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Hear from renowned biologist and infectious disease expert at May 5 town hall meeting
This event has been canceled. The School of Medicine will host an exclusive town hall meeting and discussion with students on the future of global health and vaccination Thursday, May 5, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Biomedical Research Building, Room 1100. The meeting will feature renowned biologist…
Two of Year’s Ten Most Outstanding Biomedical Research Papers Published by School of Medicine Investigators
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have been honored by the prestigious Clinical Research Forum for their groundbreaking clinical investigation of blood pressure and colon cancer in African Americans, providing findings that could transform how care is…
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AACR Annual Meeting
At the end of this week, many of you will be attending the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Once again, we are excited to have many members and trainees participating, presenting, and leading sessions. If we accidentally missed anyone, please…
Learn about the history of pharmaceutical policy at Cleveland Medical Library Association seminar April 21
The Cleveland Medical Library Association’s annual seminar will address pharmaceutical policy Thursday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the Ford Auditorium of the Allen Memorial Medical Library. Jeremy Greene, associate professor of medicine and the Elizabeth Treide and A. McGehee Harvey Chair of the…
Four professors selected for Faculty Distinguished Research Award
More than 1,000 stakeholders and community members are expected to visit Research ShowCASE April 15 to see the latest innovations from faculty and students at Case Western Reserve University. Among them: Four of the university’s most prominent researchers, who will be recognized as Faculty…
Study finds addiction associated with poor awareness of others
Developmental psychologist Maria Pagano, PhD, found adolescents with severe alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems have a low regard for others, as indicated by higher rates of driving under the influence and having unprotected sex with a history of sexually transmitted disease. The findings also…
CWRU takes the stage at Microsoft’s Build conference to show how HoloLens can transform learning
Last spring, Professor Mark Griswold told a global audience about the potential of Microsoft HoloLens to transform learning. Twelve months later, Griswold showed the world exactly how—or at least his hologram did. Speaking at Microsoft’s annual Build conference for the second consecutive year,…
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"U.S. News & World Report" graduate, professional school rankings announced
Case Western Reserve placed three degree programs in the nation’s top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate programs released today. The university also saw its health law program stay in the top 10, and the medical school stay in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton…
Eight CWRU faculty honored as Cleveland's “Health Care Heroes”
Eight of Case Western Reserve University’s health care experts—with fields ranging from neurology to dental medicine—earned spots on this year’s Crain’s Cleveland Business 2016 Health Care Heroes list for excellence in their fields. The recognition “puts the spotlight on those working each day to…
"Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer" Shows Overall Decline in Cancer Deaths, but Increase in Liver Cancer Deaths
Guest Author: Li Li, MD, PhD Earlier this week the National Cancer Institute released The Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (1975-2012). While this report shows a continuing trend of decline of mortality for most cancers for both men and women, thanks largely to progress in prevention…