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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Whether they're starting clinicals in their first semester as undergrads or helping patients through research and care, the members of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing work together and across disciplines to drive positive impact in world-class hospital systems and our surrounding communities. Follow along with the latest news from one of the nation’s top nursing schools.

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Gerds to serve as Editor-in-Chief, ASH Clinical News
As Cleveland Clinic's Aaron Gerds, MD, finishes his term as chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Committee on Communications, he will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of ASH Clinical News, the organization's magazine for American Society of Hematology members and non-members alike –…
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Colorectal Cancer Alliance awards two innovative research projects to find critical answers in colorectal cancer
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance today announced $500,000 in total funding for two colorectal cancer (CRC) studies through its Chris4Life Research Program. Case Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Vinay Varadan, PhD, will investigate how multifactorial mechanisms…
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Student Spotlight: Emily Van Pyrz
Class Year: Class of 2022Program/major: Nursing Clinical hours helped third-year nursing student Emily Van Pyrz maintain a sense of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though there were added safety measures of daily temperature checks, symptom screenings and verification stickers every time…
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Exercising to live ‘better’ with HIV/AIDS
$3.9 million NIH grant supports research from Case Western Reserve, University of Colorado on benefits of working out for those living longer with HIV World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) will be a somber remembrance of the thousands who have died from HIV in the last 40-plus years, but also a celebration of…
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Clinical Leadership Transition: Mikkael Sekeres
We wish Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS much luck as he transitions to a new position at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as chief of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Sekeres has been a long-time advocate for cancer patients and clinical research in our center. His guidance, leadership and gift for…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center creates groundbreaking partnership with Israeli institutions
When Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Director Stan Gerson, MD agreed to take part in an exploratory trip to Israel this past March, he could not imagine the worldwide pandemic that would descend and shake up every aspect of the trip. While conferences were canceled, meetings were…
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Barnholtz-Sloan, Ghannoum and Huang recognized as highly-cited
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center extends congratulations to Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, PhD and Stanley Huang, PhD as they were each identified by Clarivate as some of the world's most influential researchers, most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. In…
Nursing PhD student receives government fellowship to study mental health and substance abuse
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) has named Jessica McCullough, a current PhD student at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, a fellow in its 2020 Minority Fellowship Program. In 2014, while providing care to an underserved…
Faculty earns state award from AANP
Carol Savrin A faculty member from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has received Ohio’s top Nurse Practitioner Award from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Associate Professor Carol Savrin, DNP, CPNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, RN, has been selected as the recipient…
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Check out some interesting courses to add to your spring semester schedule
Though the fall leaves on campus may make spring feel far in the future, Case Western Reserve University students will be thinking about the season in the coming days—undergraduate registration for the spring semester begins next Monday, Nov. 16 (depending on the school; graduate program…