dermatology

July 26, 2024
Earlier this year, Department of Genetics professor Joel Sax, along with Christopher McFarland, assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Bryan Carroll, associate professor for the Department of Dermatology, published an article titled “Limitations of the…

March 18, 2024
Researchers issue call to action to address and prevent growing problem

May 26, 2023
Skin Cancer Awareness Month might be coming to a close, but sunshiney summer days—and the increased risk of dangerous sun exposure they can bring—are just around the corner in Cleveland. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with more than 5 million cases diagnosed annually,…

May 01, 2020
A multidisciplinary team of authors at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals published a new study regarding racial differences in time to treatment for melanoma in one of the preeminent dermatology journals, Journal of the American Academy of…

June 14, 2019
Nicole Ward. Photo by Billy Delfs. Nicole Ward, associate professor of dermatology, was honored with the American Skin Association’s Research Achievement Award in Psoriasis during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology. Read more about other honors given during the…

April 19, 2019
Researchers from the
Department of Dermatology published an article on the financial burden of
chronic cutaneous ulcers, which are associated with a wide variety of medical
conditions, in the United States. The article, titled “Incremental Health Care
Expenditure of Chronic Cutaneous Ulcers in the…

September 14, 2018
At the 35th annual Meeting of the Ohio Dermatological Association (ODA), a group of researchers from the School of Medicine presented their poster among groups from other dermatological schools in Ohio. Their research poster, titled "Disparities and Trends in the Characteristics of Eccrine…

June 08, 2018
Medical students Raghav Tripathi and Konrad D. Knusel and Associate Professor Jeremy S. Bordeaux presented their research at the International Investigative Dermatology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Their work, titled “Disparities in outpatient dermatologic health care access and utilization in…

February 12, 2018
Multi-drug resistant Candida auris no match for novel compound Microscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world—creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines—and causing deadly invasive infection. One culprit species, Candida auris, is resistant to many…

February 06, 2018
New tools will fight skin condition, personalize diagnosis and management, and identify leads for drug treatment An experienced interdisciplinary team of psoriasis and computational researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical…