Lauren Crawford is an Ann Arbor-based writer and editor and the assistant editor, Publications, at University of Michigan Health System.
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Medicine at Michigan
How your everyday actions create unregulated health data
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Medicine at Michigan
How aggregating health data can cause unexpected problems
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Medicine at Michigan
Establishing the Arab American Health Initiative
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Medicine at Michigan
The focus and skill of a gymnast-turned-surgeon
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Medicine at Michigan
Massive open online courses are changing how we learn
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Medicine at Michigan
A U-M alumna makes history at her alma mater
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Medicine at Michigan
How communication trends affect the mentor/mentee relationship
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Medicine at Michigan
Taking advantage of gap years to better serve patients
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Medicine at Michigan
What can we learn from Michigan’s Medicaid expansion plan?
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Medicine at Michigan
Outsmarting stage fright
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Medicine at Michigan
How one alumna is helping survivors of the sex trade
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Medicine at Michigan
Improving the LGBTQ experience at Michigan Medicine
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Medicine at Michigan
U-M Student-Run Free Clinic offers compassionate care
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Medicine at Michigan
Reducing low-cost, high-volume tests and services could improve health care spending
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Medicine at Michigan
An alumna’s passions culminate in award-winning debut novel