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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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Cleveland research team identifies key driver of age-related cognitive decline
Researchers from University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland VA published preclinical results in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
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May 30, 2017
It may be possible to disrupt harmful blood clots in people at risk for heart attack or stroke without increasing their risk of bleeding, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The new research out of University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve…
May 18, 2017
“Long before the audacity of hope, my father taught me the audacity of trying.” Jackson Wright clearly absorbed the message. Wright, emeritus professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is a global authority on evaluating and managing hypertension, particularly in…
May 17, 2017
Jeffrey Garvin, professor of physiology and biophysics, is an avid amateur mountaineer who relishes conquering challenging summits and contemplating fresh horizons. Much the same could be said about his approach to science and mentoring. “My father was my first, and remains, my most valued…
May 15, 2017
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center will host its 19th annual symposium Friday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building. Principal investigators, postdoctoral scholars and graduate students from the various departments and labs comprising…
May 15, 2017
We are picking up a lot of heavy metal these days. Mark Chance, vice dean for research, has been named a Distinguished University Professor and will receive his silver medal at the August convocation. Mark Griswold returned from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance meetings in Hawaii…
May 15, 2017
Bottom Line:
Lung cancer tumors were prevented in mice by a novel small molecule that directly activates a tumor suppressor protein. Journal in Which the Study was Published:
The Journal of Clinical Investigation Author:
Goutham Narla, MD, PhD, Pardee-Gerstacker Professor in Cancer Research,…
May 15, 2017
Alex Huang, associate professor of pediatrics, pathology, biomedical engineering and general medical sciences in the School of Medicine, knows firsthand the value of mentoring. At age 14, he moved with his family from Taiwan to Chicago. One of his earliest mentors was his high school physics…
May 12, 2017
Loretta Szczotka-Flynn, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was named the 2017 Ohio State College of Optometry Alumni Society’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Szczotka-Flynn was honored at the Class of 2017 convocation, where she gave words of advice to the…
May 04, 2017
Also receives major grant from Stand Up to Cancer to “starve cancer cells to death” Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have been named to a new colorectal cancer Dream Team that was announced in April at the annual meeting of the American…
May 03, 2017
The Consortium for Health, Humanities and Social Medicine of Northeast Ohio will hold its second gathering Thursday, May 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. All scholars in the Northeast Ohio region interested in medical humanities and medical social sciences are…