Kelly Malcom
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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Antibiotic use and sepsis make recent improvements
In 152 hospitals, efforts to treat sepsis faster have not resulted in antibiotic overuse.
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New option for control of severe asthma, lung microbiome and transplant and more
Highlights from the American Thoracic Society 2022 Conference from Michigan Medicine researchers.
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A decade later, some veterans find it hard to breathe
Exposure to burn pits, sandstorms and other hazards could cause lung damage—but proving it is difficult.
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The why of the silent X
Two recent University of Michigan studies published in Nature Communications reveal key findings crucial to understanding X-inactivation and X-linked gene expression in embryonic stem cells, and further implications for stem cell therapies.
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Studying human development in a dish
A new technique could provide powerful insights into early cell differentiation.
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Big ideas require big money
How research is financed—or not—plays an outsized role in scientific discovery
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Living better with severe asthma and allergy
Two physicians and a patient discuss how to improve control of asthma and allergy symptoms—and how to advocate for treatment.
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Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor activation is visualized for the first time
Discovery paves the way for new drug targets.
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Study helps explain how xanthan gum, a common food additive, is processed in the gut
Understanding how xanthan gum, a common food additive, is processed in the gut hints at the ability of food additives to actively alter the gut microbiome.
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Pulse oximeters are less accurate in Black children
Black children hospitalized with critical illness were more likely to have unrecognized low oxygen levels than White children due to inaccurate pulse oximeter readings, findings consistent with the same health disparity seen in adults.
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$20M Frankel innovation initiative set to kick off third round of funding
Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI)(link is external), a unit of the University of Michigan Medical School Office of Research(link is external), is launching the third round of the Frankel Innovation Initiative(link is external), a $20 million gift from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation to support the research and development of life-saving therapies at Michigan Medicine, in collaboration with other institutions.
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The surprising diversity of the fallopian tube
A study provides a new cell atlas of the female reproductive organ.
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Use of opioids before surgery predicts consumption of opioids after surgery
Study points to the need to personalize pain-relief approach.
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COVID-19: Where do we go from here?
The CDC’s recent reframing for measuring COVID-19 risk levels has led to changed guidance for mask wearing. The move has left many wondering how to navigate a world where the COVID pandemic is not quite over but is trending toward becoming endemic.
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This is your gut on sushi
New study provides insights into how the microbiome processes seaweed.
