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CLEVELAND - Amy R. Sheon, PhD, MPH, has accepted the position of executive director of the Urban Health Initiative at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine. Amy, who is currently senior policy analyst at Altarum Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will join ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø...

CLEVELAND - ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand basic research models for the study of cystic fibrosis (CF). CF is an inherited disease that c...

CLEVELAND - April 25, 2011 – Carol L. Moss has been appointed vice president for medical development and vice dean for external affairs at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine. Moss, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations at the University of California, San Francisco, wi...

CLEVELAND - New research from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and Kent State University shows that salt intake raises blood pressure because it makes it harder for the cardiovascular system to simultaneously juggle the regulation of blood pressure and body temperature. For decades...

CLEVELAND - Neena Singh, MD, PhD and colleagues at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine have identified the first disease-specific biomarker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a universally fatal, degenerative brain disease for which there is no cure. sCJD is one of the cau...

CLEVELAND - In a move to streamline and accelerate the research and development of new stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies, the National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) and the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø have been ro...

CLEVELAND - New research shows that medications which have raised safety concerns over heart attack and stroke risks may not have gotten approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the cardiovascular effects of fluid retention had been better understood. Fluid retention may explain the i...

CLEVELAND - A three-year, $3 million gift from the Richard J. Fasenmyer Foundation will fund research by a pair of Cleveland physicians into HIV and the body’s response in autoimmune diseases. The award will support the joint efforts of immunologists Leonard Calabrese, DO, of Cleveland Clinic and M...

CLEVELAND - Nearly $8 million of federal stimulus funds provided through the Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) is already starting to help hundreds of doctors in northeast Ohio switch to electronic health records. Now, with a greater sense of urgency, the word is going out to providers who ...

CLEVELAND - Participating in community service activities and helping others is not just good for the soul; it has a healing effect that helps alcoholics and other addicts become and stay sober, a researcher from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine reports. In a review article publis...