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MS in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics informational webinar
Want to combine your love for science and technology into a career that is changing the face of healthcare? Learn more about the Master of Science in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics at Case Western Reserve University during an informational webinar Monday, Jan. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. via Zoom. The ...
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PreventT2 program information session
The Department of Nutrition at the School of Medicine will offer a program in January to help faculty and staff members make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes. The PreventT2 program connects participants with a trained lifestyle coach and fellow enrollees to encourage healthy chan...
Medical student receives orthopaedic research award
Second-year Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine student Adam Rizk has been awarded the Thomas and Cynthia Sculco Research Award for his poster presentation titled, “Are Trends in Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty Sustainable? Declining Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Reimbursement for Hos...
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Radiology’s Agata Exner co-authors study published in Nanoscale
A recent study published in the journal Nanoscale shows how combining nanobubbles and ultrasound allows tumors to be removed without surgery. Agata Exner, the Henry Willson Payne Professor and vice chair for basic research in the Department of Radiology, was a co-author on the study along with a r...
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Medicine’s Xiao Li leads research dietary weight loss interventions
Xiao Li, assistant professor of biochemistry at the School of Medicine, authored a study published in Cell Reports Medicine. In the article titled “Distinct factors associated with short-term and long-term weight loss induced by low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet intervention,” Li et al. deciphered t...
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Risk of endocarditis more than 3x higher after COVID-19 infection in patients with cocaine, opioid abuse disorders
People diagnosed with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders are more susceptible to developing endocarditis, a condition that damages the lining of the heart valves and chambers, according to research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...
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Spartan Showcase: Miquela Hampton
Everyone deserves to live a life they love and enjoy. This fundamental truth has shaped Miquela Hampton’s studies at Case Western Reserve University—and her career aspirations for life after graduation. While Hampton initially chose to enroll at CWRU because of its competitive nursing program, her ...
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Faculty member Stephen Ganocy passes away
The Case Western Reserve University community is mourning the loss of faculty member Stephen Ganocy, who died last month. He was 79. Ganocy was an assistant professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine and served the university for more than 16 years, including as a research statistician for ...
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Faculty Journal Club Meeting
Now in its third year, the Case Western Reserve University Faculty Journal Club aims to increase diversity and inclusion among the university’s faculty. Any member of the CWRU community may join the next meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. The virtual meeting will discuss “The economic a...
Volunteers needed at Crisis Text Line
Alumna Shairi Turner-Davis, MD (MED ‘96), chief health officer at Crisis Text Line, is seeking volunteers to provide remote mental health support and crisis intervention service. “During the holiday season, more people are in need and are reaching out to us,“ said Turner-Davis. “We are recruiting ...