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Wang Lands NIH Grant for Cancer Biology Research
Zhenghe John Wang, PhD, Chair of the Genetics and Genome Sciences Department and co-leader of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, was awarded a grant for $2,012,500 from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for his research titled Mechanisms of metabolic…
Agata Exner Named Director of the CWRU Center for Imaging Research (CCIR)
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce Agata Exner, PhD, has been appointed director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Dr. Exner serves as the Henry Willson Payne Professor and vice chair of basic research in the Department of Radiology and holds an…
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Monitoring health after fiery train derailment
This article originally appeared in the fall/winter 2023 edition of Think magazine. This semester, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at case.edu/think. Nearly a year ago, on Feb. 3, just before 9 p.m., Ashley McCollum heard a…
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Master of Science in Medical Physiology program admissions open office hour
Case Western Reserve University students are invited to join the Master of Science in Medical Physiology program for a virtual admissions open office hour Thursday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m. Samantha Baker, director of admissions, will be available to answer questions about admissions, curriculum,…
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“Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship: CWRU and You!”
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about the field of regenerative medicine and entrepreneurship (RGME), including its ties to CWRU and Cleveland. A virtual informational session titled “Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship: CWRU and You!” will…
Left to right, standing in front of the named chair: Anne Templeton Zimmerman’s daughter, Renee Stirling, MD (MED '95); Eileen Anderson, EdD; Gail Zimmerman, PhD; and Renee Stirling’s husband, Cory Stirling, MD
A commitment to cultural understanding
New bioethics professorship honors late alumna’s work across medicine and human rights
Students in the teaching kitchen
Cooking up a solution
Over the sizzling of pans and beat of knives hitting cutting boards, students’ light-hearted chatter rises. They’re gathered in Case Western Reserve University’s new state-of-the-art teaching kitchen in the School of Medicine, made possible in part through a $400,000 anonymous gift. Across…
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Medicine’s Chris Flask receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Chris Flask, professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was one of 59 investigators selected to receive the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research 2023 Distinguished Investigator Award. Flask is also…
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Medicine’s JungA "Alexa" Woo earns recognition from Society for Neuroscience
JungA "Alexa" Woo, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was awarded the Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award by the Society for Neuroscience in November. The award recognizes her contribution to the advancement of…
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Medical student Olivia Dhaliwal named a Pisacano Leadership Foundation 2024 scholar
Olivia Dhaliwal, a fourth-year medical student, was named a Pisacano Leadership Foundation 2024 scholar in family medicine. Prior to beginning medical school, Dhaliwal worked with Teach for America, through which she contributed to efforts to cure Hepatitis C on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.…