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Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership awards $1.1 million for promising university-based biomedical engineering technologies
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…
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Medicine’s Eileen Anderson-Fye publishes article on sociocultural influences on body image, eating disorders
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,”…
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Does your work relate to cancer and social injustices? Submit your abstract for the Cancer Disparities Symposium
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,…
Case Western Reserve University Receives DOD Grant for Implantable Muscle Stimulator
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…
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Protein regulates vitamin A metabolic pathways, prevents inflammation
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…
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Screening of Mixed Match
The School of Medicine's Office of Diversity Initiatives & Community Engagement and the Office of Student Affairs will sponsor a viewing of Mixed Match. Mixed Match is a feature-length documentary that explores the need to find mixed-ethnicity bone marrow and cord blood donors to donate to…
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WISHED December book club: Being successful by overcoming imposter syndrome
For the professional women (and men) who experience the confidence-zapping “Impostor Syndrome,” Valerie Young offers an empowering plan to overcome the needless self-doubt that keeps them from feeling intelligent and competent in her book, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women. This is the…
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School of Medicine Staff Award recipients announced
Four School of Medicine Staff Awards were recently given to outstanding employees in recognition of their contributions to the school during the 2016-17 academic year. A reception was held in honor of all School of Medicine Staff Award recipients Thursday, Oct. 19. Joan Harris Staff Development…
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Youth Enjoy Science grant brings diversity to cancer research
CWRU School of Medicine receives $2.5 million grant for Cleveland minority students Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.5 million to engage underrepresented minorities in…
Do Face Masks Protect against Air Pollution-Related Health Problems?
Many people around the world, especially in Asia, wear face masks to protect against air pollution. Do they work? Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, Herman Hellerstein, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine at…