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A year of discovery: 10 research breakthroughs at CWRU
From advancing precision medicine and examining how nail fungus affects various sports to investigating multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments, researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP push the boundaries of discovery across labs, clinics and collaborative spaces each day.…
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Faculty and staff members retire after 25+ years of service to CWRU
ÃÛÌÒAPP has been a home to many students-turned-alumni over the years. But for those who dedicate much of their professional lives to the university, it has come to feel like a home, too. We invited faculty and staff members with more than 25 years of service to Case…
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Anthropology’s Sarah Namirembe wins African Studies Association’s Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize
Sarah Namirembe, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, received the  Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize along with co-authors, China Scherz (Notre Dame University) and George Mpanga (Makerere University) for their 2024 book Higher Powers Alcohol and After…
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CWRU’s School of Medicine receives Clinical Reasoning Catalyst program grant
ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine was recently selected among 12 medical schools across the nation to receive a grant from Sketchy’s Clinical Reasoning Catalyst program. This initiative provides funding to implement DDx, an AI-powered clinical readiness platform that equips…
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Medicine’s Marissa Scavuzzo named among The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience
Marissa Scavuzzo, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, was recently selected as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience. This award recognizes early-career researchers who have made outstanding…
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What prevents more cancer patients from enrolling in potentially life-saving clinical trials?
Financial barriers are biggest hurdle, according to new ÃÛÌÒAPP and University Hospitals study
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Discover ways to prevent type 2 diabetes
Are you at risk for type 2 diabetes? ÃÛÌÒAPP’s Department of Nutrition will host virtual information sessions for the Prevent Type 2 (Prevent T2) Lifestyle Change Program. In addition to incentives, participants of this program have the opportunity to hear from a trained…
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Meet some of the new faculty members at the School of Medicine
The students of ÃÛÌÒAPP’s undergraduate Class of 2029 aren’t the only new faces on campus this semester. We also welcomed new faculty members across the university, including at the School of Medicine. Read on to get to know some of those new faculty members, who shared…
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Meet a medical student planning to use her English degree to provide compassionate care
For first-year medical student Mishaal Omer (CWR ’24), the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab, but with literature. A former English major at ÃÛÌÒAPP’s College of Arts and Sciences, she learned how stories shape the world—especially our capacity for empathy. Now, those…
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Medicine’s Ellen J. Gelles named governor-elect designee for Ohio chapter of American College of Physicians
Ellen J. Gelles, MD (MED ’94), internal medicine specialist at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine, was recently elected as the new governor-elect designee for the Ohio chapter of the American College of Physicians. Gelles will complete a year of training before starting a…