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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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May 04, 2011
CLEVELAND - Contrary to what we’ve been told, eliminating or severely limiting fats from the diet may not be beneficial to cardiac function in patients suffering from heart failure, a study at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports. Results from biological model studies conducted...
May 02, 2011
CLEVELAND - The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is pleased to announce its established the first PhD and MS program in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics in the State of Ohio. Based in the School of Medicine, with the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics as its administrative ...
April 27, 2011
CLEVELAND - Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH, has accepted the position of executive director of the Urban Health Initiative at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Amy, who is currently senior policy analyst at Altarum Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will join Case Western Reserve University...
April 26, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand basic research models for the study of cystic fibrosis (CF).
CF is an inherited disease that c...
April 25, 2011
CLEVELAND - April 25, 2011 – Carol L. Moss has been appointed vice president for medical development and vice dean for external affairs at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Moss, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations at the University of California, San Francisco, wi...
April 14, 2011
CLEVELAND - New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Kent State University shows that salt intake raises blood pressure because it makes it harder for the cardiovascular system to simultaneously juggle the regulation of blood pressure and body temperature. For decades...
March 09, 2011
CLEVELAND - Neena Singh, MD, PhD and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a universally fatal, degenerative brain disease for which there is no cure. sCJD is one of the cau...
March 03, 2011
CLEVELAND - In a move to streamline and accelerate the research and development of new stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies, the National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) at Case Western Reserve University have been ro...
February 22, 2011
CLEVELAND - New research shows that medications which have raised safety concerns over heart attack and stroke risks may not have gotten approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the cardiovascular effects of fluid retention had been better understood. Fluid retention may explain the i...
February 10, 2011
CLEVELAND - A three-year, $3 million gift from the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation will fund research by a pair of Cleveland physicians into HIV and the body’s response in autoimmune diseases.
The award will support the joint efforts of immunologists Leonard Calabrese, DO, of Cleveland Clinic and M...