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To our School of Medicine community, On behalf of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Darin Croft as chair for the Department of Anatomy. I want to thank Clifford Harding for being interim chair for the Department of Anatomy for so many ...

To our School of Medicine community, I am writing to share the sad news that ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ longtime professor, endocrinologist and researcher, Douglas Kerr, MD, PhD (MED ‘65, GRS ‘65), died Wednesday, April 2, at the age of 88. Dr. Kerr dedicated more than 40 years to med...

Bhavya Bansal, of Tampa, Florida, knew she wanted to complete her pre-med undergraduate degree in Cleveland—surrounded by four major hospitals—but didn't realize just how much CWRU would shape her beyond academics. In one of her bioethics classes with Elieen Anderson, Bansal read about Johanna Sha...

Bibekananda Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, arrived at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ in fall 2020, fresh after completing a PhD program in India. Working under the mentorship of Xinghong Dai at the School of Medicine, Sahoo uses cryo-electron microsco...

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, was appointed as a nominated member of the editorial board of Diabetes journal, which is published by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is the top-ranked journal devoted exclusively to diabetes research ...

Reshmi Parameswaran was recently appointed director of the Cancer Biology Training Program (CBTP). The goal of the CBTP is to train PhD and MD/PhD scientists who will advance research on the causes, diagnosis, progression and treatment of experimental and human cancer. The CBTP provides a PhD traini...

Kath M. Bogie, professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the School of Medicine, was recently selected to serve as an inaugural Wound Healing Society (WHS) Associate Fellow. This fellowship recognizes her commitment to advancing the field of wound healing and service to WHS. Learn more about...

The American Public Health Association is marking the 30th anniversary of National Public Health Week, April 7–13. The Daily sat down with a School of Medicine Master of Public Health student whose work preventing overdoses earned statewide attention. For Maggie Urban-Waala, the fight against addic...

Tracy Wilson-Holden Assistant Vice President Research Integrity Officer Adjunct Instructor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine Area of Focus: Research Integrity — conducting research with objectivity, accuracy, honesty, and efficiency. Tracy Wilson-Holden’s work as ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ...

The School of Medicine is delighted to announce that alumnus and renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and leader Craig R. Smith (MED ‘77) will be the 2025 School of Medicine diploma ceremony speaker on Sunday, May 18, at Severance Music Center. Smith serves as the chair of the Department of Surgery at Co...