News Releases
October 31, 2023
With degrees in both sports medicine and library sciences, it would seem to some that Jessica DeCaro’s chosen paths of study would rarely intersect. Yet, as director of ӰƵ’s Cleveland Health Sciences Library, DeCaro has combined her passion for medicine with library expe...
October 31, 2023
In 2014, Uriel Kim dreamt of becoming a physician with a focus on research. Today, he’s well on his way—and is receiving broad recognition for his efforts.
A Doctor of Medicine (MD) student at ӰƵ School of Medicine, Kim earned his PhD in Clinical Translational Science ...
October 24, 2023
Dear Members of the CWRU Community,
Please join me in welcoming Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher, PhD, to ӰƵ School of Medicine as the Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence.
As a vital member of the senior leadership team at the School of Medicine, her...
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 cha...
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 c...
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, es...
September 29, 2023
As National Rare Cancer Day nears (Sept. 30), Jed Ian Taxel Foundation for Rare Cancer Research announces major gift to spur cross-country collaboration
Rare cancers are those that affect fewer than 15 of 100,000 people each year. But there are more than 200 types of rare cancer that comprise one-q...
September 28, 2023
ӰƵ collaborates with Epic on new Lyceum platform to introduce medical students to electronic health records
Becomes first medical school to use the technology
The ӰƵ School of Medicine is the first medical school to use Epic’s new Lyceum pl...
September 26, 2023
When Olubukola Abiona began a four-year postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center in 2017, she knew she’d gain valuable experience—but had no idea just how impactful her efforts would be.
Not long later, those impacts became clear: Her team’s researc...