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  1. December 14, 2020
    • Headshot of Sandro Cinti

    Sandro Cinti, professor of internal medicine and infectious diseases, says it remains unclear whether people vaccinated against the coronavirus can still infect someone else: “You have to wear your mask. What they didn’t look at was if you get the vaccine and you’re protected, can you still get some virus that then goes in your nose and then infect somebody else.”

    CNN
  2. December 11, 2020
    • Headshot of Nyeema Harris

    “From Black Birders Week to Black in Microbiology, a number of events are meant to … showcase that Black people are … contributing and enjoying the natural world. … (When people) don’t see us in these spaces, it perpetuates a narrative that either we don’t belong or we don’t care,” said Nyeema Harris, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

    Resources Magazine
  3. December 11, 2020
    • Headshot of Reshma Jagsi

    Side effects of radiation therapy in breast cancer patients are often missed by doctors, according to research by Reshma Jagsi, professor of radiation oncology, and colleagues: “We found that physicians are more likely to miscalculate symptom severity when patients have certain characteristics, including patients who are younger and patients who are Black.”

    UPI
  4. December 11, 2020
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    Sheria Robinson-Lane, assistant professor of nursing, says most nursing homes have more personal protective gear available now than they did in the spring and early summer, and nursing homes have gotten better at coordination, working together to share information and strategize procuring needed supplies. “I think we’re better prepared,” she said. “Is it still challenging? Absolutely.”

    USA Today
  5. December 10, 2020
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    Due to human nature, misinformation and the fear of side effects, as many as 30 percent of the patients who get the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine may not return for a second, says Mark Fendrick, associate professor of internal medicine, and health management and policy: “Even without side effects there would be drop-off. But one of the anticipated adverse consequences of an effective COVID-19 vaccine is that people — after they take it — are going to feel like crap.”

    CBS News
  6. December 10, 2020
    • Photo of Herek Clack

    “We’re looking to move beyond what everyone knows as the current standards for personal respiratory protections: the N95 masks, cloth masks and neck gaiters we’ve come to rely on in 2020. These all rely on the conventional method of particle filtration via a largely impermeable medium,” said Herek Clack, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, whose company is developing the next generation of protective masks.

    DBusiness Magazine
  7. December 10, 2020
    • Monica Worline

    “This year, with COVID-19 and an uncertain economy, mental health and care for employee well-being has risen to the top of the list. It’s no longer viewed as optional,” said Monica Worline, lecturer at the Center for Positive Organizations, who notes that companies serious about supporting their employees’ mental well-being provide livable wages, adequate health insurance, flexible scheduling and paid leave. 

    Fast Company
  8. December 9, 2020
    • Headshot of Arnold Monto

    “First things first, we can stop the pandemic through use of the current vaccines. And through, unfortunately, the herd immunity that’s building up because of bad behavior. Bad behavior may be having good results, in terms of getting natural infections, producing antibody in the population, which didn’t happen last spring,” said Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology and global public health.

    Michigan Radio
  9. December 9, 2020
    • Headshot of Stephanie Fryberg

    The lack of visibility of Native Americans in exit poll data on network television hit a nerve in the days following the election. Stephanie Fryberg, professor of psychology, said survey methods need to be reimagined so they can better capture poll data from the Native American community and the diversity within it.

    ABC News/The Associated Press
  10. December 9, 2020
    • Photo of Jerry Davis

    “Business schools ironically are one of the last preserves where you are free to follow your mind where it goes, because you are not reliant on government or corporate funding. We have potentially more academic freedom to uncover things,” said Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations, who believes more needs to be done to reorient business school researchers’ activities to projects and publications that offer greater societal impact.

    Financial Times