Michele K. Evans Explained

Alma Mater:Barnard College (A.B.)
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (M.D.)
Workplaces:National Institute of Aging
Fields:Health disparities

Michele Kim Evans 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] According to the National Institutes of Health, "Under Dr. Ruffin’s leadership, minority health and health disparities research became a major focus area within NIH...Dr. Ruffin’s dream of an Institute with an intramural research program dedicated to minority health and health disparities research has been realized."[9] She served as a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps until 2017, retiring as a captain.[10]

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. Dr. Evans has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and Molecular and Cellular Biology.[11] [12] [13]

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  1. Web site: Michele Kim Evans, MD . Doximity, Inc. . 2021-08-18.
  2. Web site: Dr. Michele Evans MD. US News. 5 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Principal Investigators. NIH Intramural Research Program. en. 2019-07-04.
  4. Web site: Housing insecurity may increase risk of kidney disease. 2020-07-12. EurekAlert!. en.
  5. Web site: Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds. 2020-07-12. ScienceDaily. en.
  6. Web site: Boston. 677 Huntington Avenue. Ma 02115 +1495‑1000. 2014-10-07. New genetic variants associated with coffee drinking. 2020-07-12. News. en-us.
  7. Web site: PatientEngagementHIT. 2020-06-16. Patients, Providers Reflect on Racism as Public Health Crisis. 2020-07-12. PatientEngagementHIT. en-US.
  8. Shaw. Gina. 2020-07-09. It's a Public Health Crisis: How Systemic Racism Can Be Neurotoxic for Black Americans. Neurology Today. en-US. 20. 13. 1. 10.1097/01.NT.0000694024.28838.be. 225636599 . 1533-7006.
  9. Web site: 23 Feb 2021 . Road to Diversity and Inclusion: The Evolution of NIMHD's Division of Intramural Research . 12 Mar 2024 . U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  10. News: PHS Ceremony Promotes 24 Officers . 2017-10-20 . LXIX . 21 . NIH Record . 2021-08-18.
  11. Beydoun MA, Obhi HK, Weiss J, Canas JA, Beydoun HA, Evans MK, Zonderman AB. April 2019. Systemic inflammation is associated with depressive symptoms differentially by sex and race: a longitudinal study of urban adults. Molecular Psychiatry. 25. 6. 1286–1300. 10.1038/s41380-019-0408-2. 31019266. 6813878. free.
  12. Powe CE, Evans MK, Wenger J, Zonderman AB, Berg AH, Nalls M, Tamez H, Zhang D, Bhan I, Karumanchi SA, Powe NR, Thadhani R . 6 . Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D status of black Americans and white Americans . EN . The New England Journal of Medicine . 369 . 21 . 1991–2000 . November 2013 . 24256378 . 4030388 . 10.1056/nejmoa1306357 .
  13. Kim Y, Noren Hooten N, Dluzen DF, Martindale JL, Gorospe M, Evans MK . Posttranscriptional Regulation of the Inflammatory Marker C-Reactive Protein by the RNA-Binding Protein HuR and MicroRNA 637 . Molecular and Cellular Biology . 35 . 24 . 4212–21 . December 2015 . 26438598 . 4648813 . 10.1128/MCB.00645-15 .

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