Staff Writer for the Association of American Medical Colleges. Formerly reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Houston Chronicle.
Richmond, VA
Joined April 2015
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🚨New interview with @HarvardMed professor @AnupamBJena shares with @BridgetBalch of @AAMCtoday how random events can influence our health. ⚕️
Why would a child’s birth month impact their likelihood of getting the flu? How can having a heart attack on the day a marathon is hosted in your city change your risk of dying? @HarvardMed professor @AnupamBJena shares how random events can affect health. ow.ly/koIl50TfQMN
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Tiny plastic particles or microplastics have been found throughout the human body. What does that mean for our health? Researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact. Read more from @BridgetBalch of AAMCNews: ow.ly/CZS950SrhHi
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In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, AAMCNews shares a timeline of major milestones: from being deemed too weak to study medicine in the 19th century to outnumbering male med students in the 21st, we look at the dramatic journey of #womeninmedicine in the U.S. ow.ly/p44L50QLJlH
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Four years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, experts know more about mutating strains, vaccine effectiveness, and long COVID. Here’s what to know about how long immunity lasts, long COVID, and more.
🔗: ow.ly/NQBh50QyREJ.
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SHINING A LIGHT: What are the #psychological considerations for those seeking to reduce body #weight and these #weightloss drugs? Dr. Genna Hymowitz explains to @AAMCtoday @BridgetBalch. #obesity #mentalhealth
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Climate change is reshaping clinics like San José Clinic. Read how SJC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Adlia Ebeid, discusses with @aamctoday the impact of extreme weather on underinsured clinics and their role in healthcare response. #SummerSunSafetyMonth
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Why I do #language #equity work: “For English speakers, it is a given that the patient and doctor will be able to #communicate, but when a patient with non-English language preference comes in, we are scrambling to get by. That’s the definition of inequity.” @AAMCtoday @acgme
"Research shows that patients without language-concordant health care providers are more likely to experience miscommunication and adverse events, less likely to comply with medications and medical advice, and less likely to come to follow-up appointments" aamc.org/news/united-states-…
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Medical students across the country are calling for greater support for new parents, pushing for more comprehensive parental leave policies. As @CMangurian highlights, addressing the needs of caregivers is critical to cultivating a sustainable workforce.
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Lou Gaghan, MD, & BT Parker, MPH, heard from fellow students who were parents about their confusion surrounding @UNC_SOM's approach to parental leave.
The duo spent the next nine months creating what would become the school's New Child Adjustment Policy: aamc.org/news-insights/medic…
Congrats to all those who matched Friday!
Age shouldn't be a barrier to pursuing your passion. As they anticipate #Match2023, eight #medstudents share their stories on nontraditional paths to #medschool as well as their hopes and plans for residency training. ow.ly/OWYj50NkwOH
Heartbreaking and illuminating investigation into nursing homes being gutted by for-profit companies, with one of the worst offenders here in Richmond.
Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in @NewYorker newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
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Childhood vaccination rates in the United States have declined compared to pre-pandemic levels. @BridgetBalch spoke to experts who say vaccine hesitancy could bring a resurgence of previously controlled diseases. ow.ly/pnHP50K9XoP
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Academic researchers partner with tech companies to make research more accessible and include more data. @BridgetBalch delved into how smartphones and wearables are advancing clinical research and treatment. ow.ly/rlm750Jbsvr
John Ramsey is an incredible editor and journalist. He pushed me to dig deeper, tell meaningful human stories, and hold the powerful to account, all while being a truly kind human. Any news outlet would be lucky to have him and @RTDNEWS is losing a champion for the vulnerable.
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Thank you @BridgetBalch (@AAMCtoday News) for including me in this project. Medical training amidst a pandemic has been humbling, transformative, and reinforcing of my mission within medicine. Grateful for the insights shared by my colleagues. #MedTwitter
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Have questions about how vaccines are holding up against the omicron variant? I spoke with experts at @AAMCtoday institutions to get the answers: aamc.org/news-insights/omicr…
People who come to the U.S. seeking asylum face barriers to accessing health care. Here's how medical students are trying to bridge the gap. aamc.org/news-insights/peopl…
The future of CRISPR is now -- I had the opportunity to speak with experts at the cutting edge of gene-editing technology to write this piece about CRISPR's potential for both good and harm: aamc.org/news-insights/futur…
Virginia's guardianship system "woefully inadequate," state watchdog finds. richmond.com/news/state-and-…
