Awards

Nrupen Pakalapati, a researcher in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named among eight winners of the American Epilepsy Society’s (AES) 2025 Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award. This highly competitive award recognizes outstanding young investigat...

Earlier this month, Sears think[box] at Case Western Reserve University was recognized at the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s 19th annual Best of Tech Awards, which celebrates the organization’s commitment to fostering innovation across Cleveland’s technology community. Recognized through an exter...

In 2008, the Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award was established at Case Western Reserve University to honor distinguished teaching in the SAGES program (now Academic Inquiry Seminars), part of the university’s core undergraduate curriculum. Each year, students are invited to nominate instructors who go ...

Earlier this month, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Rania Ziar, a PhD student, and advisor Paul Tesar, professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, were named to the HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program 2025 cohort. This program—which supports graduate students and the...

Up to 70% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience chronic digestive issues—and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Marissa Scavuzzo wants to not only understand why, but to determine how to treat it. Her latest research into the gut’s role in children with ASD has...

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) recently recognized seven individuals with its 2025 Professional Awards, which honors outstanding achievements in genetics and genomics education. Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in the Department...

Earlier this year, Nicholas P. Ziats, professor of pathology, anatomy and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, received the Society for Biomaterials’ (SFB) 2025 Founders Award at its national meeting in Chicago. The highest honor of the society, this award recognizes long-term,...

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 “neonatol...

The Staff Advisory Council’s Staff PARTicipation Achievement (SPARTA) Award recognizes remarkable staff members who consistently go the extra mile at Case Western Reserve University. These standout individuals embody the true spirit of SPARTA—showing pride, passion, and purpose in everything they ...

Bijoya (Bijou) Basu, an MD-PhD candidate at Case Western Reserve University, was named a recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP). This is a national recognition sponsored by the NIH to identify and support exceptional early-care...