School of Medicine
From driving cutting-edge research to bringing medical innovations to market, landing competitive awards and more, the faculty, staff and students at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø know how to make headlines.
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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 29, 2011
It is important for student groups to have adequate opportunities to publicize their events; it is equally important to maintain an attractive campus free of unnecessary litter. The following PostCheck 2011 guidelines are designed to achieve those objectives, while avoiding limitations to freedom of...
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August 29, 2011
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø now stands among the top 10 universities in the country, according to Washington Monthly magazine, which ranked the university No. 7. This is a 10-spot jump from last year, and marks the highest position the university has earned on the magazine’s list.
The rankings ...
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August 26, 2011
The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will host an open house Sept. 1 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Thwing Center 309 for all faculty, students and staff. The open house is a chance to become familiar with the center’s location, learn more about what they do and meet the team. Food and beverages will be ...
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August 26, 2011
Welcome back, students! You sure were busy this summer, hopefully gaining some real-world experience and perhaps even making some real-world money. The most respondents to this week’s poll took on summer jobs this year, while a fair share of students polled were lucky—and talented—enough to land co-...
August 23, 2011
Note: Detail on the groundbreaking research that led to this clinical trial is available here.
CLEVELAND—A team of researchers at three landmark Cleveland institutions have come together to launch a new clinical trial of an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers at the Clev...
August 21, 2011
CLEVELAND – Groundbreaking research encompassing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has uncovered a natural defense mechanism that is capable of inactivating the toxin that spreads Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, an increasingly common...
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August 19, 2011
In Paris in the early 1900s, a stage-to-street drama was unfolding as leading fashion designers took style cues from the ballet and translated them into haute couture. In turn, the ballet took its cues from what women of that time wore in their daily lives.
Mary E. Davis, professor and chair of Cas...
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August 19, 2011
This fall should have ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø sports fans excited, with Cleveland Browns games picking up (check their second preseason game tonight on WKYC Channel 3) and the Indians announcing their postseason ticketing plans for you to potentially catch their shot at playoff glory.
This bodes well for the Clevelan...
August 17, 2011
CLEVELAND—The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is proud to present "MSC 2011: Innovations in Cell-Based Regenerative Therapies," a three-day forum to highlight transformative breakthroughs in the area of adult stem cell medicine with a focus on how ...
July 13, 2011
CLEVELAND - Researchers at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breathing in an adult rodent model of spinal cord injury. The work, which restored 80 to more than 100 percent of...