Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Valerie Vinson is the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center-supported clinical research navigator at University Hospitals Clinical Trials Unit at the Seidman Cancer Center. As a whole, she is tasked with increasing the number of patients, especially those of minority race and ethnicity, who enroll in cli...

COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted delivery of key health services for children and adolescents, including HPV vaccination for cancer prevention

From University Hospitals: The University Hospitals (UH) Urology Institute is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new technique to diagnose prostate cancer. The method allows the urologist to obtain a prostate biopsy with a much lower risk of introducing bacteria than the traditional transrectal ul...

Prostate cancer incidence is particularly high in the area served by the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. African American men, locally and nationally, are disproportionally affected by prostate cancer in greater incidence and mortality. Researchers have dedicated resources to better understand thi...

Congratulations to Pallavi Tiwari, PhD, recipient of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Early Career Achievement Award! The 2021 Honorary Award is presented in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in imaging informatics. Dr. Tiwari is an assistant pr...

As the new Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Erika Trapl, PhD, strives to facilitate a bidirectional connection between Cancer Center research faculty and catchment-area community partners. The catchment area will inform research projects and, in turn, research will be used t...

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) extends congratulations to Heidi Gullett, MD, MPH, who will be recognized at the 2021 Crain's Cleveland Business' Women of Note Awards. This year's event salutes 15 inspiring women whose dedication and achievements enrich Northeast Ohio, its institutio...

Since 2019, new Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer J. Alan Diehl, PhD, has been working with fellow leaders to develop research priorities and support new initiatives. Diehl, who is also Chair of the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine, brings a strong understanding of basi...

The Case CCC Committee on Disparities in Clinical Research has revised the Clinical Research Brochure for African Americans. This document was developed by committee members to open and facilitate a dialogue with African American patients and their families about clinical research. The revised one-...

Jack Kincaid, a trainee in the lab of Nathan A. Berger, MD, received the AACR Meritorious Achievement Award at the AACR Undergraduate Student Caucus and Poster Competition (USCPC) held during the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Kincaid's poster reports the effects o...