dermatology

For first-year medical student Mishaal Omer (CWR ’24), the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab, but with literature. A former English major at Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences, she learned how stories shape the world—especially our capacity for empathy. Now, those…

Athletes are 2.5 times more likely than the general public to develop nail fungus, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. The condition can disrupt training, change performance and end careers. However, until now, no thorough study has examined how nail fungus…

Earlier this year, Department of Genetics professor Joel Sax, along with Christopher McFarland, assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, and Bryan Carroll, associate professor for the Department of Dermatology, published an article titled “Limitations of the…

Researchers issue call to action to address and prevent growing problem

Skin Cancer Awareness Month might be coming to a close, but sunshiney summer days—and the increased risk of dangerous sun exposure they can bring—are just around the corner in Cleveland. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with more than 5 million cases diagnosed annually,…

A multidisciplinary team of authors at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals published a new study regarding racial differences in time to treatment for melanoma in one of the preeminent dermatology journals, Journal of the American Academy of…

Nicole Ward. Photo by Billy Delfs. Nicole Ward, associate professor of dermatology, was honored with the American Skin Association’s Research Achievement Award in Psoriasis during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology. Read more about other honors given during the…

Researchers from the Department of Dermatology published an article on the financial burden of chronic cutaneous ulcers, which are associated with a wide variety of medical conditions, in the United States. The article, titled “Incremental Health Care Expenditure of Chronic Cutaneous Ulcers in the…

At the 35th annual Meeting of the Ohio Dermatological Association (ODA), a group of researchers from the School of Medicine presented their poster among groups from other dermatological schools in Ohio. Their research poster, titled "Disparities and Trends in the Characteristics of Eccrine…

Medical students Raghav Tripathi and Konrad D. Knusel and Associate Professor Jeremy S. Bordeaux presented their research at the International Investigative Dermatology Conference in Orlando, Florida. Their work, titled “Disparities in outpatient dermatologic health care access and utilization in…