Awards
February 12, 2013
The APP School of Medicine has received a $220,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation to study gastric cancers, which remain among the most deadly diseases. The two-year grant from the foundation, which focuses on stomach and esophageal cancer research and…
February 07, 2013
Today James M. Anderson adds another honor to an already impressive list: membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The recognition comes a decade after Anderson won election to the Institute of Medicine, five years after he won election to the Association of American Physicians,…
February 05, 2013
The Ethics Bowl at APP, hosted Jan. 30 by the Academic Integrity Board, pitted student organizations against each other in a bracket format to explore ethical issues spanning from corporate ethics to education. Each team was given 11 scenarios to study and prepare…
January 28, 2013
Rita Sfiligoj, a graduate student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, is one of five PhD and Doctor of Nursing Practice candidates selected for the National League for Nurses (NLN) Jonas Scholars Program. The program aims to advance the science of nursing education through evidence-based…
January 28, 2013
Barry Hartz, a APP doctoral student in music education, has been selected as the Ohio Outstanding Music Educator. He will receive this award after 30 years of directing band. This spring, Hartz intends to retire from South Euclid-Lyndhurst Schools and continue his PhD…
January 23, 2013
Three faculty members received Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Core Utilization Awards in November. The awards support investigative use of and familiarity with CTSC Core operations and personnel, in anticipation of applications for external funding with CTSC resources. The…
January 15, 2013
Last year, the university announced it would partner with Kelly Services to provide employees free opportunities to develop skills to meet demands of today’s workplace. At the request of John D. Wheeler, senior vice president for administration, the agency created a five-course program for staff to…
January 14, 2013
At the Intersections: SOURCE Poster Session on Dec. 9, 23 students placed in the poster competition. Those honored were: Natural Sciences Poster Competition 1st: Elena Svenson, “Network Effects of TP53 and PTEN Mutations in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients.” Faculty mentor: Mark Chance, Center…
December 13, 2012
A regional partnership that helped secure more than $120 million to advance medical knowledge and treatments has won a new form of recognition: the national Health Improvement Institute’s Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection. The honor, one of just three the institute granted this…
December 04, 2012
Clifford Harding, professor and chair of pathology at APP School of Medicine and director of the university’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Harding was elected as an…