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Michele Kim Evans[1] is an American internist and medical oncologist. She is a senior investigator and Deputy Scientific Director at the National Institute on Aging.
Education[]
Evans graduated from Barnard College in 1977 with an A.B. degree in biology. She received a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1981.[1][2] Evans received postgraduate training in internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and fellowship training in medical oncology within the Medicine Branch of the Clinical Oncology Program at the National Cancer Institute.[3]
Career[]
Evans is an internist and medical oncologist who was trained as a physician scientist. She conducts epidemiologic clinical research in health disparities and basic bench research on the biology of health disparities. She has investigated the impact of factors including housing insecurity, obesity, and even coffee drinking on health outcomes.[4][5][6] Evans and her colleagues argue race is an important social issue affecting patient and public health.[7][8] She served as a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps until 2017, retiring as a captain.[9]
Evans serves as Deputy Scientific Director at National Institute on Aging (NIA) as well as the Training Director for the NIA Intramural Research program. She is a senior investigator of NIA's Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science.[3] Dr. Evans has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and Molecular and Cellular Biology.[10][11][12]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Michele Kim Evans, MD". Doximity, Inc.. https://www.doximity.com/pub/michele-evans-md-68882c5e.
- ↑ "Dr. Michele Evans MD". https://health.usnews.com/doctors/michele-evans-575172.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Principal Investigators" (in en). https://irp.nih.gov/pi/michele-evans.
- ↑ "Housing insecurity may increase risk of kidney disease" (in en). https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/ason-him032720.php.
- ↑ "Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds" (in en). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171013091012.htm.
- ↑ Boston, 677 Huntington Avenue; Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 (2014-10-07). "New genetic variants associated with coffee drinking" (in en-us). https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/genetic-variants-linked-with-coffee-drinking/.
- ↑ PatientEngagementHIT (2020-06-16). "Patients, Providers Reflect on Racism as Public Health Crisis" (in en-US). https://patientengagementhit.com/news/patients-providers-reflect-on-racism-as-public-health-crisis.
- ↑ Shaw, Gina (2020-07-09). "It's a Public Health Crisis: How Systemic Racism Can Be Neurotoxic for Black Americans" (in en-US). pp. 1. Digital object identifier:10.1097/01.NT.0000694024.28838.be. ISSN 1533-7006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097%2F01.NT.0000694024.28838.be.
- ↑ "PHS Ceremony Promotes 24 Officers". 2017-10-20. https://nihrecord.nih.gov/2017/10/20/phs-ceremony-promotes-24-officers.
- ↑ "Systemic inflammation is associated with depressive symptoms differentially by sex and race: a longitudinal study of urban adults". April 2019. pp. 1286–1300. Digital object identifier:10.1038/s41380-019-0408-2. PMC 6813878. PMID 31019266.
- ↑ "Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D status of black Americans and white Americans" (in EN). November 2013. pp. 1991–2000. Digital object identifier:10.1056/nejmoa1306357. PMC 4030388. PMID 24256378.
- ↑ "Posttranscriptional Regulation of the Inflammatory Marker C-Reactive Protein by the RNA-Binding Protein HuR and MicroRNA 637". December 2015. pp. 4212–21. Digital object identifier:10.1128/MCB.00645-15. PMC 4648813. PMID 26438598.
Attribution[]
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External links[]
- Interview with Evans: "The Impact of Covid-19 on Minority Communities" at New England Journal of Medicine
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