Science + Tech
October 13, 2023
With a new five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), researchers at ӰƵ and University Hospitals hope to learn what causes—and how to reduce and treat—esophagus cancers, an increasingly common and deadly disease. Cancer of the esophagus,…
October 12, 2023
The American Academy of Physician Assistants celebrates Physician Assistants (PA) during National PA Week, held October 6–12 each year, to recognize the contributions of PAs in providing quality patient care. At the School of Medicine, we are proud to celebrate our PA students, faculty, staff and…
October 10, 2023
Class Year: 2024 Program Major: Doctor of Medicine Witnessing a physician make insensitive comments about a patient during rounds last year initially offended fourth-year medical student Trenley Anderson. But then, it motivated them to take action. The incident ignited a passion in Anderson to…
October 09, 2023
Two ӰƵ School of Medicine professors have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation’s most esteemed societies for health and medicine. NAM membership “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and…
October 06, 2023
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and G. Thomas Budd, MD, member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, is getting noticed as the PI for his contribution to the vaccine created to find and attack the protein alpha-lactalbumin, an indicator of triple-negative breast cancer if found in women who are…
October 06, 2023
Discovery could lead to possible prevention, treatment strategies Studying genes in families with a propensity for certain diseases has led to many critical advances in medicine, including the discovery of statins in family members who suffered heart attacks at an early age. …
October 06, 2023
September 30 marks Rare Cancer Day each year. But this year, the end of September was made even more meaningful to Case CCC thanks to a gift from the Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research (JEDI). The $5 million launches CURE: The Rare Cancer Initiative at Case CCC. The gift is in…
October 06, 2023
Preparation for these competitions is extremely extensive and detail-oriented. “We spend the whole year preparing for the competition,” fourth-year Team Captain Sam Hepp said. “A mindset that the team has recently been pushing is one of diligence and making sure no stone is left unturned. By that,…
October 04, 2023
With a new five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), researchers at ӰƵ and University Hospitals hope to learn what causes—and how to reduce and treat—esophagus cancers, an increasingly common and deadly disease. Cancer of the esophagus,…
October 04, 2023
Sometimes all it takes to fall in love with reading is the right book. That’s why fourth-year electrical engineering student Albert Wilhelmy launched Book I Own (BIO), an outreach program that gives books to local third and fourth graders that match their interests. “A lot of kids grow up not…