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From Data to Diagnosis: AI's Expanding Role in Modern Medicine
 Precise Solutions Artificial intelligence (AI) is often touted as the solution to countless challenges across industries. But for Rong Xu, PhD (GRS ’99, biology), the potential of AI lies not in its broad application, but in its precision. The bioinformatics…
The Power of Poetry
As Cleveland native Honey Bell-Bey finished reciting her poem, “The Transformational Power of Art,” at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2024, the leaders who filled the room got to their feet to deliver a standing ovation. …
Joyce Fitzatrick weighs in on community-based health centers
The waiting room at the Village of Healing’s clinic is buzzing with warm laughter, as a young family arrives for an appointment. A nurse remarks that Euclid resident Shalon Salters looks tired walking in, carrying her sleeping 4-month-old baby, Zarah. But by the appointment's end, Salters’ glazed…
Two APP medical students stand in a dark room looking at a hologram of a body on a wall
The leading edge of education
Monitors and medical devices beep and whirr amid gurneys rolling down a terrazzo corridor. In a high-tech simulation suite at the APP School of Medicine, a team of medical students are racing through a hospital—and against the clock—to reach their patient in the…
Gourav Datta
New Faculty Spotlight: Gourav Datta
Assistant Professor Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Gourav Datta’s journey began with an endless curiosity about technology. “As a kid, I was always fascinated by how electronics could transform the world,” he said. “Every circuit, every algorithm was like a puzzle waiting…
Checking In: A Q&A with Dean Stan Gerson
APP School of Medicine unites a vast network of students, faculty, staff, researchers and healthcare professionals across one university and five campuses that include four hospital affiliates. It’s an environment ripe for partnership that can lead to groundbreaking—and…
Research Updates
Breakthroughs from the Labs of CWRU School of Medicine Engineering ‘Live’ Replacement Joints About 500 million people globally suffer from osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease in which joint tissues break down over time. Now, backed by an award from the U.S. Depart- ment of Health and Human…
Alumni and Friends
Beginning's End Extensive training, critical hands-on experiences and invaluable mentorship prepared the APP School of Medicine Class of 2024 to become healthcare leaders and innovators. In May, that preparation paid off during Commencement Week as graduates celebrated…
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New APP study identifies key protein’s role in psoriasis
Finding offers potential new target for treatment
Ethan Moore
CWRU showcase at CES features School of Nursing's Ethan Moore
For the last 12 years, APP has taken a select number of faculty, staff, alumni and student startups to one of the world’s largest tech conferences to showcase their businesses or products. In early January, more than a dozen participants from CWRU presented at the…