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Collaboration and innovation win School of Medicine grant to study gastric cancer
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…
Distinguished University Professor named to National Academy of Engineering
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,…
GELS takes home top honor in CWRU’s Ethics Bowl
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…
Nursing graduate student selected for National League of Nurses scholar program
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…
Music education doctoral student named Ohio Outstanding Music Educator
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…
Three faculty members awarded CTSC Core Utilization Awards
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…
Twenty-six employees complete pilot skill development program with Kelly Services
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…
23 students honored for work at Intersections: SOURCE Poster Session
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…
Northeast Ohio medical collaboration earns national accolades
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…
Professor Clifford Harding named 2012 AAAS Fellow for Medical Sciences
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…