News Releases
July 12, 2022
By the time she was 6, Rebecca Barchas knew she wanted to be a doctor—and not just any kind of doctor: a psychiatrist. Credit her mother, who was reading her adult classics like The Microbe Hunters, along with tales of women in science and medicine. “She opened my eyes to the fascinating…
July 01, 2022
Supporting everything from teaching and research to operational efforts and more, staff members are key to Case Western Reserve’s success. Each year, the university recognizes exceptional staff members with two awards: the President’s Award for Distinguished Service and the Robin Kramer Volunteer…
June 28, 2022
Results suggest this highly vulnerable population could be significantly better protected The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
June 22, 2022
APP School of Medicine researcher leading development of drug to suppress autoimmunity leading to type 1 diabetes; supported by JDRF A research team led by APP School of Medicine scientist Parameswaran Ramakrishnan is developing a drug to…
June 17, 2022
Researcher Zheng-Rong Lu was inducted as a fellow of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) at its annual meeting on June 14 in Phoenix, AZ. The award highlights the overall career and impact an inventor has had in their field and society as a whole. Lu is the M. Frank Rudy and Margaret Domiter…
June 17, 2022
Susann Brady-Kalnay, Paul Tesar and Satish Viswanath—were formally inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2022 class of Senior Members at its annual meeting on June 14 in Phoenix, AZ. The 2022 senior members considered to be among 83 “of the world’s best emerging academic inventors”…
June 14, 2022
APP and University Hospitals research team publishes new findings in Nature Cancer A drug used to target IDH1 mutations in select cancers also appears to inhibit the wild-type form of the enzyme, under certain conditions. This feature explains why a large group of…
June 14, 2022
New research finds a signaling pathway involving neurons responsible for how we understand thermal pain The world has changed since 1664, when French philosopher and scientist Rene Descartes first claimed the brain was responsible for the sensation of pain. However, a key question remains: How…
June 08, 2022
Second-year medical student Rebekah Russell’s passion for social policy, health policy, health equity and social justice is why she was selected to receive the Graduate/Professional Student Diversity Excellence Award. Read More
May 26, 2022
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to two new studies from researchers at APP School of Medicine. People with these diseases are often more…