News Releases
January 28, 2022
Neil Greenspan APP School of Medicine Professor Neil Greenspan has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to…
January 27, 2022
APP and Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. have signed an exclusive license agreement to advance and commercialize a therapeutic approach discovered by university medical researchers to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). PMD is a rare childhood degenerative disorder of…
January 26, 2022
A new study by researchers at APP School of Medicine finds those who received the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine are less likely to experience “breakthrough” COVID-19 cases, compared to recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine. Rong Xu A vaccine breakthrough…
December 17, 2021
In 2014, Umut Gurkan, associate professor at the Case School of Engineering, received a Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Annual Pilot to develop HemeChip, an accurate, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic, specialized for low-income countries, to diagnose sickle cell disease.…
December 09, 2021
To honor her father while he was in intensive care and hospice, APP (CWRU) School of Medicine second-year medical student Kathleen Mulligan wrote a song as a tribute to her father during his last few days. The lyrics to Mulligan’s song will be performed on Saturday,…
November 24, 2021
Researchers identify set of patterns from CT scans to help predict patient’s response to chemotherapy Researchers at the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) at APP have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify patterns on computed…
November 11, 2021
No one could have foreseen the accident APP School of Medicine student Blake Harvey was involved with during his time as a fire controlman in the U.S. Navy. Harvey was aboard a Navy helicopter that began plummeting into the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. With no…
November 10, 2021
In a new review article, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals (UH), APP and Boston College discuss evidence linking pollution and cardiovascular disease. The research team highlights strategies for reducing…
November 09, 2021
APP (CWRU) and its hospital partners, University Hospitals, the MetroHealth System, and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, have received federal funding for a study that seeks to understand why some people have prolonged symptoms (referred to as long COVID) or…
November 05, 2021
In a ceremony Oct. 22, School of Medicine Dean Stan Gerson awarded Maria Hatzoglou the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation. She was recognized with the highest honor bestowed by the school for her groundbreaking research, decades of service and for being a wonderful role…