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From the tennis court to the classroom: CWRU medical students balance academics with collegiate athletics
Hannah Kassaie and Ansh Shah earned accolades for tennis while completing their first year at CWRU School of Medicine
Recent News
February 20, 2017
In honor of Black History Month, the Daniel Hale Williams Pre-Med Society will host a talk with Virginia Dee Banks-Bright (MED ’74), chief of infectious disease at UPMC Horizon Health System in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Her lecture, titled "Overcoming Gender and Racial Barriers in Medicine,” will…
February 13, 2017
It is the dead of winter. The solstice ushered it in, but only presaged the snow and cold we see in a Cleveland winter. The grey skies close in, and it is the dead of winter. What brightens the winter days for us? In many instances, glowing awards for our faculty and students. This winter has seen…
February 08, 2017
In first-ever study, School of Medicine researchers to pair monoclonal antibody with body’s own killer-cell stimulator A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher received a $2.5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, to see if two…
February 07, 2017
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty will describe the accomplishments of the 2016 Nobel laureates in science at the CWRU Nobel Symposium Thursday, Feb. 9, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Rockefeller Building, Room 301. Faculty members will give talks on the following subjects: Physics: Harsh…
February 07, 2017
Learn about the latest medical breakthroughs that could improve your health and increase your understanding of medical issues affecting family or friends with the Spring 2017 Mini Med School program. No math or science background is needed to attend these sessions, which will be led by faculty…
February 06, 2017
Leading neuroscientists have clarified the role of a controversial immune system protein in Alzheimer’s disease, showing it has opposing effects in early and late stages of the disease. Their discovery unites previous studies that left researchers conflicted and showed the protein both exacerbates…
February 02, 2017
During medical mission trips to Appalachia when she was younger, Gloria Tavera recognized the economic injustice many of the people she was helping faced—and she wanted to fight it. “We weren’t going to solve the problem by going there and giving them gift cards to Walmart,” she said. “Someone was…
January 30, 2017
To the Faculty, Staff, and Students of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine: The School of Medicine is firmly committed to supporting all faculty members, staff, and students affected by the president’s executive order on immigration and travel. As a school with a global reputation…
January 30, 2017
Will conduct research on malaria-detection device and teach in Peru Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, infectious diseases and immunology at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a Fulbright U.S.…
January 27, 2017
A city-wide initiative that aims to make Northeast Ohio an epicenter of brain health research and care has won $1.5 million in support from The Cleveland Foundation. The grant to Case Western Reserve, host of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative, is the largest that the project has received to…