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Nurse policy expert to deliver School of Nursing’s spring 2024 commencement address
Colleen Leners, DNP, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, the Chief Health Officer at 1st Call HEALTH, will deliver the 2024 spring commencement address on May 18. Leners received her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) in leadership from ӰƵ’s Frances Payne…
Tae Hun Kim Receives Prestigious Mallinckrodt Grant
Tae Hun Kim, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Mallinckrodt grant for his research proposal—“Understanding the Recognition and Repair of DNA Single-Strand Breaks in the Nucleosome.” This annual award, sponsored by the…
Mourning the death of faculty emeritus Thomas G. Pretlow, II, MD
Thomas G. Pretlow, II, MD, a transformative cancer researcher and a founding member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, recently passed away. His wife, Theresa Pretlow, MD survives Dr. Pretlow. Both are professor emerita of Pathology at ӰƵ School of Medicine. Dr.…
Cleveland GI Oncology Consortium Meeting is Doggone Successful
Presentations, collegial debates, networking, and a spirit of collaboration were the themes throughout the evening at the 2024 Cleveland Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology Consortium Meeting planned jointly by cancer experts from University Hospitals (UH) and Cleveland Clinic (CCF) with support from…
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ӰƵ-led research team discovers new method to test for oral cancer
Oral cancers and precancerous mouth lesions are considered especially difficult to diagnose early and accurately. For one, biopsies are expensive, invasive, stressful for the patient and can lead to complications. They’re also not feasible if repeated screenings of the same lesion are…
Judge Fleming to deliver School of Law's 2024 Commencement Address
34 years after graduating from ӰƵ School of Law, the Honorable Charles Fleming, judge of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, will be his alma mater’s 2024 graduation ceremony speaker. This year’s law school commencement will take place from…
Exner, Basilion Receive $2.4M to Continue Work on First Prostate Cancer Cell-Targeted Ultrasound Contrast Agent
Co-leaders of Case CCC's Cancer Imaging Program, Agata Exner, PhD (PI) and James Basilion, PhD (MPI) received a four-year, $2.4M NIH grant to continue the development, implementation, and clinical translation of the first prostate cancer cell-targeted ultrasound contrast agent. The research team…
CWRU medical students create curricula and present at conference
Second-year School of Medicine students Emily Guo and Emily Peng discovered unmet healthcare needs in Cleveland’s AsiaTown community and created curricula to address them. The two will showcase insights gained from their “Healthcare in AsiaTown” elective at the Asian Pacific American Medical…
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's new director
New Cancer Center Leader Aims to Build Connections in Cleveland and Well Beyond Gary Schwartz, MD, has long believed precision medicine is the future of oncology. But back in the early ’90s, very few agreed. Cancer care at the time generally followed a “spray-and-pray” approach: Use as much…