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Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, The university is kicking off the fall semester by sponsoring Innovation Week, a week-long series of lectures, workshops and events highlighting innovation at Case Western Reserve—what an exciting way to start the fall semester. 

�Ǹ���� biochemical researchers have identified a new function of a key protein that leads to cancer—a finding they believe could lead to more effective treatments for a range of cancers and other diseases. The protein is LSD1 (lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A), which functions as a type of traffic cop inside human…

Third-year �Ǹ���� medical student Archana Murali has earned Alpha Omega Alpha’s 2023 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for her work studying intraocular pressure reduction pathways and the potential treatment for glaucoma using a specific prostaglandin analog. The national medical honor society awards the $5,…

Karen B. Mulloy, �Ǹ���� School of Medicine associate professor, was recognized for a career advocating for the health and safety of workers in the U.S. and internationally.  

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine,  Please join me in welcoming Paul Bristol to �Ǹ���� School of Medicine as Vice Dean of Finance and Administration. 

Renamed Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio to reflect even broader reach with addition of two partner institutions The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded �Ǹ���� School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) a seven-year, $56.3 million grant to…

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the School of Medicine, I am pleased to share that the �Ǹ���� Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) in the School of Medicine has received a $56.3M seven-year grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health…

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, I am pleased to share that I have appointed John Wang, PhD, as chair of the �Ǹ���� School of Medicine Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences.

Nutrition plays a vital role in health—particularly in the prevention and management of chronic conditions. Guidelines like those in the widely known MyPlate model created by the US. Department of Agriculture can help people understand the types of foods they should eat, but it can be challenging to put those guidelines into practice.…

School of Medicine Pharmacology student Jacqueline Plau has earned a Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation. The award includes $25,000 per year in stipend support for promising students in the advanced stages of training and thesis research in drug discovery. Plau, who is in the Molecular Therapeutics Training Program…

Findings offer hope for development of new medications A new study by researchers at �Ǹ���� revealed that the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion. A main pathogenic initiator of AD and related dementias is oxidative stress,…

After completing his bachelor’s degree, Zubin Khan spent several years giving students direction as a high school counselor in Detroit. But despite the wise advice he gave, he still hadn’t found his own calling. Khan had begun his undergraduate studies at Eastern Michigan University planning to complete a pre-med program. But along the way,…

The White Coat ceremony is a defining moment for medical students—marking the beginning of their healthcare careers. 216 new �Ǹ���� School of Medicine students and their families celebrated the occasion on July 16. Dean Stan Gerson presided over the ceremony with Lia Logio, MD, vice dean for medical education, welcoming…

U.S. military veterans who lived in what were once known as “redlined” areas had a higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues, according to a new study by researchers at �Ǹ���� School of Medicine, University Hospitals and the Cleveland VA Medical Center.