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Wood Building Celebrates 100th Anniversary
A century ago, Western Reserve University's trustee, Samuel Mather, gave $2.5 million to construct a new building marking the School of Medicine's establishment in University Circle from its downtown Cleveland location. The building was dedicated in October of the next year—in conjunction with…
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Nobel Laureates with ties to the School of Medicine
Nobel Laureates: Ferid Murad earned both his MD and PhD degrees in 1965 from the school. He was part of a team awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998—“for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.”  Alumnus Alfred Gilman…
Case Western Reserve University neurobiologist, team advance understanding of how zebrafish use hair cells to detect movement; findings apply to human hearing, balance
By discovering how zebrafish use their hair cells to detect distant movement, a team of Case Western Reserve University scientists may have found a path to help explain human hearing loss. Even though the tiny water creatures and humans would appear to have nothing in common, the structure and…
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Hairs that help fish feel–and humans hear
Case Western Reserve University neurobiologist, team advance understanding of how zebrafish use hair cells to detect movement; findings apply to human hearing, balance By discovering how zebrafish use their hair cells to detect distant movement, a team of Case Western Reserve University scientists…
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Medicine’s Kath Bogie joins board of directors for National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel
Kath Bogie, professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve University and a research career scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, was recently appointed to the board of directors for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). The NPIAP mission is…
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Annual Global Health Conference
The Global Health Conference Planning Committee of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine would like to invite the university community to its 13th annual free global health conference. The topic is “Addressing Human Trafficking in…
Postdoctoral Scholar presents work on increased inflammatory markers in gut integrity post-COVID
Second-year postdoctoral scholar Christian Mouchati, MD, presented an abstract poster at the Conferences of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in February.  “The work highlights the increase in inflammatory markers and gut integrity in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC),” said…
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Improving gene therapy with tiny bubbles
With Moderna Inc. global fellowship award, CWRU School of Medicine researchers hope to develop process that overcomes challenge of targeting diseased cells Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is…
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Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
Leading a Commercially Successful Company with a Social Mission Join us on Wednesday, April 26, 4 - 6 PM for the Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series in collaboration with the Kelvin Smith Library, featuring Steve Potash and Loree Potash (MSL '75), co-founders of…
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School of Medicine graduate opportunities informational tables
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community who would like to continue their studies at the university are invited to join the School of Medicine to learn about graduate opportunities. Informational tables will be available Monday, April 17, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale…