From The Daily: COVID-19 testing available today for students who participated in protests last week October 5, 2020 Student Life University Health and Counseling Services is offering testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) today (Oct. 5) from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center for students who participated in in-person protests Tuesday, […]
Author Archives: Dana Crawford
Samson Pavilion and COVID-19
Steve Campbell, VP for Campus Planning and Facilities Management <do-not-reply@case.edu> Fri, Oct 2, 4:04 PM To Faculty, Staff and Students in the Health Education Campus: Today’s news that the President and First Lady tested positive for COVID-19 has understandably raised concerns regarding the possibility of transmission among those who those who learn and work in […]
3rd Personalized Medicine Conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2019)
¡Hola Precision Medicine–Bienvenidos a México! The 3rd Personalized Medicine Conference, organized by Fusion Conferences Limited, was held May 30 – June 2, 2019 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Chaired by Drs. Marylyn Ritchie, David Roth, and Mike Snyder, this two and a half day conference covered all things precision medicine, including sequencing, electronic health records, artificial […]
For Students: SOM PPE packets available through the Department
Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 6:04 PM Subject: PPE Packets from School of Medicine Good evening, The School of Medicine has provided the department PPE packets, containing items such as face masks, thermometers, hand sanitizer, etc, to distribute to our students. Some of you might have already received a packet if you have had […]
CWRU Flu Shot Clinics
Fall is upon us, which means it’s time to schedule your annual flu shot. Why should you get a flu shot? Well, for one, the flu is horrible and leads to, at the very least, a loss of productivity at work or class. At the most, the flu can require hospitalization and, in more cases […]
A New Call for Manuscripts! Celebrating the Breadth of Diversity in Human Genomics
Dr. Lucia Hindorff of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and I are excited to announce a new call for manuscripts that highlight diversity in genetics and genomics. This call for manuscripts known as “Celebrating the Breadth of Diversity in Human Genomics” is organized as a special Research Topic with the journal Frontiers in […]
2019 ABRCMS Scientific Session
Genomic Research Enabled by Electronic Health Records Dana C. Crawford, PhD Case Western Reserve University
2019 AMIA Informatics Summit in San Francisco, CA
Every year, March comes in like a lion. For CLE, that could translate into a spring blizzard or early bulbs. It’s anyone’s guess. One thing’s for sure, though–AMIA’s Informatics Summit has a say before March leaves us like a lamb. Like clockwork, the 2019 AMIA Informatics Summit, formerly the Joints Summits on Translational Science, was […]
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) 2018 in San Diego, CA
Moving institutions can be stressful, but it also has its rewards. One real reward is the potential for new and meaningful collaborations. In moving to Case Western Reserve University, I have had the fortune of meeting Drs. John Sedor and John O’Toole. I met the two soon after I joined the faculty of the new […]
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Awards
The Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology sponsored awards for graduate student oral presentations at the 2019 SACNAS The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This year, three students qualified for our discipline: Melissa Roberts University of California, Berkeley A Genetic Strategy to Identify Lipid Droplet Protein Degradation Pathways Stephanie […]
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award (Carleson)
Nicholas Carleson Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Gene Duplication, Pathogenicity, and Genome Plasticity of Phytophthora ramorum Nicholas Carleson*1; Brian Knaus1; Meredith Larsen2; Caroline Press2 and Niklaus Grünwald2, (1)Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, (2)Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Clonally reproducing plant pathogens, that do […]