Meet the people of The Research Institute for Children鈥檚 Health at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Our researchers focus on implementing strategies to develop safe, effective therapies for childhood disorders, and to do so as rapidly as possible, focusing on disorders with genetic involvement.
Institute Director
Mitchell Drumm, PhD
Connie and Jim Brown Professor in Cystic Fibrosis ResearchProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PediatricsVice ChairmanClinical and Translational ResearchDirectorThe Research Institute for Children鈥檚 HealthEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.6893
People
Drew Adams, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4922
Ilya Bederman, PhD
Research ScientistDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesDrumm LabSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.5578
Ronald A. Conlon, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineDirectorCase Transgenic and Targeting FacilityMemberCancer Genomics and Epigenomics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1826
Rebecca Darrah, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorGenetic Counseling Training ProgramDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4911
Chris A. Flask, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyPediatricsBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineAssociate DirectorMedical Scientist Training ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.4963
William Hannah, MD
Post Doctoral ScholarDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesDrumm LabSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4695
Craig Hodges, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineDirectorCystic Fibrosis Mouse Models CoreSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.0008
Thomas Kelley, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineDirectorEpithelial Cell CoreEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.0831
Michael W. Konstan, MD
Gertrude Lee Chandler Tucker Professor of PediatricsDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Clinical ResearchDepartment of PediatricsDivision of PulmonologyAllergy and ImmunologySchool of MedicineVice Dean for Translational ResearchSchool of MedicinePrincipal InvestigatorClinical and Translational Science CollaborativeSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.3731
Hua Lou, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216. 368.6419
Helen Miranda, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NeurologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.8811
Alexander Miron, PhD
DirectorGenomics CoreSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Genomics and Epigenomics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.2791
Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD
Vice Chair for EducationDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorCenter for RNA Science and TherapeuticsSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1892
Karen Schelde, PhD
Senior Research AssociateDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesDrumm LabSchool of MedicineCo-Director, Histology, Microscopy and Imaging CoreDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesVisual Sciences Research CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4695
Paul J. Tesar, PhD
DirectorInstitute for Glial SciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of NeurosciencesSchool of MedicineDr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative TherapeuticsDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Genomics and Epigenomics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.6225
John Tilton, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineVice Chair, ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorCenter for Proteomics and BioinformaticsSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.3360