News Releases
July 07, 2023
Clark Distelhorst, MD, a long-standing faculty member of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away on July 3, 2023. His wife Lynne shared that Dr.…
June 29, 2023
Dean Stan Gerson has appointed Alex Y. Huang, MD, PhD, an accomplished researcher, educator and clinician, as the director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) starting July 3. Dr. Huang joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2006 as a professor of pediatrics and pathology and is a…
June 29, 2023
PROJECTS TO COVER BRAIN TUMOR, CEREBRAL EDEMA AND GASTROESOPHAGEAL CANCER RESEARCH Three University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research teams recently received Collaborative Science Pilot Awards. The teams each received $50,000, funded by both…
June 29, 2023
Jon Donze, director of the Office of Grants and Contracts and Joyce Helton, department assistant in the Office of Faculty Affairs, have received the President’s Award for Distinguished Service, one of the most notable honors bestowed upon university staff members. Recommended by the Staff Advisory…
June 28, 2023
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) today announced it has won the 2023 Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner of the Year Award. CWRU and licensing partner Ilumis were honored among a global field for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer-solutions based on Microsoft…
June 23, 2023
Aspiring orthopedic surgeon Penelope Halkiadakis to shadow Cleveland Browns As a soccer enthusiast and player, Penelope Halkiadakis, a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, frequently visited her sports medicine doctor’s office for injuries. But what really…
June 21, 2023
Case Western Reserve University President Eric W. Kaler has announced the search committee chair and membership for the university’s next provost and executive vice president search. School of Medicine Dean and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs Stanton L. Gerson will chair the search…
June 13, 2023
$3 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT AWARDED TO HEMEX HEALTH TO DEVELOP FIRST POINT-OF-CARE SICKLE CELL TESTING DEVICE FOR U.S. MARKET; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY CWRU ENGINEER A private company’s effort to bring its portable point-of-care test for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other inherited blood diseases to…
June 08, 2023
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences post-doctoral scholar and School of Medicine alumna Elina Misicka (GRS ‘22, epidemiology and biostatistics) has earned a fellowship grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. The grant is awarded to promising young…
June 07, 2023
Case Western Reserve University and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (UH Rainbow) were selected by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to receive renewed funding to study newborn health through the Neonatal Research Network (NRN). The…