Science/medical writer & media relations @umichmedicine & @UM_IHPI with focus on #healthpolicy #mentalhealth #aging & #primarycare . Fellow of @aaas. J! bronze
Joined February 2009
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27 Aug 2018
Finally found the entire original quote that I promised during the #ComSciConMI18 career panel! It's from a book review way back in 1994 but it made such an impression on me that I copied it and printed it for my office wall. Now here it is in Twitter form... #scicomm
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Jun 14
Must feel so amazing right now to be a Vietnamese man in NYC named Nicks Nguyen and hearing the whole city chant your name
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Jun 14
Not that anybody asked, but in the time that has elapsed since the @NYKnicks last won a championship, we’ve discovered eight new Subatomic Particles. J-Psi Meson / Tau Lepton / Bottom Quark / Gluon / W-Z Boson / Top Quark / Tau Neutrino / Higgs Boson
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Jun 13
Good luck to everyone nominated for a Michigan Emmy Award as the winners are announced tonight by @NATASMichigan!
Feeling fortunate to have our short video on the history of the @umich.edu Medical School in the running in the historical/cultural category: youtu.be/29cZzuKtPAw
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Jun 13
See all the nominees for Michigan Emmy awards, including several of my @umichmedicine colleagues, here: natasmichigan.org/emmy-award…
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Jun 12
Sad to hear of the passing of @RobinCogan after sudden devastating illness. I admired her efforts to fight misinformation during the pandemic, and to share facts about #publichealth topics.
Consider donating to one of the two causes mentioned in her obit: plattmemorial.com/obituaries…
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Jun 10
New @UM_IHPI report shows that Michigan's #Medicaid expansion improved both health & finances. Good insights as the program (Healthy Michigan Plan) prepares to meet new challenges in the near future.
ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/n…
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17 years ago next week, @UMich bought a former Pfizer research campus in northeast Ann Arbor. Our researchers & clinical pathology teams, & their colleagues, gained an incredible resource in NCRC.
Learn what we've done with it, & how it set a precedent: michmed.org/wdPqy
ALT University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex Building 18 entrance with flowers June 2026
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As our institute celebrates its 15th anniversary, a reminder that we owe our start to the strategic decision to buy the Pfizer campus and identify new opportunities to bring researchers together in innovative ways - including the #healthservicesresearch community!
17 years ago next week, @UMich bought a former Pfizer research campus in northeast Ann Arbor. Our researchers & clinical pathology teams, & their colleagues, gained an incredible resource in NCRC.
Learn what we've done with it, & how it set a precedent: michmed.org/wdPqy
ALT University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex Building 18 entrance with flowers June 2026
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Jun 7
Incredible to think that NCRC has been part of U-M since June 2009!
17 years ago next week, @UMich bought a former Pfizer research campus in northeast Ann Arbor. Our researchers & clinical pathology teams, & their colleagues, gained an incredible resource in NCRC.
Learn what we've done with it, & how it set a precedent: michmed.org/wdPqy
ALT University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex Building 18 entrance with flowers June 2026
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On this #DDay anniversary, we celebrate these @UMich doctors, nurses & dietitians who served in Normandy just weeks after the invasian as part of the 298th General Hospital that cared for 30,000 wounded in England, France & Belgium from 1942-1945: med-dept.com/unit-histories/… #goblue
ALT Doctors, nurses and dietitians from the University of Michigan Army 298th hospital pose on the steps of University Hospital before deployment June 1942
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If you're over 50, do you know someone who is LGBTQ ?
If you're LGBTQ & over 50, have you experienced discrimination in healthcare, or problems accessing care?
Learn more about a new @UM_IHPI poll that explores these topics, and more: michmed.org/enyB9 #PrideMonth
ALT Bar graph of how non-LGBTQ who know at least one LGBTQ person describe their connection(s) including friend (56%), family (50%), coworker (15%) and neighbor (10%) Data from University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging
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Jun 6
Forget the Stanley Cup finals, this is the hockey stick that matters most: the @altmetric graph of attention over time for an editorial in Diabetes Care that suddenly became the center of attention Friday. diabetesjournals.org/care/ar…
(Data as of early June 6)
ALT Altmetric attention graph for Diabetes Care editorial
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Jun 6
Forget the Stanley Cup finals, this is the hockey stick that matters most: the @altmetric graph of attention over time for an editorial in Diabetes Care that suddenly became the center of attention Friday. diabetesjournals.org/care/ar…
(Data as of early June 6)
ALT Altmetric attention graph for Diabetes Care editorial
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Jun 6
e set from a session I taught in early 2025. For any who is at the University of Michigan, I’ve got more tips & a recording of a more recent session here: ihpi.umich.edu/members/commu…
And an upcoming session July 15: ihpi.umich.edu/news-events/e…
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#SPC issues Day 2 Slight Convective Risk at Jun 5, 5:36z for DTX spc.noaa.gov/products/outloo…
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Jun 3
As a fellow of @aaas for #scicomm, I take very seriously the new editorial from @holdenthorp in @ScienceMagazine about the proposed federal research funding rule & need for public comments.
"The red light is now flashing. All hands, report to stations."
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Jun 3
On this same topic, a new post by @AcademyHealth lays out the stakes for healthcare and #healthpolicy research, and sounds the same call to action for public comments: academyhealth.org/blog/2026-…
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Jun 3
You can make your comment directly at regulations.gov/commenton/OM…
Or use this form from Stand Up for Science. They do not add any "form letter" language but they do let your members of Congress know how many of their constituents have commented: fight2win.standupforscience.…
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