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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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October 04, 2023
Amidst the ever-evolving landscape of emerging discoveries and innovations, Case Western Reserve University remains committed to expanding its academic portfolio, empowering students to explore these burgeoning fields in greater depth.
This academic year, the university has launched a host of new ...

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October 04, 2023
Join Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health for the monthly Swetland Seminar Series. This month’s seminar is “Crowdsourcing Innovation for Digital Technology in HIV-Related Implementation Research.” It will take place Tuesday, Oct...
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October 03, 2023
Kelvin Smith Library shared the The Many Faces of Wonderland, a special collections exhibit curated by Arnold Hirshon, retired CWRU Vice Provost and University Librarian, in September as the university hosted the Lewis Carroll Society of North America’s fall conference.
The exhibit included items ...

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September 29, 2023
People are mad: NYC is giving out “crack pipes,” but should they be?Health News: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, noted that the practice of harm reduction as public health is neither new nor limited to drug topics, and has extensive scientific backing; but despite this, h...

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September 29, 2023
Longer life expectancy can solve our busted budgetWashington Examiner: Michael Roizen, guest lecturer at the School of Medicine, opined that the United States can work its way out of the budget deficit and even Social Security insolvency if it takes advantage of scientific advances that could increa...

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September 29, 2023
Dangerous bill would devastate medical education in Ohio, jeopardize patient safetyThe Columbus Dispatch: Celine Rajoulh and Taseen Alam, second-year students at the School of Medicine, opined that the Higher Education Enhancement Act, “and any bill like it, is a threat to healthcare nationwide and ...

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September 29, 2023
As National Rare Cancer Day nears (Sept. 30), Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research announces major gift to spur cross-country collaboration
Less than six months after Jed Ian Taxel’s diagnosis with a rare metastatic cancer, he learned his treatment was ineffective. Weeks before his dea...

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September 29, 2023
In collaboration with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Graduate Education Office, the Lerner Trainee Association, the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association and Association of Biomedical and Chemical Engineers will host the Cleveland Biomedical Trainee Alliance 2023 ...

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September 26, 2023
When Olubukola Abiona began a four-year postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center in 2017, she knew she’d gain valuable experience—but had no idea just how impactful her efforts would be.
Not long later, those impacts became clear: Her team’s researc...

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September 26, 2023
At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the nutrition programs are renowned for their holistic approaches and commitments to high-impact research, education and community programming. And now, the department has a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen to further their work. The Department...