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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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December 05, 2017
Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research. More than 50 leaders from top cancer research institutions will gather this Friday, December 8, in Atlanta to…
November 30, 2017
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)—the human equivalent of mad cow disease—is caused by rogue, misfolded protein aggregates termed prions, which are infectious and cause fatal damages in the patient’s brain. CJD patients develop signature microscopic sponge-like holes in their brains. The initial…
November 27, 2017
Researchers discover a conserved pathway that controls aging Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Health System have identified a new molecular pathway that controls lifespan and health span in worms and mammals. In a Nature Communications…
November 22, 2017
It is late November and the cold, raw wind has arrived. Leaves have fallen from the trees, though some cling stubbornly to the branches. The unseasonable warmth of early fall is a memory. Frost comes at night and the days are short. Thanksgiving is almost upon us and we are sliding into…
November 20, 2017
Pamela B. Davis, dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs, and Lynn T. Singer, the university’s deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs, have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of…
November 20, 2017
The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, which helps to commercialize projects by clinicians and biomedical engineering faculty that improve human health and well-being, has awarded more than $1.1 million in financial backing and other support for the 2017 round of funding. The…
November 17, 2017
Eileen Anderson-Fye, associate professor of bioethics and adjunct associate professor of psychiatry, used her two decades of research to re-theorize the effects of sociocultural factors on body image and eating disorders. The piece, titled “Cultural Influences on Body Image and Eating Disorders,”…
November 16, 2017
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Office of Cancer Disparities Research will host the second annual Cancer Disparities Symposium, titled “Taking it to the Streets: Where Cancer Disparities Research and Community Intersect," Friday, March 23. The symposium will bring together researchers,…
November 15, 2017
A team of researchers led by Kath Bogie, DPhil (PhD), a biomedical engineer and associate professor of orthopaedics and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and colleagues from Case Western Reserve and other institutions, has received a $1.8M, three-year…
November 15, 2017
New regulatory role for protein links diet and disease A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how uncontrolled vitamin A metabolism in the gut can cause harmful inflammation. The discovery links diet to inflammatory diseases, like Crohn’s…