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CWRU Athletes in Medicine: The power of peer mentorship
Balancing the demands of athletics with the rigorous path toward a career in medicine is a uniquely challenging—and rewarding—experience. At Case Western Reserve University, a new student-led mentorship initiative is working to make that journey more supportive and sustainable for pre-med student…
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Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
July 07, 2014
Case Western Reserve University scientists pinpoint channeling of cell’s energy flow in moving metal ions Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered how a family of proteins—cation diffusion facilitators (CDFs)—regulates an important cellular cycle, where a cell’s energy generated…
June 30, 2014
Leaders from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals this evening announced a new collaborative fundraising effort focused on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) cancer. The news came as Char and Chuck Fowler announced their third major philanthropic commitment aimed at defeating the…
June 30, 2014
An extraordinary era in neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University comes to a close this month. On June 30, Lynn Landmesser, a literal legend in the field, will step down as chair of the department she has led officially for a decade-and-a-half—and inspired for even longer. A member of the…
June 30, 2014
The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through July 11. All regular, full- or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university are eligible to serve on the council. Representatives are elected for…
June 23, 2014
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine scientists have made an extraordinary double discovery. First, they have identified thousands of novel long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA) transcripts. Second, they have learned that some of them defy conventional wisdom regarding lncRNA transcripts,…
June 19, 2014
Peter de Blank, assistant professor of pediatrics, was named one of two winners of the inaugural Francis S. Collins Scholars Program in Neurofibromatosis Clinical and Translational Research, sponsored by the Neurofibromatosis Therapeutic Acceleration Program at Johns Hopkins University. The…
June 18, 2014
In announcing the decision with his wife, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, to commit $1 million to the School of Medicine, Jim Lieberman (MED ’74) acknowledges gratitude to every person who played a role in his pursuit of medicine as a profession. Still, one individual stands out among them all: John L.…
June 17, 2014
Bortezomib (Velcade) prevents blood clot formation
Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration…
June 13, 2014
Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration approved bortezomib (Velcade) to treat multiple…
June 13, 2014
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University will sponsor the Ohio Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH) Training Course June 16-19 at Case Western Reserve. As with the first course offered last year, 35 local and state public health department…