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Fourth-year student Michelle Lee decided somewhat recently, during her last years as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, to study medicine.  “I had volunteered with children and was studying to be a teacher,” Lee explained. “That changed after becoming involved in a program…

Researchers at the ����APP School of Medicine have established the Case Center for Biomarker Structure and Integration for Sensors (BioSIS), a program to advance biosensor technologies using biophysical techniques to understand and improve sensing of markers of stress and…

Newborn babies with indicators of alcohol in their stool are more likely to face behavioral difficulties later in childhood, according to new study from a team of multi-disciplinary researchers at ����APP. The research, published recently in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol…

Congratulations to the School of Medicine Class of 2021 who were matched to their residency hospitals on Friday, March 19! These fourth-year students achieved a milestone on their journey to become physicians on that day—learning where they will be spending their next years as a resident. In…

African American men in Cuyahoga County have a 60% increased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and an 80% increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to white men, according to data from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC). With a new $2.75 million, three-year grant…

Congratulations to Erin Fogarty, recently promoted to Assistant Dean for Research Administration. In this complex new role, she provides strategic leadership in identifying, developing and implementing policies and procedures related to research grants, contracts and other sponsored projects, while…

Rajagopalan to be presented with the Distinguished Scientist Award – Translational Domain during ACC’s 70th Annual Scientific Session Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, FACC, has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Scientist Award – Translational Domain by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for his…

Alex Huang and his research team, including Sung-Hee Choi and Suzanne Tomchuck (pictured here, left to right), recently received a $100K award from Curing Kids Cancer, for their work on osteosarcoma, a highly aggressive bone cancer that affects 400–600 children, teens and young adults in the U.S.…

Working in health care is all in the family for Bre’Andria Thompson, a student in the second year of the Physician Assistant (PA) program at the School of Medicine. The oldest of eight children born and raised in Alabama, Bre’ is also the oldest of triplet girls—and all three are pursuing careers…

Research documents more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, with odds of both infection and worse outcomes higher for African Americans A study led by ����APP researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19—and the risk was…