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Jeffrey Garvin, guider of students through peaks and valleys, receives 2017 J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
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…
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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Research Center symposium
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…
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Heavy Metal
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…
Prototype Drug Uses Novel Mechanism to treat lung cancers
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,…
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Alex Huang, grateful mentee, receives 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Mentoring
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…
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Ohio State College of Optometry Alumni Society recognizes Loretta Szczotka-Flynn with Distinguished Alumni Award
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…
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Case Western Reserve University named to new national colorectal cancer Dream Team
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…
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Consortium for Health, Humanities and Social Medicine of Northeast Ohio gathering
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…
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School of Medicine part-time master's programs lunch-and-learn
Case Western Reserve University employees are invited to a lunch-and-learn session to find out how they can use tuition benefits to earn a master’s degree from the School of Medicine. This session will be held Wednesday, May 17, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Biomedical Research Building, Room…
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Science Café Cleveland: "The Illusion of Harmlessness: Misconceptions and Realities of Antibiotic Use"
The rise of antibiotic resistance is an evolving global public-health crisis. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause over 2.5 million infections and 23,000 deaths. Research suggests that while the American public understands that antibiotic misuse contributes to antibiotic resistance, many…