Jacob Wesley Ulm (born October 9, 1974) is an American physician-researcher, author, and bioinformatician at the National Institutes of Health,[1] best known for his widely published health commentaries and articles for the general public, appearing during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been consulted and published in publications and media including Forbes,[2] Parade,[3] Shape,[4] Verywell Health, Medical News Today,[5] Healthline, Eat This, Not That,[6] Yahoo!,[7] MSN,[8] Business Insider,[9] Best Life,[10] Care.com,[11] and a number of other major outlets in the U.S. and overseas.
Jacob Wesley Ulm | |
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| Born | October 9, 1974 |
| Known for | Author of a novel Echoes of the Mystic Chords |
Early life, education, and career
editUlm grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a National Merit Scholar, Governor's Language Academy Honoree, and state spelling champion at T.C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) before graduating valedictorian in 1992.[12][13][14] He completed a B.S. in chemistry and concentration in biochemistry at Duke University, summa cum laude,[citation needed] followed by an MSTP-supported joint MD and PhD degree from Harvard Medical School and MIT,[citation needed] with a doctoral thesis focusing on retroviral gene therapy.[15][16][17]
He then undertook postdoctoral research and clinical training in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh before specializing in bioinformatics and joining the National Center for Biotechnology Information.[citation needed]
Personal life
editWhile in medical school, Ulm became a multi-day champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! and advanced to the 1998 Tournament of Champions.[18][19] He has published poetry and prose works since middle school, including a novel in the visionary and metaphysical fiction genre.
A singer and songwriter, he later founded an alternative rock musical collaboration, J. Wes Ulm and Kant's Konundrum, releasing a debut EP and award-winning music video, followed by recognition as a semifinalist in the International Songwriting Competition for subsequent productions.[20][21][22]
Publications and books
editSelected published health commentaries and articles, COVID-related:
- Updates on the R-1 COVID-19 variant, Shape[4]
- Significance and prospects of COVID becoming endemic, Parade[3]
- COVID booster shots for seniors, Care.com[23]
- Parents and the new COVID-19 variants, Verywell Family
- COVID reinfection concerns, Eat This, Not That[24]
- COVID booster options and mixing-and-matching, Best Life[10]
- Mixing-and-matching of COVID-19 boosters in Thailand and Vietnam, Media Magelang (in Indonesian),[25]
Selected published health commentaries and articles, general health:
- Common flu symptoms to be aware of, Forbes[26]
- Pediatric RSV hospitalization, Business Insider[9]
- Manifestations of congestive heart failure, Eat This, Not That[27]
- ChatGPT and other Chatbot-generated resources for general health, Health Reporter[28]
- Anti-inflammatory prospective therapy for Alzheimer's disease, Medical News Today[29]
- Elevated blood pressure variability and relation to dementia risk, Healthline
Selected specialist biomedical articles:
- Modulation of viral tropism and cellular restriction based on retroviral capsid components, Virology[30]
- Drug repurposing for COVID-19, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases[31]
- Drug repositioning for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology[32]
- Basic foundations of gene therapy, Wiley, Encyclopedia of Genetics[17]
Selected non-health and non-biomedical articles:
- Macroeconomic metrics and significance of non-debt purchasing power, International Policy Digest[33] and The Birmingham News[34]
- Nexus between medicine and music, Harvard Medicine Magazine[35]
- Critique of social Darwinist themes, Democracy Journal[36]
- Adapted and republished in Utne Reader[37]
Awards and recognition
edit- National Merit Scholar[13]
- Second prize, annual Neurofibromatosis Prize for Research Ideas competition, sponsored by National Neurofibromatosis Foundation and the International Neurofibromatosis Association[38]
References
edit- ^ "AFib: Targeting macrophages may help treat and prevent condition". www.medicalnewstoday.com. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "What Is Polio? Symptoms, Causes And Prevention". Forbes Health. 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b Vogel, Kaitlin (2022-03-21). "We Keep Hearing That COVID Will Eventually Become 'Endemic'—but What Does That Actually Mean?". Parade. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b "What to Know About the New R.1 COVID-19 Variant". Shape. Archived from the original on 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "AFib: Targeting macrophages may help treat and prevent condition". Medical News Today. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Dr. Fauci's Signs You Already Had Coronavirus". Eat This Not That. 2021-10-31. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "I'm a Virus Expert and Warn You Don't Go Here Now". Yahoo!. 2022-09-27. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Most People Catch COVID This Way, Experts Find". MSN. 2021-12-19. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b Borst, Heidi. "Hospitals are overflowing with pediatric RSV patients. 3 parents share harrowing stories of having their kids hospitalized". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b "Virus Experts Say Don't Wait for a Booster If You're Eligible — Best Life". Best Life. 2021-10-22. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Sullivan, Julia (2022-04-06). "Seniors are now eligible for second COVID booster shots: What you need to know". Care.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "HIGH SCHOOL HONORS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b "NEIGHBORS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Silverberg, Jennifer (June 11, 1992). "Valedictorian hones speech". Alexandria Port Gazette Packet.
- ^ Ulm, J. Wesley; Perron, Michel; Sodroski, Joseph; C. Mulligan, Richard (2007-07-05). "Complex determinants within the Moloney murine leukemia virus capsid modulate susceptibility of the virus to Fv1 and Ref1-mediated restriction". Virology. 363 (2): 245–255. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.048. ISSN 0042-6822. PMID 17343889.
- ^ "Division of Medical Sciences". www.hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ a b Jorde, Lynn B.; Little, Peter F. R.; Dunn, Michael J.; Subramaniam, Shankar, eds. (2005-09-26). Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/047001153x.g107115. ISBN 978-0-470-84974-3.
- ^ "No Question: Students Win Big on 'Jeopardy!'". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Medical School Student Wins $60K on Jeopardy!". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Acoustic Dreams | Harvard Medicine magazine". harvard.edu. 2020-07-20. Archived from the original on 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "International Songwriting Competition | The #1 Song Contest for Songwriters". 2023-03-14. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "11-2019 - STARK!STROM - Das neue österreichische ROCK & METAL Magazin". www.starkstrom.live (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Sullivan, Julia (2022-04-06). "Seniors are now eligible for second COVID booster shots: What you need to know". Care.com Resources. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "5 Dangers of Getting Reinfected with COVID, According to Infectious Disease Specialist". Eat This Not That. 2022-08-24. Archived from the original on 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Thailand dan Vietnam Campur Dua Vaksin Covid-19 Merk Beda, Amankah? Berikut Penjelasan Pakar". mediamagelang.pikiran-rakyat.com. 2022-04-10. Archived from the original on 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Most Common Flu Symptoms: What To Look For". Forbes Health. 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Doctors Say These are Signs of Congestive Heart Failure, Including Liver Damage — Eat This Not That". www.eatthis.com. 2023-01-29. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Sankovich, Nadzeya (2023-04-27). "Fact-Checking Top 9 Chat GPT Health Answers". Health Reporter. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Alzheimer's disease: New molecule targets brain inflammation". www.medicalnewstoday.com. 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Ulm, J. Wesley; Perron, Michel; Sodroski, Joseph; C. Mulligan, Richard (2007). "Complex determinants within the Moloney murine leukemia virus capsid modulate susceptibility of the virus to Fv1 and Ref1-mediated restriction". Virology. 363 (2): 245–255. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.048. PMID 17343889.
- ^ Ulm, J. Wes; Nelson, Stanley F. (2021). "COVID-19 drug repurposing: Summary statistics on current clinical trials and promising untested candidates". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68 (2): 313–317. doi:10.1111/tbed.13710. ISSN 1865-1674. PMC 7362058. PMID 32619318.
- ^ Ulm, J. Wes; Barthélémy, Florian; Nelson, Stanley F. (2023-08-17). "Elucidation of bioinformatic-guided high-prospect drug repositioning candidates for DMD via Swanson linking of target-focused latent knowledge from text-mined categorical metadata". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11: 1226707. doi:10.3389/fcell.2023.1226707. ISSN 2296-634X. PMC 10469615. PMID 37664462.
- ^ Ulm, J. Wes (2020-01-20). "The Mismeasurement of the American Main Street". International Policy Digest. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ Voices, Guest (2016-08-03). "We need a 'people's metric' to gauge Main Street ecomony". al. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Acoustic Dreams | Harvard Medicine magazine". 2020-07-20. Archived from the original on 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "Cachet of the Cutthroat". Democracy Journal. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Democracy, J. Wes Ulm, From. "What Darwin Didn't Mean – Utne". www.utne.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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