Science Cafe aims to initiate new collaborations through shared common interests.
Science Cafe is a monthly educational series that gathers together scientists, investigators, trainees, and community members to engage in meaningful discussions aimed at forging new collaborations through common interests in exciting areas of research.
Every month will feature a new research focus, content expert, fresh perspectives, and a chance to discover uncharted territories in the world of science. Each Science Cafe will begin with our content expert discussing their own work and potential areas of collaboration.
The sessions will be relatively unstructured to promote conversation and collaborative thinking with the goal of uncovering overlapping interests on that topic. For example, Long COVID can result in multi-organ complications thus resulting in increased risk of new health conditions. So, a vast array of disciplines would benefit from attending the Science Cafe.
Upcoming Events:
Science Cafes are held via Zoom on the second Thursday of the month at 12:00 PM.*
*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.
| Date | Topic | Content Expert(s) |
|---|---|---|
May 14, 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Nutrition and Chronic Disease | Hope Barkoukis, PhD Jack, Joseph, Morton Mandel Professorship in Wellness & Preventive Care Case Western Reserve University |
June 11, 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Alzheimer's Disease | Jagan Pillai, MD Staff Neurologist, Cleveland Clinic Director, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology Chair, Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences Mary W. Sheldon M.D. Professor of Genomic Sciences Case Western Reserve University |
July 16, 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Microbiome and Chronic Disease | Mahmoud Ghannoum, MD Professor, Department of Dermatology and Pathology Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Director, Integrated Microbiome, A Cancer Resource Core Director, Center for Medical Mycology |
August 13, 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM | Research spotlight from three unique perspectives:
| Adina Kern-Goldberger, MD, MPH Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician, Cleveland Clinic Farrah Madanay, PhD Investigator, Center for Value Based Care Research, Cleveland Clinic Deirdre Scully, PhD Senior Instructor, Case Western Reserve University |
Past Events:
| Date | Topic & Video Replay | Content Expert(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2026 | Commercialization and Impact | Umut Gurkan, PhD Case Western Reserve University | |
| March 12, 2026 | Real World Data | David Kaelber, MD, PhD Case Western Reserve University Craig Jarrett, MD | |
| February 12, 2026 | Advancing MS Research | Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD Marisa McGinley, DO | |
| January 15, 2026 | Environmental Health | Bridget Hegarty, PhD Case School of Engineering | |
| December 11, 2025 | Health Informatics | Ashley Hughes, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | |
| November 13, 2025 | New Innovative Methods for Clinical Trials | Abdus Sattar, PhD Case Western Reserve University | |
| October 9, 2025 | Cardiac Arrhythmias | Larisa Tereshchenko, MD, PHD Cleveland Clinic | |
| September 11, 2025 | Irritability & Depression in Cancer Patients | Amy Zhang, PhD Case Western Reserve University | |
| August 14th, 2025 | Neuroinflammation | Zahoor Shah, PhD The University of Toledo | |
| July 17th, 2025 | Disaster Preparedness | Charles Macias, MD, MPH University Hospitals | |
| June 12th, 2025 | Postdocs in Translational Science/Research | James Spilsbury, PhD, MPH Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | |
| May 8, 2025 | Bionutrition | Alicia Thomas, MS RDN LD GXMO Case Western Reserve University | |
| April 16, 2025 | Women's Health | Rachel Pope, MD, MPH University Hospitals | |
| March 13, 2025 | Ethical Issues in Translational Science | Aaron Goldenberg, PhD Case Western Reserve University
Eric Kodish, MD Case Western Reserve University | |
| February 13, 2025 | Gerontology/Special Populations | Margy Sanders, MA, LSW NEOMED | |
| January 9, 2025 | Research Participant Recruitment | Jerry Tribout CTSC of Northern Ohio | |
| December 12, 2024 | Dissemination and Implementation | Anita Misra-Hebert, MD Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Healthcare Delivery and Implementation Science Center | |
| November 14, 2024 | Cardiovascular Health Equity | Shari Bolen, MD, MPH MetroHealth | |
| October 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Community Based Research | Maeve MacMurdo, MD Cleveland Clinic | |
| September 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Enhancing the Impact of Clinical Trials | Princess Ogbogu, MD* Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Heather Tribout, BS, CCRP* | |
| August 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Rural Health | Fredrick Schumacher, PhD, MPH Case Western Reserve University | |
July 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM* *Note date change. | Parkinson's Disease | Thyagarajan Subramanian, MD, MBA University of Toledo | |
| June 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Grace McComsey, MD Case Western Reserve University | ||
| May 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM |
| Cynthia Owusu, MD
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| April 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Artificial Intelligence in Research | David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH MetroHealth System | |
| March 14, 2024 |
| Un-Meeting PI: Rachel Pope, MD University Hospitals and Founder, Our Womanity | |
| February 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM | Integrative Health | Santosh Rao, MD, ABOIM University Hospitals Connor Whole Health |
Missed the live session? Watch all webinar replays on our YouTube channel: @CTSC-NorthernOH
