Case Medicine: Office of Communications

Case Swetland Center to help expectant mothers make over their houses; $983,467 HUD grant will address environmental issues that pose danger to babies - 12/12/05

Leader in cystic fibrosis research, Pamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., named vice dean for research - 12/8/05

Case receives $1.2 million grant for new Summer Medical and Dental Education Program, a collaboration between the medical and dental schools to create a more diverse workforce - 12/7/05

Faculty member Maureen Hack, M.D., recognized as Local Legend at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, in Allen ceremony - 12/7/05

Changing the Face of Medicine exhibit at Allen through Dec. 20 - 12/7/05

David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D., named 2006 Lepow Day speaker; event will be May 3; abstract deadline Feb. 15 - 12/7/05

Artists in Medicine visual display all this week in Caughey Student Lounge; live performing arts show this Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Barking Spider - 12/5/05

Faculty member George I. Gorodeski, M.D., Ph.D., elected 2005-2006 president of North American Menopause Society - 11/28/05

Faculty member Scott Frank, M.D., to be honored for public health research - 11/23/05

Department of Biomedical Engineering receives nearly $3 million from Coulter Foundation to accelerate research to market - 11/22/05

National Center for Regenerative Medicine dedicates new cell production facility that will advance research from the lab into the clinic - 11/21/05

Partnership of Case, Great Lakes Science Center receives $1.3 million for new center displays showcasing advances in medicine, biomedical engineering; School of Medicine faculty members will help provide content - 11/18/05

Faculty member Patricia Marshall, Ph.D., to receive Mather Spotlight Series Prize for Women-s Scholarship Dec. 1 - 11/17/05

Case health sciences campus now smoke-free; smoking cessation resources offered to all university employees, students - 11/17/05

1979 alumna Helen Hobbs, M.D., receives Clinical Research Prize from American Heart Association - 11/16/05

Case and UHC family medicine researchers find house calls on the rise - 11/16/05

Artists in Medicine events planned for December; deadline to sign up to participate is Nov. 30 - 11/15/05

Faculty work with children of the world to be topic of panel discussion set for Nov. 30 - 11/15/05

Faculty member Maureen Hack, M.D., to be recognized as Local Legend on Dec. 12 - 11/14/05

FDA gives Case and University Hospitals OK for safety test of adult stem cells in patients with heart disease - 11/9/05

James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology, receives the Elsevier Biomaterials Gold Medal - 11/2/05

Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology, and team publish successful tests of new treatments in mice for an eye disease that causes irreversible blindness in humans - 11/1/05

Professor of Medicine Roland Moskowitz, M.D., receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Arthritis Foundation - 11/1/05

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics John Kennell, M.D., and colleagues to receive award in Germany for fostering early parent-infant bonding - 10/31/05

Warren Selman, M.D., named chair of neurological surgery at Case and University Hospitals of Cleveland - 10/31/05

Just in time for Halloween, Congress passes plano contact lens bill with help from Case / MetroHealth ophthalmologist Thomas Steinemann, M.D. - 10/28/05

School of Medicine faculty member Richard Zigmond, Ph.D., elected AAAS fellow - 10/27/05

Dominique Durand, Ph.D., receives $2.3 million NIH grant to study nerve reshaping - 10/27/05

Former NIH Director Harold Varmus, M.D., to speak at Severance Hall Nov. 14 as part of Einstein-s Legacy: Science, Technology & Culture Through the 21st Century - 10/25/05

Case center spawns work in medicine, fuel cells, reports the Plain Dealer in story about new building for Cleveland Center for Structural Biology and Wright Fuel Cell Group - 10/25/05

New West Quad building will house structural biology, fuel cell programs - 10/24/05

Former resident Peter Agre, M.D., elected to Institute of Medicine - 10/24/05

Alumni trip to medical museums in Paris set for April; others welcome - 10/24/05

New study from Sanjay Gupta, Ph.D., and team at Case finds flavonoids may inhibit prostate cancer - 10/20/05

Paul Ernsberger of the Case nutrition department tells Washington Post of risk weight-loss surgery can pose to elderly - 10/19/05

Medical alumnus and faculty member Sidney Wolfe, M.D., to speak of "Worst Pills, Best Pills" at Case on Nov. 16 - 10/17/05

David Pincus, D.M.H., to be inducted as honorary member of American Psychoanalytic Association - 10/17/05

Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Health System announce new faculty practice plan - 10/14/05

Timothy L. Stephens Jr., M.D., clinical assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, receives Health Legacy of Cleveland Award - 10/11/05

School of Medicine, cancer center to work with University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic on major research project looking at obesity and cancer - 10/11/05

Study led by Case/RB&C and UNC researchers proves genetic variations influence severity of cystic fibrosis - 10/5/05

Study finds evidence of a new hereditary joint disorder; Roland Moskowitz, M.D., is senior study investigator - 9/30/05

Eric Arts, Ph.D., of Department of Medicine, co-authors study finding HIV-1 virus weakens over time - 9/29/05

Fatty acids may ward off Alzheimers disease, according to study from Sara Debanne, Ph.D., of med school epi/biostats department - 9/29/05

Alvin Schmaier, M.D., appointed chief of hematology/oncology at UHC, professor of medicine at Case - 9/29/05

Kathleen Rosen, M.D., named director of Mt. Sinai Skills and Simulation Center - 9/27/05

M. Scott Peck, M.D., 1963 alumnus and author of The Road Less Traveled, dies - 9/27/05

$5 million grant from Cleveland Foundation benefits proteomics, immunobiology research - 9/26/05

School of Engineering to celebrate 125th anniversary with activities planned for Oct. 14 and 15; Biomedical Engineering Graduate Research Showcase and panel discussion led by Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hunter Peckham, Ph.D., among events - 9/23/05

New deputy director of FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research underwent training at Case Western Reserve University - 9/22/05

Markowitz and colleagues win Northern Ohio Live Award of Achievement for colon cancer research - 9/21/05

Exhibit opening Oct. 1 highlights pioneering women graduates of the medical school - 9/19/05

Women physicians focus of traveling exhibit at Allen library Nov. 1 to Dec. 20 - 9/15/05

Medical, dental and nursing schools to go completely smoke-free beginning Nov. 17 - 9/15/05

Case research leads to Nortech Innovation Award; Markowitz and colleagues identify genetic marker to be used in blood test that has the potential to do for colon cancer screening what the PSA test has done for prostate cancer - 9/14/05

Cancer research pioneer Judah Folkman, M.D., to speak Oct. 10 - 9/14/05

Sept. 30 is deadline for medical alumni to register for reunion, to be held Oct. 14 and 15 - 9/13/05

Medical student retreat addresses minority mental health - 9/12/05

1992 alumnus James Winshall, M.D., dies in Sept. 8 accident in Boston; Was faculty member at Harvard, physician associate at Brigham and Women-s Hospital - 9/10/05

Case cancer and regenerative medicine centers ready to help patients, researchers affected by hurricane - 9/9/05

International Health Interest Group raises nearly $500 for Red Cross - 9/8/05

Sept. 7 JAMA: Professor of Family Medicine Jason Chao, M.D., and colleagues find that medical students are at risk for influence from pharmaceutical company marketing efforts - 9/8/05

Case sets up Hurricane Katrina Web site for latest information about university efforts at http://www.case.edu/news/katrina - 9/8/05

Dean Horwitz to hold town hall meeting about medical school response to Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. in Frohring Auditorium - 9/8/05

Professor of Pediatrics Karen Olness, M.D., speaks about the special medical and psychological needs of children in disasters on WVIZ TV 25 - 9/8/05

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics volunteers to accept up to 50 students from schools affected by Hurricane Katrina - 9/8/05

School of Medicine staff member to offer house to families affected by Hurricane Katrina - 9/6/05

Two Case medical students receive Wilburn H. Weddington, M.D., Minority Student Award from Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Board of Trustees - 9/6/05

Dean Horwitz extends invitation to first- and second-year Tulane medical students; Robert Daroff, M.D., medical school point person in response efforts to Hurricane Katrina - 9/6/05

New AAMC Web site responding to Hurricane Katrina... www.aamc.org/katrina.htm - 9/6/05

School of Medicine researchers find mixed results on teen behavior from abstinence-only intervention - 9/2/05

New study from Tariq Haqqi, Ph.D., professor of medicine, and colleagues shows pomegranate fruit slows cartilage deterioration in tissue from osteoarthritis patients - 9/1/05

School to honor medical educators Sept. 21 - 8/31/05

Faculty, staff, students, alumni invited to volunteer for third annual Case for Community Day, Sept. 14 - 8/31/05

Work of Dr. Paul Farmer to be focus of Case convocation at Severance Sept. 1; Tracy Kidder, author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, to speak; event also to be broadcast on Web - 8/29/05

School of Medicine enters into exclusive negotiations with Forest City as developer for the West Quad - 8/26/05

Sept. 6 faculty development retreat to feature Janet Hafler, Ed.D., director of faculty development of the Harvard Medical School - 8/25/05

History department course on women and medicine begins Aug. 30; medical, graduate students welcome - 8/24/05

Professor of Pediatrics Leona Cuttler, M.D., named RWJ Health Policy Fellow for 2005-2006 - 8/22/05

M.D. alumni reunion slated for Oct. 14 and 15 for graduates of years ending in 0 and 5; online registration available; deadline Sept. 30 - 8/19/05

Virtual tour of Case health sciences campus now online - 8/19/05

City Club address of Dr. Julie Gerberding to be re-broadcast on local TV, radio; CDC director is double alumna of Case - 8/19/05

Medical simulation room to be part of Virtual Worlds laboratory opening this fall at engineering school; School of Medicine to be involved in cross-disciplinary learning opportunities offered - 8/18/05

School of Medicine nurtures culture of inquiry; academic year kicks off with restoration of thesis requirement for all M.D. students - 8/18/05

Medical faculty, students to present Scholars Collaboration research findings in Amsterdam - 8/17/05

First-year students, cheered by families and friends, celebrated start of medical school at White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 14 - 8/15/05

School of Medicine Office of Development and Alumni Relations expands, reorganizes - 8/10/05

Center for Global Health and Diseases to lead broad international initiative to promote infectious disease education in Papua New Guinea - 8/9/05

Medical student Kwei Akuete named Fellow in Global Health and Clinical Research; faculty member Christopher Whalen, M.D., will mentor Akuete and another student - 8/4/05

Novel discoveries of Case neuroscientists Lynn Landmesser, chair, and Gartz Hanson, graduate student, praised in Nature - 8/4/05

Case School of Medicine/University Hospitals of Cleveland/EXACT Sciences researchers develop new colon cancer test using a genetic marker; non-invasive test more accurate than standard fecal occult blood test - 8/3/05

Forbes ranks Dr. Julie Gerberding, CDC director and Case alumna, as 12th most powerful woman in the world - 7/29/05

Medical, dental faculty team up to provide humanitarian care to boy from Honduras - 7/28/05

Cleveland high school student conducting genetic research this summer hopes for career in forensic medicine - 7/26/05

Management, medical schools to offer Physician Executive Institute Management Core beginning Sept. 28 - 7/26/05

Powerful bio-imaging magnets delivered to Case Center for Imaging Research July 23 - 7/25/05

School of Medicine faculty, alumni among "most powerful" in health care, according to Modern Physician survey - 7/20/05

Case and Rainbow neonatologists publish in JAMA that children born with extremely low-birth-weight in the 1990s have considerable long-term health and educational needs - 7/20/05

ACES sponsors visit of Edu Suarez, Ph.D., from University of Puerto Rico, to Case genetics department and medical school - 7/19/05

James "J.P." Lovette, who earned an M.A. in bioethics in 2003, dies; at 4, he had been the first person to undergo a successful pediatric heart transplant - 7/19/05

NetWellness unveils expanded African American health site to coincide with Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust Public Forum on Health Disparities at Case - 7/15/05

Dr. Julie Gerberding, CDC director and Case alumna, to speak at City Club on Aug. 19 - 7/15/05

Medical heritage of Scotland to be focus of Oct. 22-30 trip led by chief curator of Dittrick Medical History Center - 7/12/05

Aug. 4 lecture and reception to honor Dr. Suber Huang as the first Searle-Huang Professor in Ophthalmology - 7/11/05

New Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics to receive $1.5 million over 5 years as part of prestigious Protein Structure Initiative - 7/6/05

Case to host public forum on health disparities July 16; former School of Medicine administrator and 1958 alumnus James L. Phillips, M.D., to be keynote speaker - 6/30/05

Mark Malangoni, M.D., MetroHealth and Case surgery chair, honored with distinguished service award - 6/29/05

Case and UHC TB researchers part of group getting $13.1 million grant from Gates Foundation - 6/28/05

Robert Daroff, M.D., receives prestigious award for research and education from the American Headache Society - 6/27/05

17 Case researchers receive Presidential Research Initiative grants for interdisciplinary projects; seven of eight studies involve School of Medicine faculty - 6/27/05

Cutting-edge information on brain attack (stroke); new Netwellness.org page features experts Dennis Landis, M.D., Case/UHC, and Joseph Broderick, M.D., U. of Cincinnati - 6/23/05

Arthritis: What "Wnt" wrong? School of Medicine researcher Yukio Nakamura co-authors paper finding embryo growth and cancer genes also expressed in arthritis - 6/22/05

Women Faculty School of Medicine founder Maria Bailas, M.D., receives Service Award at annual meeting - 6/22/05

Be true to yourself, Susan Shurin, M.D., tells women faculty at June 13 annual meeting - 6/16/05

Nutrition, molecular medicine departments, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, tops again in NIH department rankings - 6/15/05

Tight glucose control lowers cardiovascular complication risk by about 50 percent in those with type 1 diabetes, finds study chaired by Saul Genuth, M.D. - 6/14/05

Robert Miller, Ph.D., of Case among 5 scientists identifying molecular signals affecting myelin repair in multiple sclerosis - 6/14/05

Faculty appointed, awarded promotions and tenure, and named to emeritus status - 6/13/05

80 undergraduate students to learn about medicine in 16th annual Health Careers Enhancement Program for Medicine - 6/10/05

School of Medicine moves up 5 positions for NIH funding; No. 13 among 123 U.S. medical schools - 6/9/05

Dr. Troyen A. Brennan of Harvard to speak of medical malpractice, patient safety, in annual Ali Gharib Lecture in Anesthesiology, June 17, RB&C Amphitheatre - 6/6/05

1969 double alumnus and Nobel laureate Alfred Gilman, M.D., Ph.D., named dean of UT Southwestern Medical School - 6/3/05

Former biochemistry fellow Henry E. Young, Ph.D., honored for humanism - 6/3/05

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center to receive Saltzman Award from Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation June 20 - 6/2/05

Office of Urban Health a partner in second annual Hoops for Health Tournament, June 11, Veale Center - 6/1/05

Urology resident Piyush K. Agarwal, M.D., named CaPSURE Scholar - 6/1/05

Plain Dealer: Case out to reform medical schooling/Curriculum will extol civic professionalism - 5/31/05

Case bioethicist to immerse himself in ethical issues with Korean researcher making cloning and stem cell headlines - 5/27/05

Prominent pediatric immunologist Fred Rosen, M.D., a 1955 medical alumnus, dies - 5/26/05

U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones extols Case, Clinic and UHC researchers on House floor in remarks supportive of stem cell research enhancement act - 5/25/05

Dietary supplements to be topic of Thursday Staff Development Seminar; Hope Barkoukis, Ph.D., of Department of Nutrition to speak - 5/25/05

Patients at high risk of stroke may need to continue warfarin therapy after heart rhythm is controlled says new study co-authored by Albert Waldo, M.D. - 5/24/05

Graduate student Dan Elgort snags prestigious Young Investigator Award for magnetic resonance research - 5/24/05

More than 200 Ohio undergrads, grads and post-docs attend cancer signaling conference - 5/23/05

Case and MD Anderson researchers find first gene for inherited testicular cancer in mice; may offer clues to cancer in male infants - 5/18/05

Dietary supplements to be topic of May 26 Staff Development Seminar; Hope Barkoukis, Ph.D., of Department of Nutrition to speak - 5/17/05

High school student mentored in genetics lab of Mark Adams, Ph.D., wins best of medicine and health category at international science fair - 5/17/05

Medical student Mollie Manley plays football for Cleveland Fusion - 5/16/05

Professionalism crucial to maintaining patient trust, AAMC President Jordan Cohen, M.D., tells graduates; speech is one of many commencement highlights - 5/15/05

Prospects of West Quad attract six national developers - 5/13/05

Susan Shurin, M.D., to be guest speaker at Women Faculty annual meeting June 13 - 5/12/05

Faculty, alumni honored by Academy of Medicine of Cleveland - Northern Ohio Medical Association - 5/12/05

School of Medicine gets $4 million in state funding to make smart nanoparticles; Cleveland Clinic, Case, partners get nearly $37 million in total - 5/11/05

VP of Uganda, an adjunct professor at Case, to receive honorary degree Sunday at commencement convocation - 5/9/05

AAMC President Jordan Cohen, M.D., to speak this Sunday at SOM diploma ceremony - 5/9/05

Ralph Horwitz, M.D., receives Glaser Award from Society of General Internal Medicine - 5/6/05

MetroHealth named a Top 100 Hospital by Solucient; one of only 15 in major teaching hospitals category - 5/6/05

Vivian von Gruenigen, M.D., receives Lance Armstrong Foundation funding for endometrial cancer research - 5/5/05

Friday, May 6, is deadline to vote for faculty, alumni nominated as Most Powerful Physician Executives - 5/5/05

4 faculty members named Distinguished Women in Health Care - 5/5/05

Stanton Gerson, M.D., receives the American Cancer Society Cuyahoga County Annual Distinguished Research Award - 5/5/05

$1.1 million NCI-funded study to examine communication between physician, elderly cancer patient, caregiver - 5/5/05

Edelle Field-Fote, Ph.D., from Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, to Speak at VA and School of Medicine, May 12 and 13 - 5/4/05

School of Medicine adds electronic information boards in BRB, Wolstein, Health Center Library - 5/4/05

In JAMA editorial, Louise Acheson, M.D., writes using race as a treatment threshold is fallible - 5/4/05

Open forum on Huntingtons disease May 16 in Wolstein Research Building - 5/2/05

Study from global health and diseases center finds burden of parasitic infection greater than previous estimates - 5/2/05

Stroke to be topic of May 9 Friends of Medicine program - 4/28/05

2 medical faculty members among 4 named 2005 Glennan Fellows - 4/28/05

Christina Bodner, student in Jankowsky lab, wins NIH-Cambridge scholarship - 4/28/05

Medical students to hold candlelight vigil May 4, 8 p.m., for Cover the Uninsured Week. Event in front of Kelvin Smith Library. They ask faculty, staff, students and citizens to join. - 4/27/05

VP of Uganda to receive honorary degree at university convocation - 4/26/05

Dr. Jordan Cohen new M.D. diploma ceremony speaker - 4/26/05

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