Jacob Wesley Ulm

Jacob Wesley Ulm
Born (1974-10-09) October 9, 1974 (age 52)
Known forAutor de artículos sobre salud y bienestar general en importantes revistas

Jacob Wesley Ulm (born October 9, 1974) is an American physician-researcher, author, and bioinformatician at the National Institutes of Health, 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, Parade, Shape, Verywell Health, Medical News Today, Newsweek, Times of India, Healthline, Eat This, Not That, Yahoo!, MSN, Business Insider, Best Life, Care.com, and a number of other major outlets in the U.S. and overseas.

Early life, education, and career

Ulm 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. 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.

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

While in medical school, Ulm became a multi-day champion on the quiz show Jeopardy! and advanced to the 1998 Tournament of Champions. He has published poetry and prose works since middle school, including a novel in the visionary and metaphysical fiction genre, and trained formally in the sciences since age 11 in a young researchers mentorship under Dr. George Carruthers at the Naval Research Lab.

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.

Publications and books

Selected published health commentaries and articles, COVID-related:

Selected published health commentaries and articles, general health:

Selected specialist biomedical articles:

Selected non-health and non-biomedical articles:

Awards and recognition

References

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