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J. Alan Diehl receives the Case Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation
When J. Alan Diehl arrived at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ in 2019, the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine was at a crossroads—ready for a renewed sense of purpose and direction. Six years later, under Diehl’s leadership as chair, the department’s faculty headcount has more…
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June 15, 2010
CLEVELAND — A team of researchers led by Elliott Dasenbrook, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine and Associate Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Rainbow Babies &…
June 07, 2010
CLEVELAND - ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and its primary affiliate, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, recently announced that they will establish a Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center in partnership with Philips Healthcare. The Center, to be based at University Hospitals Case…
May 12, 2010
CLEVELAND - Neal J. Meropol, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine. Dr. Meropol, who is also Associate Director for Clinical Research at…
May 07, 2010
CLEVELAND - Anna Maria Mandalakas, MD, MSEpi, associate professor of Pediatrics, Global Health and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine, has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a 2010 U.S. Fulbright…
April 13, 2010
CLEVELAND - ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ (CWRU) School of Medicine has received $7,942,500 in federal stimulus funds from the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP), the state designated entity for health information exchange development. The funding will position CWRU School of Medicine as…
April 08, 2010
CLEVELAND—Maria Pagano, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine, has established an empirical model to quantify and gauge an alcohol addicts' level of engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)-related helping (AAH). The instrument validity study,…
April 08, 2010
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Overall, sleep apnea more…
April 07, 2010
CLEVELAND—ase Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a major indicator of two deadly diseases of the heart and blood vessels: heart failure and aortic aneurysm. The absence of the Kruppel-like Factor 15 (KLF15), when combined with stress, leads to both heart…
March 15, 2010
CLEVELAND - In a paradigm changing discovery, Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax)malaria has been identified in a population historically thought to be resistant to the disease, those who do not express the Duffy blood group protein on their red blood cells, according to researchers from Case Western…
March 01, 2010
CLEVELAND - One year post-surgery, patients who underwent Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) experienced greater cell loss overall compared to those who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), according to a new analysis of data collected from the Cornea Donor Study…