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In 2014, Umut Gurkan, associate professor at the Case School of Engineering, received a Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Annual Pilot to develop HemeChip, an accurate, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic, specialized for low-income countries, to diagnose sickle cell disease. CTSC...

To honor her father while he was in intensive care and hospice, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine second-year medical student Kathleen Mulligan wrote a song as a tribute to her father during his last few days. The lyrics to Mulligan’s song will be performed on Saturday, De...

Researchers identify set of patterns from CT scans to help predict patient’s response to chemotherapy Researchers at the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) at Case Western Reserve University have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns on computed t...

No one could have foreseen the accident Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine student Blake Harvey was involved with during his time as a fire controlman in the U.S. Navy. Harvey was aboard a Navy helicopter that began plummeting into the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. With no other...

In a new review article, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals (UH), Case Western Reserve University and Boston College discuss evidence linking pollution and cardiovascular disease. The research team highlights strategies for reducing individu...

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and its hospital partners, University Hospitals, the MetroHealth System, and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, have received federal funding for a study that seeks to understand why some people have prolonged symptoms (referred to as long COVID) or ...

In a ceremony Oct. 22, School of Medicine Dean Stan Gerson awarded Maria Hatzoglou the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation. She was recognized with the highest honor bestowed by the school for her groundbreaking research, decades of service and for being a wonderful role model. ...

The use of opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine and other stimulants is the second-most common cause of exposure to HIV among those in the United States diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS. Thanks to a new $16 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National In...

Company’s esophageal cancer prevention tests developed jointly by medical school faculty at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Lucid Diagnostics Inc., a company that produces esophageal cancer tests based on Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals research, h...

Matt Burdett, Jessica DeCaro, Maita Diaz and Lisa Tersigni have a few things in common. They not only consistently perform their job duties in an outstanding manner, but they steadily operate with an exemplary attitude. Because of this, the School of Medicine is proud to recognize them as this year’...