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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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May 29, 2018
Revised guidelines spotlight need for improving patient transitions to adulthood Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)—one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects males—live into their 30s and beyond, raising challenges in such…
May 25, 2018
Last Sunday, 195 of our graduates walked across the stage of Severance Hall to receive their diplomas and the hood of the MD degree. We allow relatives who are also physicians to hood their family members and this year 47 did so, which if not a record, must be close. In addition, students can ask…
May 22, 2018
African American infants born prematurely are at higher risk for recurrent wheezing. This condition can cause the baby discomfort and is a risk factor for developing asthma later in life. There are no widely-accepted therapies to prevent prematurity-associated wheezing. In a first-of-its-kind…
May 21, 2018
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, today announced five grants totaling $4.4 million for research to improve interventions designed to enhance community food systems. The FFAR awards were matched…
May 16, 2018
University Hospitals’ physicians to implement technology Case Western Reserve University and Lucid Diagnostics, a subsidiary of publicly traded New York-based medical device company PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), have signed an exclusive license agreement to commercialize a technology that quickly…
May 15, 2018
School of Medicine’s Drew Adams earns Jackson Award for undergraduate mentoring Whether they need help with experiments, life or navigating their career paths, students in Drew Adams’ lab know they can count on him for guidance. The personal interest Adams takes in his students has earned him the…
May 14, 2018
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Researchers showed that nitric oxide may help commonly used heart drugs maximize their benefits while improving heart…
May 14, 2018
With commencement just a few days away, many on campus are preparing to walk across the stage and start the next phase of their life after years of hard work. We talked with graduating students from each school to see how they got here, what their time was like on campus and where they’re heading…
May 10, 2018
Eileen Anderson-Fye focuses on students’ work—and the rest of their lives Eileen Anderson-Fye offers an unusual line when asked about mentoring. “Students,” she says, “aren’t just brains on a stick.” Yet amid the intense intellectual demands of graduate school, they often can feel that way. As a…
May 10, 2018
Medicine's Paul Tesar receives Diekhoff Award for Mentoring after being a CWRU mentee years ago While earning an undergraduate degree in biology at Case Western Reserve, Paul Tesar had three outstanding scientific mentors whose influence he feels to this day. Now, 15 years later, it’s Tesar who’s…