Interim Dean Stan Gerson's Messages

Starting out as an interim dean only to have a change in my reporting relationship early on was a bit disconcerting. We often hear, "How can you take a job when you don't know who the boss will be?" Even Scott Cowen, a seasoned former Dean of CWRU’s Weatherhead School of Management followed by his i...

More excitement from our Graduate Education Office! Marvin Nieman and Cheryl Thompson share their enthusiasm for students in the labs and PhD and Masters students coming back to campus. Welcome Back! Marvin Nieman and...

To mark Juneteenth, I invite you to watch a short video from Doris Evans, (MED '68), Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Evans provides a brief history of Juneteenth (June 19)—the importance of commemorating this day and its significance in tod...

I’m not the only one excited about students, faculty and staff returning to campus! I loaned my column to Lia Logio and Bud Isaacson, leaders at the HEC, to share their enthusiasm for students coming back to the Health Education Campus. Back to the HEC! ...

Last Sunday, May 16, we celebrated a milestone as we watched 202 of our students graduate from the School of Medicine. One hundred forty-five of those graduating attended an in-person ceremony at Freiberger Field (only students and limited faculty members, no friends or family in attendance), and we...

This week marks the 66th anniversary of the first polio vaccine approved as “safe, effective and potent” in the fight against poliomyelitis, a highly infectious virus that attacks the body’s nervous system causing paralysis and death. Now eradicated across most of the world because of wide-scale vac...

It's been one year since COVID-19 began to change our lives forever. In all facets of daily life and by varying degrees, the virus has impacted every one of us. And in our individual ways, we have risen to confront this wicked, relentless challenge. I want to recognize several of our faculty, staf...

In February 2020, Doris Evans, MD (MED ’68), was in the audience at Wolstein Auditorium when it was first announced that I was assuming the role of interim dean for the School of Medicine. To say that so much has happened to our world since then is an understatement. While launching our newest MD ...

This week, I'm turning my column over to Jonathan Karn, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, and Director, Case Center for AIDS Research. Many people would like to know more about coronavirus variants that are increasingly in the news across the globe. Jon has ...

“With 20/20 hindsight we can begin afresh in 2021. I predict that few of us will still use 2020 any longer when we write out the date!” The quote above is from my son, but I believe most of us feel the same way about 2020. The events of last year taught us to be nimble, expect the unexpected, a...