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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean, Department Chair Elected to Prestigious Institute of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics Chair Walter Boron, MD, PhD, have won election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), one of the nation’s most prestigious societies for health and…
Medical school dean, department chair elected to Institute of Medicine
School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics Chair Walter Boron, MD, PhD, have won election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), one of the nation’s most prestigious societies for health and medicine. “We congratulate and…
School of Medicine’s Ahmad Khalil selected to present at Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium
Ahmad Khalil, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at the School of Medicine, has been selected to speak at the 16th Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. The symposium, co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the U.S. National Academy…
Nursing school receives grant to study how cancer patients make end-of-life decisions
The choice to die at home surrounded by loved ones comes too late for some cancer patients. Why that happens and how to change the process so more patients may die as they wish is the focus of new research individuals at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will…
Tropical virus expert to give comprehensive view of developing Ebola epidemic
Center for Global Health and Diseases and Infectious Disease and Immunology Institute host lecture open to public Case Western Reserve University, as a global health education leader, will present Ebola expert Daniel Bausch for a special lecture on the unfolding crisis. He will detail his…
Ebola Special Lecture: Tropical Virus Expert to Give Balanced, Comprehensive View of Developing Epidemic
Case Western Reserve University, as a global health education leader, will present Ebola expert, Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH&TM, for a special lecture on the unfolding crisis. He will detail his experiences, “From the Front Lines of the Battle with Ebola,” from 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, in the…
Alumna, concussion researcher to give Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Oct. 17
Ann McKee (MED ’79), professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University School of Medicine and director of neuropathology in the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bedford, Mass., will give the next School of Medicine Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Her talk, titled "Emerging Concepts in…
Case Western Reserve Scientist Captures Prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
For the second consecutive year, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has landed one of the year’s much-coveted Director’s New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Principal investigator Rong Xu, PhD, assistant professor of medical informatics,…
Newlyweds from dental and medical school make CWRU their home for next four years
After some intensive planning, newlyweds Jacqueline and James Buschbach landed on the same campus to start medical and dental school together. Jacqueline is one of 74 first-year Case Western Reserve University dental students as part of a diverse and accomplished entering class. Meanwhile, James…
Case Western Reserve University on Track to Become No. 1 Synchrotron Lab in World
Case Western Reserve University’s synchrotron facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory is on its way to becoming the No. 1 beamline facility for biology in the world by early 2016, thanks to a jumpstart grant of $4.6 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering…