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Mary Spiro

(She/Her)
  • Director of Communications and External Affairs, American Sociological Association
  • Writer and Technical Editor, Freelance
Baltimore
As seen in: Medium, Phys.org, Medical Xpress, Nanowerk LLC, ASCB, Forensic Magazine
Covers:  basic science, social science and sociology, engineering, medicine, public health, cool tech and gadgets
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School segregation widens racial achievement gaps among Black, white and Hispanic students

School segregation widens racial achievement gaps among Black, white and Hispanic students

Phys.org — New sociological research finds that school segregation continues to widen racial achievement gaps among Black, Hispanic, and white students in U.S. public schools. Analyzing standardized test scores from millions of students, researchers concluded that these gaps grow fastest in school systems where Black and Hispanic students are concentrated in higher-poverty schools than their white peers.
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Tailored Interventions Lower Blood Pressure for Groups Experiencing Health Disparities | Johns Ho...

Tailored Interventions Lower Blood Pressure for Groups Experiencing Health Disparities | Johns Ho...

jhu.edu — Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the US, significantly affecting racial, geographic, and socioeconomic disparities in mortality and life expectancy. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity have published a groundbreaking study in Circulation journal that reveals new strategies for combating hypertension disparities in underserved communities.
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Steel Fabricator Wins Appeal in OSHA Lock-out/Tag-out Violations

Steel Fabricator Wins Appeal in OSHA Lock-out/Tag-out Violations

khlaw.com — A Texas-based steel fabricator, Ward Vessel & Exchanger, successfully appealed three OSHA citations. [Blog written on behalf of legal practice. ]
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Maryland Hunger Solutions collaboration with Public Health wins 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Awa...

Maryland Hunger Solutions collaboration with Public Health wins 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Awa...

jhu.edu — The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute awarded the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award to a collaboration between Maryland Hunger Solutions, an advocacy and outreach organization seeking to end hunger in Maryland, and Susan Gross, PHD, MPH, RDN, LDN, an associate scientist in the Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
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Hearing the 'photovoice' of Baltimore's community health workers | Johns Hopkins Center for Healt...

Hearing the 'photovoice' of Baltimore's community health workers | Johns Hopkins Center for Healt...

jhu.edu — The term may not be as common as "doctor" or "nurse," but community health workers play a significant role in the public's health. Chidinma Ibe, PhD is an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Associate Director of Community Engagement for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity (CHE).
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Call for Applications for the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award | Urban Health Institute

Call for Applications for the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award | Urban Health Institute

jhu.edu — Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute announces call for applications for the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award.
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Cross-cultural exchange hopes to improve healthcare quality and equity - Johns Hopkins Health Equ...

Cross-cultural exchange hopes to improve healthcare quality and equity - Johns Hopkins Health Equ...

The Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship (SQSF) looks to "strengthen clinical leadership and improvement capability" of National Health Services Scotland healthcare professionals.
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Lisa Cooper receives 2023 Graham Prize for Health Services Research - Johns Hopkins Health Equity...

Lisa Cooper receives 2023 Graham Prize for Health Services Research - Johns Hopkins Health Equity...

Lisa A. Cooper received the 2023 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research from the Baxter International Foundation and the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) on June 30.
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MBoC Journal 2023 Special Issue Preview

MBoC Journal 2023 Special Issue Preview

youtu.be — Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is the respected research publication of the American Society for Cell Biology. All submissions are reviewed by working scientists like you, who make up our editorial board and represent varied life science disciplines. I shot and edited this video.
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Cell Bio Virtual 2021: A Retrospective - ASCB

Cell Bio Virtual 2021: A Retrospective - ASCB

ASCB — One of the hardest articles for me to write each year is the review of the ASCB annual meeting. How does one summarize hours of presentations of leading-edge cell biology or the lively and spontaneous interactions that happen during Q&As or networking sessions? Whether the meeting has been in-person or online, it's always a challenging writing assignment.
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To Treat Brain Cancer, Just Add Water

To Treat Brain Cancer, Just Add Water

Futurity — JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Freeze-dried nanoparticles can deliver gene therapy into human brain cancer cells—and may one day offer an alternative to brain surgery.
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OpenCell reveals the intracellular life of proteins - ASCB

OpenCell reveals the intracellular life of proteins - ASCB

ASCB — After proteins are synthesized in a cell, they don't just sit there. They get straight to work-alone or in combination-performing nearly every task in a cell's life, moving from nucleus to cytoplasm to membrane. Cell biologists know this happens, and they've done a decent job of describing a multitude of these activities and interactions.
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ASCB's Pathways Podcast

ASCB's Pathways Podcast

ASCB's Pathways Podcast — Pathways Podcast is produced by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and features news and interviews for anyone interested in the life sciences.
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Expansion microscopy 'grows' samples larger for super-resolution imaging

Expansion microscopy 'grows' samples larger for super-resolution imaging

www.asbmb.org — If you've ever bought one of those grow-in-water dinosaur toys from a gumball machine, you understand a little about the process of expansion microscopy. This sample-preparation technique, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, allows researchers to achieve super-resolution microscopy using just a regular light microscope.
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A Change is Gonna Come

A Change is Gonna Come

Spirit of the Dragon -The Glenelg Country School Magazine — Profile of retiring head of school.
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HYDROGEL HEALS THIRD-DEGREE BURNS

HYDROGEL HEALS THIRD-DEGREE BURNS

Futurity — JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A new jelly-like material appears to promote the repair of severe burns, regenerating healthy, scar-free tissue in early experiments with animals.
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2011 Johns Hopkins Nano-Bio Magazine

2011 Johns Hopkins Nano-Bio Magazine

issuu.com — The 2011 annual program and publication of Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology. The theme is Cancer Nanotechnology.
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