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Tian Xia, a PhD student in social welfare, and recent alumna Katie Russell gave a poster presentation at The Violence Prevention Research Conference. Co-sponsored by the University of New Hampshire and the University of Kentucky, the conference took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from July 14–...

AARP Magazine: Francisca García-Cobián Richter, research associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study highlighting the startling gaps between the financial well-being of Ohio’s older Black residents and their white counterparts, l...

Intervention by primary care clinicians may help more children access dental care and improve their oral health, according to new study Primary care pediatric clinicians could influence parents’ decisions to take their children to the dentist, according to a new clinical trial funded by the Nationa...

The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely to suffer behavioral, physical, emotional, social and mental-health consequences. In other words, youth exposed to violence are at serious risk for a lifetime of distress. ...

'By identifying violence exposure and trauma symptoms early on, we can intervene effectively and mitigate the long-term consequences for these vulnerable individuals.' The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely to s...

There’s only one U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy for an inherited retinal disease, and dozens of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) genes for which no therapy is available. With a new three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate pr...

The evolution of resistance to diseases, from infectious illnesses to cancers, poses a formidable challenge. Despite the expectation that resistance-conferring mutations would dwindle in the absence of treatment due to a reduced growth rate, preexisting resistance is pervasive across diseases that ...

With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The Ame...

The Conversation: Laura Voith, associate professor, explained how Black youth in the U.S. face disproportionate rates of violent injuries, often receiving minimal support after hospital treatment. Preventing this begins with early intervention. Identifying at-risk children in public schools and prov...

New, groundbreaking research shows that rotation curves of galaxies stay flat indefinitely, corroborating predictions of modified gravity theory as an alternative to dark matter In a breakthrough discovery that challenges the conventional understanding of cosmology, scientists at Case Western Reser...