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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Health Lab
Oxygen Therapy Harms Lung Microbiome in Mice
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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Health Lab
Study Reveals Transcription Factor’s Role Linking Diet and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Mice lacking E4BP4 were protected against diet’s damaging effects.
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Health Lab
Brain’s Ability to Rewire Itself is Connected to Gene Expression
New technique provides insight into the role of genes in brain’s plasticity and cognitive disorders.
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Health Lab
The Top 5 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Explained
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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Health Lab
Recovery After Severe COVID Infection Poses Unique Challenges
As more patients are discharged from stressed ICUs, they face multiple problems brought on by the pandemic.
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COVID-19, ARDS Patients Struggle Financially in Recovery
Many face serious financial effects — even homelessness — in recovery
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Health Lab
Modifying Writer and Eraser Enzymes Reverses Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Mice
Mouse models of two rare brain development disorders see their conditions corrected through manipulation of histone H3K4me.
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Health Lab
Study of Gene’s Hormone Effects Leads to Surprise Insight into Pituitary Tumors
A study of the role of the Islet 1 gene in hormone production leads to accidental model of tumor formation.
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Health Lab
How Viruses and Bacteria Balance Each Other in the Gut Microbiome
New research shows bacterial viruses could offer a way of beneficially altering the gut microbiome for the treatment of disease.
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Health Lab
Dropping the Ball: Post ICU, Many Patients Not Getting the Correct Meds
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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Health Lab
Could the Cure for IBD Be Inside Your Mouth?
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.
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Health Lab
Looking to Mouse, Macaque and Human Germ Cells for New Insight into Infertility
Researchers are comparing the way genes are expressed in thousands of these sperm-forming cells in mice, macaques and humans to look for similarities and differences. This comparison provides clues about how sperm has evolved in mammals.
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Health Lab
Patients with ARDS, COVID-19 Face Significant Financial Effects in Recovery
COVID-19 has intensified the need for crucial health policy changes to protect patients from financial toxicity resulting from overwhelming medical bills associated with ARDS
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Deerfield commits up to $130M to commercialize drug discovery at the University of Michigan
A new partnership between the University of Michigan and health care investment firm Deerfield Management Co. will create a company to commercialize therapeutic projects that hold promise in solving unmet medical needs.
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Health Lab
Staying Summer Safe During the Pandemic
Five ways to reduce your risk of COVID-19 over the holiday weekend and beyond.
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