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Researchers awarded $2.78M federal grant to improve rectal cancer treatment with artificial intelligence
With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The…
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PhD candidate Lauren Cruz recognized during All of Us Research Program 2024 Researchers Convention
Lauren Cruz, a PhD candidate in epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, received the All of Us Research Scholar Program award at the All of Us Research Program 2024 Researchers Convention this spring. Cruz’s work was recognized by more than 1,700…
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Medicine’s Parameswaran Ramakrishnan receives award for type 1 diabetes research
Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, received an award from JDRF, an organization dedicated to type 1 diabetes research. Parameswaran Ramakrishnan Ramakrishnan was selected for a $600,000 strategic research…
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From crisis to collaboration
$2 million grant from The Roe Green Foundation catalyzes multidisciplinary research building in Uganda
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Dedication to education
After a half-century of teaching, a professor and his wife look to the future of the School of Medicine
Two medicine staff members earn university awards
Exceptional staff members recognized for distinguished service and volunteerism Case Western Reserve staff members play a pivotal role in the university’s success, contributing to every aspect of campus life. Our employees are the backbone of the university—their dedication to areas from…
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2024 Outstanding New Dentist
Nicholas Nutile, DMD (DEN ‘17), will receive the Outstanding New Dentist Award. While at the CWRU School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Nutile was a natural leader, often encouraging his classmates to develop creative approaches to comprehensive care. As a student, he regularly presented strategies for…
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Distinguished University Professor, cancer researcher Nathan Berger passes away
Nathan Berger with his wife, Sosamma J. Berger Nathan Berger arrived in Cleveland in 1983 with a vision: creating an oncology/hematology training program to position Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as a leader in the burgeoning field of cancer care. The program he…
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Spartan Showcase: Viraj Gorthi
During his junior year of high school, Viraj Gorthi was on his way to Cancún with family when his uncle passed out mid-flight. Everyone aboard froze in shock, and as the flight attendants desperately asked for a doctor, he remembers feeling powerless to help someone he cared about. Fortunately,…
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Biostatistics’ Xiaofeng Zhu has work published in Nature Communications
Xiaofeng Zhu, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine, published an article titled “An approach to identify gene-environment interactions and reveal new biological insight in complex traits” in Nature Communications. The article discusses his…