Lead Research Communicator
Malcom is a lead research communicator for Michigan Medicine and research communications strategist for the U-M Medical School, with more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, marketing, and health and science writing. She covers the basic science departments, pulmonary and critical care medicine, infectious disease, pathology and anesthesiology. Contact: [email protected]
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Finding could improve outcomes for treatment of infections in people living with HIV.
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Michigan Medicine is partnering with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for a Phase 3 clinical trial to test a vaccine against COVID-19. The AZD1222 COVID-19 VACCINE Study will research an investigational vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
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Development is first step to helping children with the rare epilepsy syndrome.
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From flu shots to a vaccine for COVID-19, from herd immunity to vaccine safety, Dr. Pam Rockwell explains why vaccines are so important, especially during a pandemic.
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New research in mice suggests that understanding the role of the lung microbiome may be pivotal to reducing infection brought on by oxygen treatment for hypoxemia.
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Mice lacking E4BP4 were protected against diet’s damaging effects.
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New technique provides insight into the role of genes in brain’s plasticity and cognitive disorders.
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A COVID-19 vaccine is being made, but what do we know about the top five vaccine candidates trying to end the coronavirus pandemic?
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As more patients are discharged from stressed ICUs, they face multiple problems brought on by the pandemic.
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Many face serious financial effects — even homelessness — in recovery
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Mouse models of two rare brain development disorders see their conditions corrected through manipulation of histone H3K4me.
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A study of the role of the Islet 1 gene in hormone production leads to accidental model of tumor formation.
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New research shows bacterial viruses could offer a way of beneficially altering the gut microbiome for the treatment of disease.
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A new study finds that prescription drugs given in the ICU should be reevaluated after patient discharge to avoid continuing medication habits that were meant to be temporary.
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Can poor oral health cause IBD? New research shows oral hygiene may be directly linked not only to the worsening of the inflammatory illness, but may even be the cause of systemic disease.