School of Medicine

HyperCase is a student-run organization looking to bring together law, business, engineering and medical students to develop innovative healthcare technology solutions in interdisciplinary project teams. The group recently completed its spring 2023 round and is beginning project team leader recrui...

This year's Giving Kids Hope event to benefit and celebrate the Research Institute for Children's Health will take place on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m at Michael Angelo's Winery. Now in its eighth year, this annual event will be hosted by Mitchell Drumm, director of the Research Institute for Chil...

Winnie Wong, D.M.D. (DEN ‘16) received the Outstanding New Dentist Award. The award is given to an alum whose accomplishments enhance the perception of the dental profession, has demonstrated outstanding service to his/her community and is engaged with the activities of the School of Dental Medicine...

Jack Love, D.D.S. (ADL '56, DEN '58), received the Distinguished Alumnus award for his nearly forty years of service to the School of Dental Medicine—both as a volunteer and a faculty member—and his contributions to and education of dentists in the field of prosthodontics. Love has had four notable...

Ask anyone at Case Western Reserve University what their favorite thing about the institution is, and almost all will say—without hesitation—it’s the people. Among those who make the university such a special place to be are those who choose to dedicate significant portions of their lives to the in...

Rosa K. Hand, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, recently began a one-year term as chair of the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the national credentialing agency for registered dietitians. Her term began June 1. CDR protects the public by overseeing 10 separate credentia...

Projects to cover brain tumor, cerebral edema and gastroesophageal cancer research Three University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research teams recently received Collaborative Science Pilot Awards. The teams each received $50,000, funded by both institutions...

Clark Distelhorst, a long-standing faculty member of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away July 3. His wife, Lynne, shared that Distelhorst was activ...

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, I am happy to announce that I am appointing Sudha Chakrapani, PhD to the position of chair of the Department of Pharmacology. She has served as the interim chair since November 2022, demonstrating the leadership, vision and commitment needed to lead the department ...

Last year, Marcel Duvivier, Jeremiah Mubiru and Ana Perez Cespedes started developing a video game to help kindergarten through ninth grade students in the David’s Challenge program learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This past spring, they finally had the chance to see the gam...