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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 01, 2016
CWRU faculty organize special issue of Embryo Today dedicated to microbiome Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine organized a special issue of Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today dedicated to the microbiome and the role it plays in embryo development as well as…
January 29, 2016
I recently wrote an opinion piece on "Cleveland's Place in the Cancer Moonshot" that was published in the Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com. While I hope you will read the piece in its entirety, I want to call your attention to one particular section: "The moonshot can also help us in the cancer…
January 29, 2016
Stanton Gerson, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, penned an op-ed in The Plain Dealer Jan. 27. In his piece, Gerson reflected on recent advances in fighting cancer, led by Vice President Joe Biden, whose adult son recently died after a two-year…
January 28, 2016
Case Western Reserve scientists demonstrate CCL2 activates healing inflammatory immune responses and gene expression The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of…
January 27, 2016
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have received funding to further develop emerging technologies aimed at malaria, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. The funding is provided by the National Center for Accelerated Innovation, established by Case Western Reserve University,…
January 27, 2016
Are you an undergraduate student interested in furthering your career at Case Western Reserve as a graduate or professional student in the health sciences? If so, make sure to attend the Health Sciences Graduate Fair Friday, Jan. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University…
January 20, 2016
Cleveland, OH – January 20, 2016 – Physicians have known for years that patients respond differently to vaccines as they age. There may soon be a new way to predict and enhance the effectiveness of vaccinations, in particular the hepatitis B vaccine. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University…
January 14, 2016
Associate Director for Shared Resources As of the New Year, James Jacobberger, PhD has retired from his position as Associate Director for Shared Resources of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a position he has held since 2002. He will remain active in the Cancer Center, as Emeritus Professor…
January 14, 2016
In collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System, BioMotiv and the Museum of Natural History, the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) will host a panel discussion on gender bias in medicine and science. Held Monday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.…
January 13, 2016
Absence of serotonin alters development and function of brain circuits Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have created the first complete model to describe the role serotonin plays in brain development and structure. Serotonin, also called 5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT],…