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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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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
September 01, 2015
Case Western Reserve scientists show how sugar-derived molecules can weaken infection-fighting antimicrobial beta-defensin peptides Case Western Reserve University scientists may have uncovered a molecular mechanism that sets into motion the dangerous infection in the feet and hands that often…
August 26, 2015
Groundbreaking medical research offers Sanford Markowitz the best of two worlds. He thrives on solving tough scientific puzzles that come with medical research in a top-flight academic center. He also finds immense gratification that his work may someday help someone with serious illness such as…
August 25, 2015
Two Cleveland researchers receive $18.5 million to continue legacy in rheumatic, immunologic disorders and infectious disease Building on its previous gifts to Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation awarded $18.5 million in new…
August 24, 2015
The Case Western Reserve University chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines will host a showing of Medical Research: Houston, We Have a Problem. The event will take place today (Monday, Aug. 24) from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Biomedical Research Building, Room 105. Food will be…
August 21, 2015
Tolulope Rosanwo, a student in the School of Medicine, recently was selected to participate in the 2015 Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP). The program is meant to increase interest among minority students in hematology. Over the course of a summer, the students must create a research…
August 21, 2015
The School of Medicine awarded Robert Bucklew, outreach coordinator for the Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), with the 2014-2015 Joan Harris Staff Development Award. The School of Medicine annually awards this honor to a non-faculty employee who…
August 18, 2015
Universities Allied for Essential Medicine (UAEM) will host a recruiting event today (Aug. 18) from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room E321/323. UAEM is a student organization that seeks to improve access to medicine in low- and middle-income countries. Those who are interested in…
August 17, 2015
Case Western Reserve discovery explains KLF4 and mitochondrial connection in heart failure Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered that a protein called Kruppel-like Factor 4 (KLF4) controls mitochondria—the “power plants” in cells that catalyze energy production. Specifically,…
August 17, 2015
The School of Medicine will present the Hanna Symposium Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 2 to 9 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building auditorium. Speakers at the symposium will focus on genome instability and evolution. The symposium will feature the Hanna Lecture, given by Bernard Dujon, professor at…
August 10, 2015
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.3 million to Case Western Reserve to lead a collaborative study of how changes in food options affect residents’ nutritional choices and health over time. Called the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood Study (dubbed foodNEST), the three-year…