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CWRU senior to showcase Asclepii at the prestigious festival’s 15th annual pitch competition

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce Agata Exner, PhD, has been appointed director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Dr. Exner serves as the Henry Willson Payne Professor and vice chair of basic research in the Department of Radiology and holds an…

Chris Flask, professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was one of 59 investigators selected to receive the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research 2023 Distinguished Investigator Award. Flask is also director of…

Dear faculty, staff and students, I am pleased to announce I have appointed Peter S. Hovmand, PhD, MSW, as interim director for the Center for Community Health Integration (CHI), succeeding Kurt Stange, MD, PhD, who I announced earlier this week is stepping away from his role as director. Dr.…

Olivia Dhaliwal, a fourth-year medical student, was named a Pisacano Leadership Foundation 2024 scholar in family medicine.  Prior to beginning medical school, Dhaliwal worked with Teach for America, through which she contributed to efforts to cure Hepatitis C on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.…

With $3.5M National Institutes of Health grant, research teams from Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Hospital hope to find out 

Black teenagers in urban environments who were more involved in religious activities were less likely to engage in alcohol and substance use and other delinquent behavior, according to two recent studies by social sciences researchers at Case Western Reserve University. The most recent findings,…

For the 11th-straight year, leading innovators, engineers and developers from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will demonstrate their startup companies and other creations Jan. 9-12 at CES, one of the world’s largest technology shows. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology…

A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that a chemical used in the diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-management drug Wegovy is not associated with an increased risk for suicidal thoughts. The findings about the chemical—known as semaglutide—is…

Sidney M. Wolfe, MD (MED ’65), adjunct professor of internal medicine at the School of Medicine, passed away on Jan. 1, 2024.  In 1971, Wolfe co-founded the Public Citizen's Health Research Group, an organization that was pivotal in advocating for consumer interests in healthcare and…