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Andrew Pieper receives CWRU’s second eminent professorship
Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, is tackling some of medicine’s toughest targets: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's and brain injury. Now, his work at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is getting an even bigger boost thanks to alumna and psychiatrist Rebecca E. Barchas, MD (MED ’75). Pieper’s…
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October 09, 2018
This year, the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University marks its 175th anniversary, and during homecoming, members of the university community will have the opportunity to join the celebration.
Key events
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
Friday, Oct. 12
4 to 5 p.m.
Iris S. and Bert L.…
October 08, 2018
Gavin Hanson, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), was known for his intelligence and quick wit, whether with a joke or a hypothesis. In fact, those who worked with him consider him among the most intelligent people they’ve ever known. But for all his smarts, he was still…
October 04, 2018
Wenquan Zou, MD, PhD Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims. The most common form of prion disease affecting humans is sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). There are about 350 cases of the disease…
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…