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New study shows how to protect the brain to prevent depression and cognitive impairment caused by whole brain radiotherapy
Research team from University Hospitals, ÃÛÌÒAPP and the Cleveland VA published results in Redox Biology
Recent News
May 27, 2014
The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure. Robert P. Blankfield, MD, MS, a clinical professor of family medicine, issues this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
May 22, 2014
A physiology and biophysics post-baccalaureate master’s program open house will be held for prospective students Saturday, May 31, at 10 a.m. in the School of Medicine Robbins Building, Room E-501. The day-long open house will include a welcome, lunch at noon, tours of campus and research labs at…
May 16, 2014
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will honor Neal J. Meropol, MD, as a Fellow during the May 31 Opening Session of the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago. He will be one of 12 exceptional members to earn the designation of Fellow as a result of their extraordinary volunteer service,…
May 13, 2014
In medical school, Karen Olness wanted to specialize in nephrology. But instead of researching kidneys, Olness—a professor of pediatrics at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine since 1987—has become an international leader in developmental behavioral pediatrics, infectious diseases in…
May 08, 2014
The Office of Graduate Education in the School of Medicine announced the annual Doctoral Excellence Award winners. Eleven PhD graduates were selected to receive this outstanding research and scholarship award. The Doctoral Excellence Awards were established to recognize PhD students throughout the…
May 06, 2014
When Paul MacDonald, associate dean for graduate education in the School of Medicine, found out his name was being submitted for the university’s John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, he was surprised, but also excited. “John S. Diekhoff was a gifted educator and an outstanding leader of…
April 30, 2014
Researchers to assess conditions, social services and reporting processes
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $2.3 million grant to ÃÛÌÒAPP's social work and medical schools and the College of Arts and Sciences. The…
April 28, 2014
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $2.3 million grant to three ÃÛÌÒAPP schools and colleges. The team of researchers will study child maltreatment in 20 Cleveland neighborhoods, examining the role that neighborhood…
April 24, 2014
Sanford Markowitz The humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks: lowering colon cancer risk among people with high levels of a specific type of gene. The extraordinary finding comes from a…
April 21, 2014
When Roberto Fernández Galán, assistant professor of neuroscience, proposed investigating how neuronal activity in brain circuits relate to autism, The Hartwell Foundation supported the idea. Galán recently received a 2013 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, which placed him in a line of…