graduate students

The American Society of Hematology awarded Zoe Sekyonda, a fourth-year biomedical engineering PhD student, the 2023 ASH Graduate Hematology Award (AHGA). The award encourages graduate students in the United States and Canada to pursue careers in academic hematology. With research focused on oxygen-...

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will host an online information session about its Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program Tuesday, July 11, from noon to 1 p.m. MSN-­prepared nurses are in high demand; they deliver evidence­-based care ...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about the PhD program at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing during an online information session Wednesday, July 12, from noon to 1 p.m. The PhD in nursing degree is a research doctorate. Students learn from some...

Kedong Ding, a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to participate in the 2023 Data-Intensive Research Conference pre-conference workshop. Hosted by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series and the University of Minnesota's Life Course C...

Duncan Mayer, a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently had an article published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. In this article, titled “Understanding Location and Density: A Spatial Analysis of Cuyahoga County Ohio’s Nonprofit Sec...

Braveheart Gillani, a doctoral student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected for the Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans People of Color (2-QTPOC) Award, which will be presented at the 2023 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting Oct. 26–29 in...

Wenxing Wei and Darrell Coleman, doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Social Sciences, were accepted into the Virtual 2023 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Doctoral Students at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and the Program for Research on Bla...

Bijoya (Bijou) Basu, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, received the Robin G. Kramer Student Volunteer Award. This award serves as a lasting tribute to the late Robin G. Kramer, a 21-year staff member at Case Western Reserve University whose commitment to volunteerism set a standa...

Fourth year MD-PhD student Bijoya (Bijou) Basu was elected to the Board of Directors for Doctors for America (DFA), a national advocacy organization. Bijoya (Bijou) Basu Basu joined DFA in the spring of 2020 to continue pursuing her passion for health equity and justice. She’s been particularly pa...

Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within. “Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best learn...