11, 2018
Katherine Dobbs, MD Across the world, over 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 times a year, a rate that decreases as they…
April 11, 2018
The Cleveland Medical Library Association's 2018 annual lecture, titled "By Any Other Name: How Medical Humanities and Bioethics are Reshaping Medical School Curricula—A Panel Discussion," will take place Thursday, April 12, at 6 p.m. in Allen Memorial Medical Library, Ford Auditorium. Designed…
March 30, 2018
Ali Mchaourab, associate professor of anesthesiology, co-wrote a piece for cleveland.com detailing measures taken at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, where he is chief of pain medicine, to avoid opioid addiction. In the piece, titled “Emulate VA transparency to reduce opioid…
March 28, 2018
Alpha Omega Alpha will host its annual visiting professorship lecture, featuring Amy Abernethy, Wednesday, April 18, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Robbins Building, Room E401. Abernethy will present "Observations from the Interface of Medicine & Tech: Leading through Influence and…
March 26, 2018
Respected Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher, Nathan A. Berger, MD, has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how obesity increases risk of 13 different cancers in young adults. The meta-analysis describes how obesity has shifted certain cancers to younger age groups,…
March 26, 2018
Clinical trial finds short-term increases in inhaled steroids do not provide expected benefit in early stages of an attack Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma exacerbation, according to…
March 20, 2018
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been named the #1 medical school in Ohio, according to the annual ranking of graduate schools released today by U.S. News & World Report. The school was also ranked 25thof all research-oriented medical schools nationally. “This recognition is…