Awards
November 01, 2011
Research from ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Dental Medicine to study an isolated agent from common oral bacteria may hold the answer as to how human beta defensins (HBDs)—nature’s way of keeping oral microbes from entering the body and wreaking havoc on our health—can be used to create…
October 28, 2011
Researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine will lead a national study determining if corneas transplanted up to two weeks after donor death work as well as corneas transplanted up to one week after donor death. The National Eye Institute has just awarded a $12.3 million grant…
October 11, 2011
The applicant brief by the School of Law’s 2011 Jessup Team received the 2011 Richard Baxter Award for Best Applicant Memorial. CWRU had already received an award in March for the fifth-best combined briefs of the teams competing in the International Rounds. A separate panel of judges subsequently…
October 11, 2011
Researchers from the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Center at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences received a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and matching contributions from The Cleveland Foundation, Saint Luke’s Foundation and Sisters of Charity Foundation, for a…
October 05, 2011
The Alumni Association of ÃÛÌÒAPP will present awards to alumni and friends during the Alumni Luncheon to be held Friday, Oct. 14, at 11:30 a.m. in Horsburgh Gym. Theodore J. Castele (ADL ’51, MED ’57) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes a graduate…
October 03, 2011
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awarded a $750,000 grant to the Myelin Repair Foundation to fund myelin repair studies with human brain cells for the development of new treatments for multiple sclerosis. The funds will support research conducted by Paul Tesar, assistant professor of genetics, who…
October 03, 2011
Researchers at the ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Health Care Research and Policy at MetroHealth received a four-year $1.95 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to create a free Health Risk Appraisal tool. A Health Risk Appraisal can be an important tool in…
September 28, 2011
Krzysztof Palczewski, John H. Hord Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, recently received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Krzyz Kawalerski Orderu Zaslugi Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej). The President of Poland awards the order to foreigners or Polish…
September 28, 2011
Richard A. Rudick, MD, is the first recipient of the Case Western Reserve Medal, honoring excellence in health science innovation. This newly initiated award is the highest honor bestowed by the ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine. The award was presented during the School of…
September 26, 2011
R. Mohan Sankaran, associate professor of chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2011 Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society. The award recognizes outstanding theoretical or experimental work by a young scientist—in this case, Sankaran’s work with carbon nanotubes. For…