Nicole Fawcett
Director of Communications, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer

Fawcett leads a team of communicators who produce targeted, innovative communication for the Rogel Cancer Center’s research and clinical enterprises. Prior to Michigan Medicine, Fawcett was a reporter at the Detroit News and editor for a web-based community for people with disabilities.

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Concern About Loved Ones Might Motivate People to Mask Up and Get Vaccine
New research suggests the thought of being a protector overrides desire for personal freedoms when it comes to COVID-safety messages. 
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Similar Factors Cause Health Disparities in Cancer, COVID-19
Implementing policies and strategies to eliminate racial disparities could improve outcomes for both diseases.
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How to Search for COVID-19 Information Online
CDC guidelines, testing, community spread; finding trustworthy information online during the COVID-19 pandemic is vital. A new, free course is helping people find the facts they need about coronavirus.
Radiation therapy of young women breast cancer
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Physicians Don’t Always Recognize Patients’ Radiation Therapy Side Effects
A new study finds that significant side effects were under-recognized in both younger patients and Black patients being treated for breast cancer.
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Feeling Stressed or Down in a World with COVID? Try This Writing Tool
A new tool uses expressive writing to help cancer patients, others cope with life challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘The Immense Burden of Cancer is Not Shouldered Equally’
The disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on Black Americans may worsen existing racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care, and make health equity harder to achieve.
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New Connections Reveal How Cancer Evades the Immune System
A new study shows tumor cells eat up a key amino acid, depriving immune cells of it, which prevents them from fighting off cancer.
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Gender a Key Factor in Who Holds Endowed Chair Honors in Medicine
Women professors of medicine were significantly less likely than men to hold an endowed chair position, even when factoring in qualifications and experience.
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Leveraging Prostate Cancer Research Against COVID-19
Is there a connection between COVID-19 and cancer? Researchers at Michigan Medicine looking to prostate cancer research in the fight against coronavirus.
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Some Physicians Are Ordering Thyroid Tests for Unsupported Reasons
While most thyroid ultrasound orders are warranted, researchers say guidelines could be clearer to help reduce over diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
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Cancer vs. COVID: When a Pandemic Upended Cancer Care
A Rogel Cancer Center team created a guide to help providers navigate difficult conversations due to the coronavirus.
Fundraising
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How Should Hospitals Ask Patients for Donations?
Hospital fundraising provides critical resources, but a new study looks to ensure it’s done effectively and ethically.
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Is COVID-19 Widening the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine?
A new study finds fewer women publishing COVID-related papers, especially in early days of pandemic.
Trans PRECISE
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New Analytic Tool Designed to Help Guide Precision Cancer Research and Treatment
A new precision medicine analytics tool called TransPRECISE developed to help oncologists with cancer treatment and research.
Sexual harassment
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Individuals Must Stand Up Against Gender Bias in Medicine
A new perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine outlines the importance of standing up and intervening in instances of gender bias and sexual harassment as an ethical obligation.
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