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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
It only took an instant for all of Akua Abrah’s career ideas to shift. Peering into the eyes of an infant at an orphanage in Ghana, she tossed aside her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian—inspired by repeated viewings of Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle. Though she had yet to hear the word …
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August 30, 2012
CLEVELAND - The healthcare industry, along with many others, is drowning in data. From electronic medical records to Medicaid data, the volume of information continues to grow and much of it is inaccessible. Today, the Ohio Department of Health and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine ...
August 17, 2012
CLEVELAND - The three Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions in Ohio — ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University — and their partnering institutions have established a statewide collaborative agreement allowing a single organization...
August 13, 2012
CLEVELAND - A team of researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, led by Dr. Mark W. Jackson, have developed a novel method to identify genes that, when overexpressed, make normal cells behave like cancer cells. Using this method, the Jackson laboratory has identified a new on...
August 13, 2012
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s ambitious collaboration to bring medical discoveries to patients has won an extraordinary endorsement: a $64.6 million federal grant that is the largest ever awarded in Northeast Ohio.
“Five years ago Cleveland’s leading biomedical institutions came together in an ...
July 26, 2012
Cleveland – The Ohio Third Frontier Commission unanimously awarded ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), $2.4 million for its OH-Alive Innovator Platform: A Process and Manufacturing Platform for Cell Therapy. These funds must be matched by NCRM and it...
July 20, 2012
CLEVELAND - Nationally renowned researcher Mukesh K. Jain, MD, of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In the subsequent two years he will serve as president elect and ultimately pres...
July 11, 2012
CLEVELAND - A new study published in the July 11 issue of the Journal of Neurosciences details the development of the first mouse model engineered to carry the most common mutation in Usher syndrome III causative gene (Clarin-1) in North America. Further, the research team from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ...
June 26, 2012
CLEVELAND - Following a national search, Cliff A. Megerian, MD, has been named Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center.
Dr. Megerian, currently Vice-Chair of the depart...
June 21, 2012
CLEVELAND - The opportunity to find common ground in health research between academia and community organizations is vast. Unwavering in its vision to work for the collective good, a new pilot program at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine aims to bolster these collaborations by offer...
June 20, 2012
CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine announces the appointment of the inaugural holder of The Richard B. Fratianne Professorship in Surgery – Christopher P. Brandt, MD of The MetroHealth System. The new professorship is named in honor of Dr. Fratianne, the founder of the Me...