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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…
David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com (right photo)
Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
July 20, 2016
An international team led by researchers at Case Western Reserve’s School of Medicine has designed a targeted therapy that shows early promise in treating a genetic disorder that damages both hearing and vision over time. Usher syndrome—the most common cause of inherited dual sensory deficit—is…
July 15, 2016
Guest Author: Greg Cooper Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in this country, though over the past decade, both the incidence and mortality have been declining. Colorectal screening is universally recommended as a means to detect premalignant adenomas as well as…
July 13, 2016
Findings could offer hope for TB prevention, cure Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine experts and colleagues in the United States and Africa have received an $11 million, five-year federal grant to understand why some people living with HIV (the human immunodeficiency virus) in…
July 12, 2016
Welcome to the first issue of our new electronic newsletter. Each month we’ll be providing news and stories about Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the terrific people who help make us a center of medical education excellence and a mainstay of Cleveland’s economy. The…
July 08, 2016
The Institute for the Science of Origins at Case Western Reserve University and the Great Lakes Science Center will present a daylong seminar titled “Real Science Now!” The seminar will feature top researchers discussing “the newest science and medicine distilled for the public, press and…
July 07, 2016
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is one of six recipients of a five-year, $10.8 million award from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to establish the Coordinating Center for Genetics and Genomics of Alzheimer’s disease. The hope is that…
July 05, 2016
Attend an employee lunch and learn session to learn how you can use your tuition benefits to earn a master's degree from the School of Medicine or the Weatherhead School of Management to help grow your career and professional advancement. The event will be held Tuesday, July 12, from noon to 2…
July 01, 2016
Having Vice President Joe Biden kick-off the post Cancer Moonshot Summit national campaign in Cleveland - what a day!! The Vice President came to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center because we proposed a concerted effort to develop interventional science driven…
July 01, 2016
Stanton Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, introduced Vice President Joe Biden at a Cleveland event on Thursday afternoon. Vice President Joe Biden came to Cleveland Thursday with a simple message for physicians and scientists fighting cancer: collaborate. Speaking at his…
June 29, 2016
Jonathan Karn, PhD, an HIV/AIDS expert from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received two Innovation research grants out of seven allocated in the United States and Canada as part of an international effort to find a scientific basis for a cure of HIV/AIDS by 2020. The…