Case Medicine: Office of Communications

(17 news releases from 7/06 to 12/06)

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the National Foundation for Cancer Research Launch New Research Center for Molecular Imaging - 9/18/06

Case Medical Center Researchers Collaborate to Derive Near Complete Analysis of Breast and Colon Cancer Gene Sequence - 9/7/06

(118 news releases from 1/06 to 6/06)

School of Medicine earns $50,000 grant to establish Regional Public Health-Medical Education Center - 6/29/06

Cleveland Foundation awards $313,000 grant for bioethics fellowship - 6/29/06

Lerner students help East Cleveland kids with mental health service - 6/29/06

Lina Mehta, M.D., announced as new associate dean for admissions - 6/26/06

School of Medicine alumnus, Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D., named heart-brain chief at Clinic - 6/22/06

Jack Medalie, M.D., founder of Department of Family Medicine, dead at 84 - 6/21/06

Center for Health Promotion Research to establish the Ohio Tobacco Research and Evaluation Center - 6/19/06

Alumnus James L. Phillips, M.D., awarded honorary degree by Washington and Jefferson College - 6/16/06

Genetics Instructor Marni Falk, M.D., receives Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award - 6/8/06

Admissions brochure wins two awards in communications competition - 5/24/06

Sharona Hoffman named co-director, Jessica Berg named associate director of Law-Medicine Center - 5/22/06

Make medicine matter for everyone, speaker Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., tells graduates - 5/21/06

School of Graduate Studies dean receives Diekoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching - 5/19/06

Drs. Amasa Ford, John Kennell share Hovorka Prize for exceptional achievements - 5/19/06

Ohio Neurostimulation and Neuromodulation Partnership of Case awarded $8 million from Third Frontier Program - 5/19/06

Dean Ralph Horwitz appointed to advisory committee of the NIH director - 5/15/06

NEOUCOM dean to speak to Women Faculty SOM at annual meeting June 12 - 5/15/06

Ohio Gov. Taft announces Third Frontier Grants; includes funding for Case adult stem cell program and neurostimulation program - 5/15/06

Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine receives $8 million from Third Frontier program to continue adult stem cell commercialization programs - 5/12/06

Renovated Daroff-Dell osso Ocular Motility Laboratory dedicated at the VA - 5/12/06

School of Medicine faculty member leads study finding U.S. News top-rated heart hospitals complied better with AHA/ACC guidelines than hospitals listed in HHS database - 5/11/06

Faculty member, fellow to be honored by American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - 5/8/06

Emeritus faculty member, friends win Smart Living Awards - 5/8/06

Plain Dealer editorial states: University Hospitals and Case are finally committed to a genuine alliance that should strengthen both of them - 5/8/06

AOA lecture set for Wednesday, May 10 - 5/5/06

Cellular birthmark leads to polar site, Case study finds; part of national collaboration studying multiprotein structures - 5/5/06

Hanson delivers two commencement addresses this spring, in New York and Texas - 5/2/06

May 11 lecture at Yale honors Dean Horwitz - 5/1/06

University Hospitals, Case School of Medicine, reach historic primary affiliation agreement, create Case Medical Center - 4/28/06

School of Medicine anatomy professor to analyze new fossil skull from Ethiopia to determine whether it links Homo erectus, Home sapiens - 4/27/06

Julian A. Kim, M.D., associate professor of surgery at Case, appointed chief of surgical oncology at UHC - 4/27/06

Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium set for Friday, May 5 - 4/25/06

April 17 talk of Gregory Eastwood, M.D., available for viewing online; will become interim president of university June 2 - 4/25/06

Lepow Medical Student Research Day set for Wednesday, May 3 - 4/25/06

Qing Yin Zheng, M.D., leading researcher in genetic susceptibility for middle ear infections, joins School of Medicine - 4/18/06

Nominations for Joan Harris Staff Recognition Award due April 28 - 4/18/06

Plain Dealer front page highlights involvement of Scott Simpson, Ph.D., from anatomy in fossil find - 4/14/06

Stroke survivors regain coordination for walking with neuromuscular stimulation, reports Case/VA study - 4/14/06

Pilot study by researchers at Case, MetroHealth finds first link of oral bacteria and preterm birth in human - 4/12/06

Registration open for Mini Med School spring session - 4/11/06

Alumna Julie Gerberding, CDC director, one of four to receive honorary degrees at May 21 commencement convocation; medical school diploma ceremony speaker Paul Farmer also to be honored at convocation - 4/10/06

Thomas Stellato, M.D., professor of surgery, elected president of Central Surgical Association - 4/7/06

1966 medical alumnus Gregory Eastwood named interim president of Case Western Reserve University, effective June 2 - 4/7/06

HHMI honors Huntington Willard, Ph.D., adjunct professor, for undergraduate teaching by naming him a Million-Dollar Professor - 4/5/06

3 undergraduate students mentored by School of Medicine faculty win Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships - 4/4/06

Graduate Student Symposium set for May 5 - 4/3/06

1981 alumna Julie Gerberding, M.D., CDC director, to return to Cleveland Feb. 12 for Town Hall address - 4/3/06

School of Medicine, Clinic, UH collaboration receives $13.5 million NIH grant to research molecular causes of blood clots - 3/30/06

Case Magazine articles about genomic medicine, bird flu now online; School of Medicine faculty featured - 3/30/06

Medical students Jennifer Neville and Ana Radovic receive Academy of Medicine Education Foundation scholarships - 3/29/06

Dr. Saba Valadkhan receives Nsoroma Award from Cleveland Chapter of National Technical Association - 3/29/06

May 15 is deadline to submit abstracts for Alzheimer-s conference in November - 3/27/06

Bioethics program gets grant of more than $313,000 from Cleveland Foundation - 3/27/06

Scott Simpson, Ph.D., from anatomy, part of team that discovers new hominid cranium in Ethopia - 3/24/06

Nominations sought for Joan Harris Staff Recognition Award; deadline April 28 - 3/24/06

Medical, dental researchers collaborate on new projects - 3/23/06

Nominations sought for Evans-Machlup Prize for graduating student; deadline March 31 - 3/23/06

Alumna Julie Gerberding, CDC director, announced as speaker for university-wide commencement convocation on May 21 - 3/22/06

Lepow Student Research Day rescheduled to May 3; students submit record number of abstracts - 3/22/06

New Faculty Symposium set for April 21; deadline for online registration, poster submissions April 14 - 3/22/06

Medical students match to rigorous residency programs - 3/17/06

Doc Opera slated for 7 p.m. March 25 at Lakewood Civic Auditorium - 3/17/06

Case neuroscientists discover new cell type that may help brain maintain memories of smells - 3/15/06

Health Policy Forum adds Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H., for April 19 session, H5N1 Influenza: A Harbinger of Things to Come - 3/14/06

Health care cost containment subject of March 27 talk - 3/14/06

Professor Emeritus of Forensic Pathology Lester Adelson, M.D., dies - 3/14/06

Integrity in Research forum part of 2006 Research ShowCase on April 6 - 3/13/06

Case School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland recruit leading Harvard cardiologist to head new center of excellence for heart disease - 3/10/06

Posters from March 3 medical education retreat now online - 3/7/06

Medicine and ethics are themes of spring 2006 College Scholars Program Lecture Series of College of Arts and Sciences; events March 21 and April 11 - 3/6/06

NetWellness premieres new colon cancer topic for consumers - 3/6/06

Innovation and Creativity forum part of 2006 Research ShowCase on April 6 - 3/6/06

Commencement registration open now through April 1 - 3/1/06

Drs. Kikano, Berger part of community health forum March 13; event tickets include Play House production - 3/1/06

University Memory and Aging Center part of national brain imaging study on Alzheimer disease - 3/1/06

First-year medical student named to USA Today All-USA College Academic Team - 3/1/06

Misunderstanding Science forum part of 2006 Research ShowCase on April 6 - 2/27/06

Nominations sought for Kaiser-Permanente Awards for excellence in teaching; deadline is March 10 - 2/24/06

Women Faculty group seeks nominations for student award; deadline March 10 - 2/23/06

New Faculty Symposium set for April 21; deadline for online registration, poster submissions April 14 - 2/23/06

Podcast of City Club talk by Dean Ralph Horwitz now available for download at cityclub.org - 2/23/06

Case president presents recovered time capsule to Mt. Sinai board - 2/21/06

Nominations due Feb. 24 for faculty awards recognizing undergraduate teaching, mentoring; see http://studentaffairs.case.edu/ enhancement/wittkejackson - 2/20/06

Forum about children as research subjects part of 2006 Research ShowCase on April 6 - 2/20/06

Bone marrow donor database drive part of V-Fest health festival Feb. 23 - 2/17/06

Several programs mark AIDS Week of Action Feb. 20-24; Monday: Patients who are HIV-infected will share their stories, 1:30 p.m. in E-301 - 2/17/06

Innovative Ph.D. program receives $850,000 grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 2/15/06

Remembering School of Medicine ties to Olympics: Alumni Caldwell Esselstyn and David Jenkins were gold medalists before physicians, alumnus Doug White provided medical care to athletes, and late faculty member Benjamin Spock was a gold medalist - 2/15/06

Graduating students encouraged to nominate faculty, fellow students for Humanism in Medicine Awards; deadline is Feb. 20 - 2/13/06

R. Brad Lucas, M.D., presented with health care leadership award - 2/13/06

Kidney Foundation honors Donald Hricik, M.D. - 2/13/06

Forum about bioterrorism part of 2006 Research ShowCase on April 6 - 2/13/06

Eric Topol, M.D., named professor of genetics - 2/10/06

Lisa Marshall named senior associate dean - 2/9/06

Morgan Spurlock, director of Supersize Me documentary, to speak at 2006 Research ShowCase on April 5 - 2/8/06

Feb. 17 is deadline to submit abstracts for medical education retreat posters; retreat is March 3 - 2/8/06

New Case research: High blood pressure with moderate chronic kidney disease increases risk of heart disease by 38 percent - 2/7/06

1934 medical alumna Gertrude Donnelly Hess dies at age 101 - 2/2/06

Former faculty member Susan Shurin, M.D., named NHLBI deputy director - 2/1/06

1999 alumnus receives IDSA Wolinsky Award, named for emeritus faculty member - 2/1/06

Center for Proteomics open for use by Case community - 1/30/06

Dean announces plans for new conflict-of-interest policy - 1/30/06

Abstracts sought for medical education retreat posters; deadline Feb. 17 - 1/26/06

Department of Anesthesiology adds Perioperative Medicine to its name - 1/25/06

City Club talk by Dean Ralph Horwitz, M.D., available online, on radio and on cable TV - 1/24/06

Weatherhead, Clinic launch joint program to train health care management professionals - 1/23/06

Center for Minority Public Health to hold Womens Health Festival Feb. 23 at Thwing Center - 1/20/06

Fairhill Center for Aging names Robert Daroff, M.D., an honorary director for life - 1/20/06

Karl Herrup, Ph.D., leads study linking Alzheimers disease to abnormal cell division - 1/17/06

Genetics study on Fuchs Dystrophy launched by Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals of Cleveland; supported by $4.1 million grant from NEI - 1/13/06

Supreme Act of Doctoring to be topic of Professionalism Lecture Jan. 25; Richard Selzer, M.D., to speak - 1/13/06

Irving Rothchild, M.D., Ph.D., professor emeritus of reproductive biology, passes away Jan. 9 - 1/13/06

Diabetes, bioterrorism among topics of Research ShowCase 2006, set for April 5 and 6; deadline for abstracts is Jan. 31; $500 prize for best grad student posters - 1/9/06

Faculty, alumni honored as Pillars of Medicine by Cleveland Clinic Health System - Western Region; Drs. David Bell, Robert Hahn, Germaine Hahnel and William Huffman among those receiving awards - 1/5/06

Research to Prevent Blindness awards $110,000 grant to Department of Ophthalmology at Case - 1/4/06

Dr. Paul Farmer announced as speaker for 2006 diploma ceremony of School of Medicine - 1/3/06

Promise of human genome to be topic when Dean Ralph Horwitz speaks at City Club Jan. 27 - 1/3/06

Eric Pearlman, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, receives prestigious award from Research to Prevent Blindness - 1/3/06

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