research

Undergraduate students will have multiple chances to attend one of the Support of Undergraduate Research & Creative Endeavors (SOURCE) “All About Finding Research Opportunities” seminars. Students can select from the following 50-minute sessions, all beginning at 4 p.m.: Friday, Sept. 22,…

Fabio Cominelli has been selected for the 2017 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation, the School of Medicine’s highest honor, for his accomplishments in advancing digestive system health. Cominelli, associate dean for program…

The Social Justice Institute will hold its first monthly Research Lunch Series event of the semester Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Dale Dannefer, the Selah Chamberlain Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, will present…

After sustaining three major concussions in just four years playing football and rugby, Sean Baxley was familiar with the immediate effects of the injury. But after the third, he decided it was time to look into the long-lasting impact of concussions. That’s what led him to the topic of chronic…

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Gulf Research Program (GRP) selected YeongAe Heo, assistant professor in civil engineering, for its Early Career Research Fellowship. Out of 10 recipients from across the country, Heo was the only recipient from structural…

The Case School of Engineering has named Christian Zorman as the interim associate dean of research. A renowned expert in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Zorman has spent his research career focused on developing novel, enabling materials and their requisite processing…

Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and assistant professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, co-authored a paper to be published in the Aug. 18 issue of the journal Science, highlighting new rules for federally funded research the authors expect will present the greatest…

New Nature report looks at institutions’ research in patent citations Case Western Reserve University ranks 18th in the world in a new listing of institutions based on their contributions to innovation. The results in Nature Index 2017 Innovation, a supplement to the esteemed multidisciplinary…

Results show high doses of vitamin D reduce swelling, inflammation High doses of vitamin D taken one hour after sunburn significantly reduce skin redness, swelling, and inflammation, according to a double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial out of Case Western Reserve University School of…

Beginning July 3, the Case Western Reserve University Institutional Review Board (CWRU IRB) will expand its scope to accept protocols that are biomedical in nature, in addition to social, behavioral and educational research protocols. Studies that take place at CWRU affiliate hospitals and/or…