Public Policy Resources at Case
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
has a unique graduate program that focuses on developing nonprofit
managers into career community leaders. It is distinguished by the quality of
its faculty, the strength of its ties with nonprofit leaders, and its close
relationships with four sponsoring schools at Case Western Reserve University:
the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Law, the Mandel School of
Applied Social Sciences, and the Weatherhead School of Management.
The
Center for Health Promotion Research The mission of the Center for
Health Promotion Research is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate health
promotion and disease prevention programs in diverse settings and populations,
with an emphasis on community-based research and evaluation. In addition,
training and education is a critical component of this mission, working to
develop behavioral scientists who specialize in health behavior and health
promotion and who understand the social and environmental context in which
healthy behaviors are developed and maintained.
The
Center for Regional Economic Issues is based at the Weatherhead
School. It was founded in 1986 to improve the quality of information
onthe region's economy and to help the community make better economic decisions.
The
Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change in MSASS seeks to create,
communicate and apply knowledge on the persistent and concentrated poverty
in the Cleveland area. Its multidisciplinary team of social welfare
experts seeks to be an agent of social change and to educate and train
the next generation of poverty researchers, administrators and advocates.
MSASS is also the base of operations for two other policy studies efforts.
The
Center for Community Development promotes the development of grass-roots
decision-making and the transmittal of technical skills of community and
economic development. It focuses on the revitalization of aging neighborhoods
and towns throughout the world.
The
University Center on Aging and Health is affiliated with the School of
Nursing. Since 1978, the University Center on Aging and Health has served
as the focal point at Case Western Reserve University for building and
maintaining excellence in gerontological and geriatric research, education, and
practice.
The Center's mission is to foster collaboration among its community of
scholars, learners, and practitioners in order to encourage and coordinate
innovative interdisciplinary research, education, and service programs relevant
to the health and well-being of elderly persons.
Via the Center, state-of-the-art knowledge about the aging process and its
implications for individuals, families, communities, and societies is advanced
and disseminated throughout the community.
The
Law-Medicine Center is an interdisciplinary program, the first
law school-based program in the United States to study legal medicine and
health law.
The
Frederick K. Cox International Law Center offers courses,
activities and foreign study options that concentrate on the legal aspects
of globalization. In addition there are numerous other nodes of policy
studies activity involving research, curriculum, application, and advocacy.
The variety of formats for the Center for Policy Studies activities is
great. Public Policy Forums and weekly Faculty/Staff Public Affairs
Discussion Group meetings generate interest and exchange. Forums
and endowed lectureships are a regular feature of the Center's agenda.
Likewise, efforts are made to bring students and policy researchers in
contact with public officials. Small group meetings and ad hoc sessions
are frequently scheduled.
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) based
at Case Western Reserve University (Case) is a
partnership organization supporting all cancer related
research efforts at Case, University Hospitals of
Cleveland (UHC), and the Cleveland Clinic. Located in
Cleveland, Ohio, the Case CCC serves the cancer research
and clinical needs of an urban manufacturing and rural
agricultural region containing 3.8 million people in
Northern Ohio.
The Mission of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
is to: Improve the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of
cancer through discovery, evaluation and dissemination.
Stimulate and support innovative, coordinated
interdisciplinary clinical research on cancer diagnosis,
treatment, prevention and control. Develop clinical
applications of discovery and make these available to
Northern Ohio residents as quickly as possible through
the integrated efforts of the major health systems in
the region. Develop cancer prevention and control
activities that build on the expertise of the Center and
result in a reduction of cancer morbidity and mortality
in Northern Ohio and the nation.
The Case Center
for Imaging Research in conjunction
with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has
installed a vertical bore 9.4T MRI system in the CCIR
imaging labs. This system, now fully operational, adding
high resolution spectroscopy/imaging to the CCIR
portfolio. The system can be adapted to perform in vivo
imaging scans, however the vertical and small bore make
this scanner ideal for both ex-vivo and in-vitro
studies. Like the other small animal MRI scanners, this
scanner is broadband which provides multinuclear imaging
capabilities (ex. 19F, 31P, 23Na, 13C). Dr. Xin Yu (BME)
is currently using this capablility to measure ATP
levels in perfused rat hearts.
The Cleveland Center for Structural Biology (CCSB) is
an association of researchers at different Cleveland
institutions, who study structure-function relationships
and properties of large molecules that are involved in
disease states. The center serves as a focal point to
bring together researchers with interest in Structural
Biology, to generate a stimulating research and
educational environment, and to facilitate and promote
interactions between structural biologists and medical
colleagues. Further roles of the CCSB are in attracting
high caliber faculty, research associates and students
to the area and in generating resources for major
research equipment. In these ways, the CCSB plays a key
role in promoting biomedical research in Northern Ohio.
Design Fabrication Center is a fully equipped in-house
CNC machining and fabricating facility, providing
technical and engineering support services with
mechanical, biomechanical, electrical and computerized
applications. In the past 15 years of serving the
research community, DFC has assisted with numerous
projects and grant renewals and new grant awarding
through designing and fabricating unique specialized
apparatuses which made the new grants possible. DFC’s
projects have received many patents and awards, as well
as TV coverage. DFC has played a key role with a number
of local technology transfer startup companies. From
simple projects to advanced complex instrumentation, DFC
is dedicated to the advancement of research and
researchers goals in a timely and cost effective manner.
Center for Health Care Research and Policy -
The mission of the Center for Health Care
Research and Policy is to: (1) improve the health of
the public by conducting research that examines access
to health care, increases the quality of health care
services, and informs health policy and practice; and
(2) lead educational programs that promote these goals.
General Clinical Research Center
(GCRC) at Case
Western Reserve University (Case) is an NIH funded
resource specifically designed to support
patient-oriented research. The GCRC at Case, was first
funded in 1962, making it one of the oldest GCRCs in the
country. It occupies sites at both
University
Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) and the
MetroHealth
Medical Center (MHMC).
The Case
GCRC provides private and semiprivate rooms for the
conduct of inpatient and outpatient research protocols
for both adult and pediatric research subjects. In
addition, procedure rooms, a metabolic kitchen supported
by a research dietitian, a core chemistry laboratory, a
gas chromatograph-mass spectroscopy laboratory, asample
processing area, and an array of support personnel with
diverse skills to facilitate successful completion of
investigators’ protocols. GCRC personnel are available
to provide expert support in biostatistics, informatics,
and specialized laboratory techniques to assist with
project design as well as implementation.
Mouse
Metabolic Phenotyping Center concentrates on metabolic
investigations and on the training of investigators who
are studying mouse models of metabolic diseases. The
center uses mass spectrometry or NMR of compounds
labeled with stable isotopes. This allows calculating
metabolic fluxes such as lipid, protein, and glucose
turnover. The metabolic and metabolomic groups provide
specialized, and in some cases, unique isotopic
techniques to investigate the regulation of metabolic
pathways and their intracellular compartmentation. We
conduct studies and analyses on mice shipped to
CASE. We also conduct analyses on samples from mice
shipped from the user's lab. We are available to
discuss with potential users the design of experiments
with isotopic compounds to be conducted in their
labs. We can also set up new analyses of (un)labeled
metabolites. If re-derivation of mice shipped to our
Center is required, the
Case Transgenic and Targeting Core, directed by Dr.
Ron Conlon, can provide this service.
Mt. Sinai Skills
and Simulation Center (MSSSC) served many customers
during its first year of operation. More than 3000
students have come to the facility to engage in various
types of simulation education. It has been a resource
for health care students throughout Northeast Ohio.
Groups from the
Case
Western Reserve University,
Cleveland State University,
Cuyahoga
Community College, and
Lakeland Community College have used the facility.
In addition, trainees and practitioners from area
hospitals including the
Cleveland Clinic Hospital system,
MetroHealth,
University Hospital system, and the
VA participated in simulation exercises at the
center. The center accomplished its initial goals: to
provide access to a variety of simulation modalities and
to be multidisciplinary.
Center for Stem Cell and
Regenerative Medicine is a multi-institutional center
composed of investigators from Case Western Reserve
University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center,
the Cleveland Clinic, Athersys, Inc., and Ohio State
University. Building on the 20 year history of adult
stem cell research in northeast Ohio, the Center was
created in 2003 with a $19.4 million award from the
State of Ohio as a Wright Center of Innovation. An
additional $8 million award in 2006 from the State of
Ohio’s Biomedical Research and Commercialization Program
further validated the Center’s ability to achieve its
mission to utilize human stem cell and tissue
engineering technologies to treat human disease.
Center for RNA Molecular Biology - The Center was
created to facilitate communication between laboratories
in multiple departments with a shared interest in RNA
science and to encourage collaborative research. The
success of the Center in these endeavors lead to its
formal recognition as an independent unit in 2001. Its
expanded charge was to recruit new investigators in
existing and emerging areas of RNA biology while
continuing to provide a fertile environment for
collaborative research using shared expertise and
resources. The Center also provides exceptional
opportunities for graduate and postdoctoral training in
an open and interactive setting.
Center for Science,
Health, and Society - The Center for Science, Health and
Society (CSHS) was created in 2002 to focus the efforts
of the University and the city in a significant new
collaboration to impact the areas of health and
healthcare delivery systems through community outreach,
education, and health policy.
The Mary Ann Swetland
Center for Environmental Health - The Swetland Center
brings a new emphasis to Environmental Health at the
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and
affiliated hospitals throughout Greater Cleveland.
The current major focus of the Center is on the
environmental health problems of the Cleveland community
especially related to toxic exposures of children and
their families. As an academic Center, it has four major
components: Medical Education, Clinical Care, Research,
and Public Health.
Center for the Translational Neuroscience - The goals of
the Center for Translational Neuroscience are to develop
scientific interactions that promote understanding of
the pathology of neurological diseases and to develop
novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of those
diseases.
The Center pursues these goals through Translational
Interest Group meetings and events, and through the
Neurological Institute, in the University Hospitals Case
Medical Center, where clinicians and investigators have
a direct conduit between research and developing
treatments.
Institute for Global Security, Law, and Policy - The
events and aftermath of 9/11 have made security and
counter-terrorism fundamental, if not defining, concerns
for the world community, nations, companies, the legal
system, and individuals. Security and counter-terrorism
present distinct new policy and legal issues.
Satisfactorily addressing these issues requires a broad
approach taking into account the vast legal, financial,
political, social, religious, and cultural roots and
ramifications inherent in this area. The Institute for
Global Security Law and Policy at Case School of Law
offers a uniquely comprehensive hub for addressing these
issues through a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary
approach that also blends theory with practical
applications. The Institute develops and integrates the
best learning from the academy and the real world and
draws on numerous disciplines and experiences to provide
innovative and world class programs, research, teaching,
and service on the issues of security and
counter-terrorism. The work of the Institute serves as
an invaluable resource to governments, businesses,
organizations, the legal profession, and the general
community. Moreover, the course and programs of the
Institute educates students at Case Western Reserve
University School of Law on these key issues so that
they can better serve clients and society in the post
9/11 world and become future leaders in the search for
solutions to problems of national security and
terrorism.
Canada-United States Law Institute - (CUSLI)
is a bi-national, not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary
entity created jointly in 1976 by Case Western Reserve
University School of Law located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
and the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
located in London, Ontario, Canada. CUSLI serves as a
forum where the respective governments, business
communities, legal professionals, academics,
non-governmental organizations and the media explore and
address the issues confronting the Canada - United
States relationship.
Center for Business and Law
Regulation - The Center for
Business Law & Regulation at the Case Western Reserve
University School of Law was founded in 2003 to address
the challenges presented by this changed business
environment. The mission of the Center is to prepare
future leaders to understand business issues facing
entrepreneurs, business entities, and other clients,
engage in legal, empirical, and interdisciplinary
research on the role and impact of government in the
regulation of business, and foster public debate
regarding the role of government in the regulation of
businesses.
Center for
Professional Ethics - The Center was founded in
June 1980 "to provide opportunities for students,
faculty, administrators and professionals to explore
more fully the foundations of personal and professional
ethics." The Center reaches out to the University
community, as well as practicing professionals, through
a variety of conferences, forums, and workshops. These
programs, which are open to the public, explore a wide
range of topics pertaining to ethics. The Center also
publishes and distributes The Center for
Professional Ethics Newsletter which features
substantive articles, information about the Center's
activities, and news and notes about ethics issues
generally.
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of
Conflict and Dispute Resolution
(CISCDR) CISCDR's core mission is to bring greater ADR
sensitivity and skill development to Case
School of Law students to prepare them for the
multiple roles that they will perform as
lawyers in a global economy
Center for Law, Technology, and
the Arts (Center for LTA) was created with the
understanding that technologic and artistic expression
are both part of the human creative enterprise; and
there are artistic influences in science and scientific
influences in the arts. Also behind the Center for LTA’s
creation was the recognition that the ongoing
technological revolution presents new opportunities and
challenges for our legal system pertaining to
technological innovation and related proprietary rights.
There have been significant national and international
developments in the visual and musical arts that offer
their own opportunities and challenges. Law and
technology and law and the arts are burgeoning fields
that present some of the most exciting, important, and
complex issues facing not only our legal system, but
also the business and technology communities.
Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center - The Milton
A. Kramer Law Clinic Center is where students put
their lawyering skills to work representing real
clients in civil, criminal, and transactional
matters. With close assistance from faculty
members, a student in one of the civil clinics may
incorporate a nonprofit institution, help a
homeowner sue for predatory lending practices, or
obtain disability benefits for a client. In the
criminal clinic, students handle misdemeanors
ranging from DUI to petty theft.
Center for Research and Scholarship (CFRS) provides infrastructure support for faculty and students for research and
dissemination of scholarly work. It announces funding opportunities, assists
with development of research proposals (budgeting, editing, and compilation) and
research results, and provides guidance with post award compliance, budgeting,
and human subject approval issues. In addition to research support, the CFRS facilitates
faculty scholarship by developing a faculty research mentorship program,
assisting in faculty and joint faculty-student publications, and providing
leadership participation and recognition at national nursing research
conferences and meetings.
Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for
Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence - One of the
first of its kind, the Institute was established by the
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in 1998.
The Hirsh Institute provides
consulting services on the implementation of
evidence-based practice changes across health care
settings and Certificate Programs that educate nurses to
determine the best practices based on evidence. It also
facilitates and mentors others in the transfer of
research knowledge into practice and searches for and
synthesizes current research on specific topics.
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