News Releases
March 17, 2022
Medications for opioid-use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower death rates and improved quality of life for people in recovery. But which of the most commonly used medications for OUD are most effective? And how does that effectiveness improve when coupled with behavioral therapy? A new…
March 14, 2022
Funding to support development of cell therapy to treat B cell cancers. A $300,000 two-year grant from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust will allow researchers from APP School of Medicine to continue work on research for the treatment of B cell…
March 10, 2022
Congratulations to Case Western Reserve School of Medicine students Jessica Scarborough (G3 MSTP) and Lauren Fane (MS1), who won awards in the MD++ Datathon in January, a national healthcare data analysis competition. Jessica's team won 3rd place, and their…
March 08, 2022
Results of a new study by researchers at APP represent a step toward improving our understanding of Crohn’s disease and the factors that cause its intestinal inflammation. Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that can lead to chronic inflammation of…
February 23, 2022
Biomedical researchers at APP report that their latest innovation in developing synthetic platelets could help save lives by rapidly stabilizing clots to reduce blood loss from traumatic injuries. This new effort centers on the creation of next-generation,…
February 14, 2022
Class Year: 2023 Degree program: Physician Assistant Program Dwayne Chapman began playing football when he was just 5 years old, and over the years drew the attention of college coaches, including those at Division I Western Michigan. But his D1 college football career came to an abrupt end in…
February 14, 2022
Three distinguished members of the APP faculty—Susann Brady-Kalnay, Paul Tesar and Satish Viswanath—have been elected among 83 “of the world’s best emerging academic inventors” to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2022 class of Senior Members. Senior members are…
February 10, 2022
With support from State of Ohio’s Technology Validation and Start-up Fund APP and NeoIndicate LLC have signed an exclusive license agreement to commercialize an imaging agent discovered and developed at the School of Medicine that fluorescently tags tumor cells to guide…
February 08, 2022
Discovery offers hope to better understand how diseases like cancer, premature aging can be prevented Researchers from APP have identified a new mechanism by which a protein known for repairing damaged DNA also protects the integrity of DNA by preserving its structural…
January 31, 2022
After a busy week with APP School of Medicine classes, Brooke Quinton and Yiran Wang found that painting and drawing together were good ways to relax on the weekends. Recognizing the many benefits of time spent creating artwork, they thought perhaps art could be…