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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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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
Recent News
June 28, 2016
Tune in Wednesday, June 29, as cancer researchers doctors, scientists, philanthropists, community oncologists, advocates, patients, and survivors come together for the Cleveland Cancer Moonshot Summit. The White House organized the national summit on behalf of Vice President Joe Biden. The summit…
June 28, 2016
By Kaitlin Murphy This year, two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine students were named Fulbright Scholars, in recognition of their innovative research ideas and passion for making a difference abroad. Max Feinstein, a rising third-year student and bioethics master’s candidate, and…
June 24, 2016
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine faculty member has received $998,500 from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a new approach to improve the quality and quantity of limbs and tissues obtained from brain dead organ donors. Benefits also could be extended to the more…
June 17, 2016
Pathogens and Immunity, a new medical journal launched by four leading researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has published its first articles. The open access journal starting receiving manuscript submissions almost immediately after its website premiered in January…
June 10, 2016
Yunmei Wang, assistant professor of medicine, and Philip A. Cola, adjunct assistant professor of medicine and management, won the best overall manuscript at the 21st International Academy of Management and Business Conference held in Montreal, Canada, May 18-20. Their paper, “Socio-Cultural…
May 26, 2016
Mapping of the full-length TRPV2 protein structure could advance design of innovative pharmaceutical compounds A team led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has identified a promising new target for the development of treatments for chronic pain and some…
May 20, 2016
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute recently announced its 2016 class of Medical Research Fellows, with four Case Western Reserve University representatives among the 66 total selected. The program allows students to spend a full year working in the lab on projects they proposed. The following…
May 13, 2016
More than 600 attendees gathered in Cleveland last month for Health Journalism 2016, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). This highly regarded event highlighted the perspective of numerous experts from the schools of medicine and nursing on a vast array of…
May 06, 2016
In an effort to move to the next stage of genomic research big data, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has established a new genomic data commons: https://gds.nih.gov/. All investigators can access this site to query genomics data across large populations. This will take you beyond The Cancer…
May 04, 2016
Bioethicists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and The Hastings Center, working with a research administrator at The Rockefeller University, are proposing a reexamination of an internationally recognized rule limiting in vitro research on human embryos to 14 days…