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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
It only took an instant for all of Akua Abrah’s career ideas to shift. Peering into the eyes of an infant at an orphanage in Ghana, she tossed aside her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian—inspired by repeated viewings of Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle. Though she had yet to hear the word …
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April 10, 2024
Students enrolled in the Master of Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics program at Case Western Reserve University study and work with faculty members who are distinguished leaders in the fields of medicine, engineering and business.
Leveraging their proficiency in informatics, research and...

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April 10, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn about the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program during an informational webinar titled “Focusing on Health Policy” Wednesday, April 17, at 4 p.m.
This graduate program can be completed in just one ye...
April 09, 2024
Our proud alumnus Rebecca Barchas, MD (MED ‘68), who endowed the professorship held by Andrew Pieper, recently shared with me her parent’s interest in the history of science and medicine including an extensive book collection and their donation of said collection to the Green Library of Stanford Uni...

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April 09, 2024
Complex chronic diseases are indeed, in a word, complex. With few diverse datasets from which to pull, it’s impossible to fully understand their underlying physiology—a fact that leads Lauren Cruz to call these diseases the “health conundrums of our generation.”
The mystique of complex chronic dis...

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April 09, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an informational webinar about the Master of Science in Molecular and Cellular Pathology program Wednesday, April 10, from 7 to 8 p.m.
The program’s highly flexible curriculum can be customized to enhance students’ credentials...

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April 08, 2024
To recognize the contributions postdoctoral researchers make to Case Western Reserve University—and their respective fields—The Daily has partnered with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs on a new monthly series. Know an outstanding postdoc making an impact at CWRU or in their field? Nominate them t...
April 05, 2024
Please join us Wednesday for our Significant Conversation series on How Healthy is the Culture of Academic Medicine?
We have a wonderful line up of individuals who have given this topic much thought and provide us perspectives from young trainees to senior faculty.
I thank Mark Aulisio who will mo...

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April 05, 2024
The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) recently selected Scott Frank, assistant professor emeritus in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the School of Medicine, for its Duncan Clark Award. F...

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April 05, 2024
Hannah Kondolf, a student in the MD/PhD program, was named a Journal of Biological Chemistry Herbert Tabor Early Career Award winner. Kondolf conducted the PhD portion of her program in the lab of Derek Abbott, professor of medicine.
Kondolf worked on pore-forming proteins important in autoinflamm...

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April 04, 2024
Members of the campus community are invited to join the directors of the new Master of Science in Biotechnology program at Case Western Reserve University during a webinar Thursday, April 11, at noon.
Participants will take a deep dive into the details of the program, the three track options (bioc...