Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Uriel Kim, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program in CWRU's SOM and an Associate Trainee Member of the Case CCC, plans to graduate this spring with his MD, although he doesn't lack a plethora of letters behind his name (BS, MPH, PhD, and pending MBA to name a few). The transplanted…

GLP-1 RAs aren't just for diabetes or weight loss anymore. They might also be effective in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer, thanks to a new study by Nathan Berger, member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program, and Rong Xu, member of the Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics…

Funding will advance novel approaches to treating cancer and diabetes-related blindness

Reshmi Parameswaran, PhD, MS, a member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, has received the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust award. The $1M was awarded to Parameswaran for her work in cancer cell therapy. It is to be used over three years to advance novel approaches to treating…

Case Western Reserve nursing researcher to study how to improve end-of-life care with $3.3 million National Cancer Institute grant More than 600,000 people in the United States will die of cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Many will receive care they didn’t want…

Shearwood McClelland, MD, a member of Case CCC's Population and Cancer Prevention Program, is the corresponding author for the study "Disparities in access to radiotherapy among Hispanic/Latinx populations in the United States: How far have we left to go?" published in the Oct. 26, 2023, issue of…

Christine Ash, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) alumna and emerita VP, and her husband Timothy have made a $1.25M gift to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish the Christine and Timothy Ash Fund for Cancer Innovation Research. Ash, who graduated with bachelor's and master's…

During Chris Ash’s nearly 50 years at Case Western Reserve University, she saw modern buildings rise, leadership change and entirely new areas of study debut. She earned two degrees—a bachelor’s in history in 1972 and an MBA specializing in accounting in 1981—and worked in the geology department,…

The Provost Scholars Program at Case Western Reserve University, The Concerned Pastors of East Cleveland, and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have collaborated to create the Health and Wellness Series: Staying Healthy and Living Longer.  The mission of this program is to improve health…

Two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and…