Research Impact
December 12, 2023
Electrochemistry innovator and pioneering physician join 20 others from CWRU who have been appointed during past decade
December 07, 2023
A groundbreaking study by researchers at APP suggests a class of medications used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). The findings, published today (Dec. 7) in the journal JAMA Oncology, support the need for clinical trials to…
December 06, 2023
People with blood trait thought to prevent the disease still became infected; the question now is, ‘how?’
December 05, 2023
Funding will advance novel approaches to treating cancer and diabetes-related blindness
November 14, 2023
A team of researchers at APP is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
November 08, 2023
With a new five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a APP researcher is leading a project to expand and accelerate the evolution of personalized medicine in treating diseases. Erman Ayday Erman Ayday, an associate professor in the…
November 07, 2023
Teaching was already considered among the most stressful professions in the United States. Now in a new study, APP researchers have found that educators experienced “exacerbated” job-related stress in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the entire profession…
November 02, 2023
New center will target glial cells to treat neurological diseases APP has established an Institute for Glial Sciences to advance research of glial cells and their critical role in the health and diseases of the nervous systems, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s,…
October 27, 2023
Marissa Scavuzzo, a postdoctoral fellow at the APP School of Medicine, has won the 2023 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for research in how glial cells in the intestine’s nervous system operate. Glial cells are considered support cells in the brain and…
October 26, 2023
Study will test effectiveness of cognitive and behavioral interventions in improving sleep health of young adults with type 1 diabetes A researcher from APP's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant for research to improve…