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J. Alan Diehl receives the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation
When J. Alan Diehl arrived at Case Western Reserve University in 2019, the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine was at a crossroads—ready for a renewed sense of purpose and direction. Six years later, under Diehl’s leadership as chair, the department’s faculty headcount has more…
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January 05, 2024
Sidney M. Wolfe, MD (MED ’65), adjunct professor of internal medicine at the School of Medicine, passed away on Jan. 1, 2024. In 1971, Wolfe co-founded the Public Citizen's Health Research Group, an organization that was pivotal in advocating for consumer interests in healthcare and…
January 05, 2024
Written by leading science researchers, editors, and journalists, reviews in Nature Cancer's 2023 in Review showcase the most exciting discoveries and the biggest challenges of the year. It's not surprising that research conducted in the lab run by Case CCC's Justin Lathia, PhD, Molecular Oncology…
January 05, 2024
Uriel Kim, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program in CWRU's SOM and an Associate Trainee Member of the Case CCC, plans to graduate this spring with his MD, although he doesn't lack a plethora of letters behind his name (BS, MPH, PhD, and pending MBA to name a few). The transplanted…
January 05, 2024
A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that a chemical used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-management drug Wegovy is not associated with an increased risk for suicidal thoughts. The findings about the chemical—known as semaglutide—is…
January 04, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 from 7 to 9 pm in KSL's LL06 classroom. Gather your friends and join us for our first Game Night event of the Spring Semester...Trivia! Bring a team of up to six people, or be matched with a group when you arrive. Each member of the winning team will receive an Amazon…
January 03, 2024
Diagnosing cancer today involves using chemical “contrast agents” to improve the accuracy of medical imaging processes such as X-rays as well as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. But those agents can be expensive, take more time to use and pose potential…
January 03, 2024
Join representatives from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Sunday, Jan. 7, to get information on the Master of Science in Biostatistics and Master of Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics programs. This event will take place…
January 02, 2024
In 2021, Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library acquired the archive from Karamu House, the oldest African-American producing theater in the United States known for nurturing the careers of Ruby Dee, Robert Guillaume and Langston Hughes. The archive consists of records of the…
January 02, 2024
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a virtual information session on the Master of Public Health and Master of Science in Clinical Research in Population and Quantitative Health Sciences programs. This session will be held Sunday, Jan. 7, from 7:30 to 8:30…
January 01, 2024
Explore digital scholarship tools at library workshops this spring Kelvin Smith Library will offer a Digital Scholarship Workshop Series this spring to introduce participants to the powerful concepts, methods and tools of digital scholarship that may not be covered in regular instruction. This…