research
April 13, 2018
Research is at the core of Case Western Reserve University, and our faculty make groundbreaking discoveries and inventions every day. Across the university, faculty members solve important problems, advance new technologies, and pave the way in emerging industries. In recognition of such…
March 09, 2018
For mathematicians, getting to the “aha” moment can be a frustrating exercise. But in a field where it’s common to be wrong, Elizabeth Meckes has found passion. And those times when everything does align, she said, are “beautiful.” “Those moments of clarity—those moments of ‘I suddenly see the…
February 28, 2018
SpartaIRB, the new electronic Institutional Review Board (IRB) research protocol submission system for both Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals, is nearing completion and will be fully implemented in March 2018. The new system is designed to be more user-friendly, making the…
February 22, 2018
Case Western Reserve University and Sangamo Therapeutics Inc. recently announced the award of an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a planned study of gene-edited T cells designed to eradicate persistent HIV infection in patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy, a…
February 20, 2018
Case Western Reserve University Vice President for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera announces a campuswide internal grant competition to promote research, scholarship and creative endeavors. Intended to foster the incubation of new ideas and their cultivation for production of…
February 05, 2018
In response to feedback gained during the 2017 Listening Tour and led by the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, university leadership has established the Inclusion Transformation Fund to support research, scholarship, and special projects related to and/or advancing diversity…
February 02, 2018
It was just Brooke Macnamara’s first day as a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University when she had a study published that upended long-held beliefs about the importance of practice on one’s expertise. The study, published in 2014 in Psychological Science, garnered attention from such…
January 23, 2018
The deadline for the internal CWRU Internet of Things (IoT) Competition has been extended to Jan. 30. This campuswide internal grant competition will seed research ideas around the emerging field of the Internet of Things. One-year planning grants of up to $10,000 are available for projects in…
January 22, 2018
Case Western Reserve University will host the National Postdoctoral Association’s (NPA) annual conference in Cleveland from April 6 to 8. This is a three-day long career development and networking event targeted toward the best young researchers in the country. Post-doctoral candidates, research…
January 19, 2018
Suzanne Rivera, Case Western Reserve University’s vice president for research and technology management, has been elected to the board of directors for the Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R). Her three-year term began this month. PRIM&R advances the highest ethical…