Nature spoke with leading pulmonary specialists including U-M’s own Dr. Robert Dickson and Dr. Yvonne Huang about the lung microbiome’s role in disease.
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The COVID-19 crisis brought critical care medicine into the global spotlight and re-exposed systemic gaps in patient care. Four years after the initial surge of cases, the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation at the University of Michigan is asking the question: where do we go from here?
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The society recognizes Dr. Robert Dickson and Dr. Frederick Korley for original, creative and independent investigations in the clinical and allied sciences of medicine.
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Weil Institute members form regional consortium to study critical illness syndromes and empower future research efforts.
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Dr. Robert Dickson and his team found that, in patients with sepsis, body temperature was directly linked to the variety of species in their gut microbiome. Some species make the patients more effective at increasing their body temperature.
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Led by Robert Dickson, MD, a team of Weil Institute and Michigan Medicine researchers examined the interplay between gut bacteria, temperature fluctuation, and health outcomes
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A common clinical practice may be inadvertently harming patients, according to new research published in the European Respiratory Journal. The team of Weil Institute and Michigan Medicine researchers behind the study suggest that administration of antibiotics with activity against anaerobic bacteria has a profound effect on the gut microbiome and, ultimately, an adverse impact on critically ill patients.
Read MoreRead about MCIRCC Associate Director, Robert Dickson, MD and learn about the man behind the white coat.
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