Research and Policy Media Relations Manager
Gavin draws on more than 25 years of experience in communicating about science, medicine and health policy. She focuses mainly on the health services research done by members of the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, who work to understand and improve the safety, quality, equity and affordability of health care. As part of the Michigan Medicine communication team, she has lead responsibility for primary care and mental health topics. Contact: [email protected]; Twitter: @Karag
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As the nationwide health care debate roars on, lauded U-M health policy researcher John Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P., reflects on research’s role.
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A survey and interviews with newly covered Michigan residents show a positive effect on physical and mental health — and, in turn, employment.
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Data-mining medical bills may help protect patients from dangerous complications stemming from medical devices, a U-M team suggests.
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A new report finds encouraging, but still inconclusive, evidence that exercising the brain and body can decrease the long-term risk of cognitive decline.
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As the nation’s premier health policy training program for clinicians shuts down, new programs have risen to take its place.
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The stubborn cyst form of a common parasite can’t cause disease without a key digestion factor, new mouse research shows. This suggests an avenue for future treatments.
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As funding for basic science research and education stalls in the U.S. and other countries, competition from China is skyrocketing, a new study finds.
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Polyomavirus harnesses cellular “motors” to bring together the supplies that can build a portal for itself, researchers show.
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Nearly 1 in 5 patients with a lap band undergoes multiple device-related reoperations, and complication rates range widely among hospitals, new research finds.
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A collaborative approach with external coaching support makes gains and holds potential to be used for other patient safety issues, researchers say.
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For the first time, researchers connected two different types of DNA snippets to identify individuals. This could help researchers across many fields — but isn’t without risk.
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Common practice keeps hospitalized pancreatitis patients away from food or IV feeding. But a new analysis finds earlier nutrition might help patients with mild cases recover and go home.
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Learn more about how healthcare legislation can affect children, like Jimmy Kimmel's son, who are born with a congenital heart disease.
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As palliative care and hospice use grow and cost pressures continue, new studies probed variation in care and referrals — and found opportunity.
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When a prominent journal added eye-catching, data-driven graphics to its tweets about research papers, nearly three times as many people clicked the links to read the full study.
