School of Medicine

Dear Members of the CWRU Community, Please join me in welcoming Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher, PhD, to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine as the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence. As a vital member of the senior leadership team at the School of Medicine, her...

During the late 19th century, entrepreneurs began to glut the direct-to-consumer medical market with a plethora of remedies they professed could miraculously cure deafness. They claimed their remedies and machines fostered a world of unbridled optimism for providing “hope” to deaf ears. Even as medi...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a University Hospitals Rainbow Pediatric Grand Rounds Series event hosted by the UH Rainbow Center for Child Health and Policy and co-sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Rebecc...

Join Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for a virtual event Wednesday, Oct. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. to learn about two academic programs that launch careers of graduates as advanced practice providers: Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants and Physician Assistants. The departments ...

Christine Ash, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) alumna and emerita VP, and her husband Timothy have made a $1.25M gift to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish the Christine and Timothy Ash Fund for Cancer Innovation Research. Ash, who graduated with bachelor's and master's degree...

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence will host its next Virtual Inclusive Talks and Lecture Series (VITALS) event Wednesday, Nov. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. Allison Empey Allison Empey, assistant professor in the Department of Pedi...

The library celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, with a read-aloud session. The event was held in collaboration with the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement and Alianza Latina—a faculty and staff group. Students, staff and faculty were invited to listen, reflect...

The library’s annual Homecoming and Reunion Week programming included a talk about one of the world’s most popular beverages, tea. Beth Schreibman Gehring, chairman of education at Cleveland’s Western Reserve Herb Society, shared background on the organization and the garden (located at the Clevelan...

With a new five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals hope to learn what causes—and how to reduce and treat—esophagus cancers, an increasingly common and deadly disease. Cancer of the esophagus, es...

Shari Bolen, the Alfred F. Connors Sr. Health Services and Population Health Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, discussed timely follow-up as a key driver of blood pressure control on Cardi-OH Radio’s podcast, “Timely Follow-up for Hypertension Management in Team-Based ...