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Andrew Pieper awarded the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation
When Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, set out to study the brain, he was drawn by the difficulty of the challenge—and the possibility of making a meaningful difference for patients facing some of medicine’s most devastating conditions. Now, that commitment to transformative research and patient care has…
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January 09, 2025
Ilser Turkyilmaz, DMD, PhD, has achieved a significant milestone by serving as the Guest Editor for the December 2024 issue of Primary Dental Journal, a prominent publication based in London, UK. The issue, titled “Implant Dentistry” (Vol. 13, No. 4), was released on Dec. 1, 2024. As Guest Editor,…
January 09, 2025
Funding will provide one of the first comprehensive, rigorous studies of ‘medically tailored’ groceries as an approach to reduce food insecurity and improve maternal and baby health outcomes
January 06, 2025
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn about the Master of Public Health program during an informational webinar Monday, Jan. 13, from 8 to 9 p.m. The session will feature a brief presentation followed by a Q&A session to learn more about the MPH…
January 03, 2025
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about the Master of Public Health program during an informational webinar Friday, Jan. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. A brief presentation will be given, followed by a Q&A session. Register to attend.
December 19, 2024
Malaria, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through an infected mosquito’s bite, is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Most susceptible are pregnant women, displaced people and children in developing countries, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
December 19, 2024
Rui Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, and Moeez Rathore, a research scientist, recently co-authored an article published in Gastroenterology. Their article is titled “Leucine-Rich Alpha-2-Glycoprotein 1 Promotes Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Growth Through Human Epidermal…
December 19, 2024
For those trying to make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes, Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Nutrition offers the PreventT2 lifestyle change program. With Prevent T2, a trained lifestyle coach and fellow participants will encourage enrollees to make healthy changes…
December 19, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Medicine’s Department of Neurosciences for a Frontiers in Biological Sciences Lecture Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building Auditorium (Room 105). Paola Arlotta, the Golub…
December 16, 2024
The School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence will host a conversation with Thomas Fisher, physician and author of The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER for its MLK Jr. birthday and Black history keynote event. Fisher will present…
December 13, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning Group for its next meeting Wednesday, Dec. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center…