[domweek] DOM Week, April 4-8, 2022

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
April 1, 2022
News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine <http://bit.ly/1TemKEY>

(If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>)



Faculty news
In memoriam: Dr. Christopher Blagg
[Christopher Blagg]Dr. Christopher Blagg, professor emeritus (Nephrology) passed away peacefully on March 31, 2022. A native of England, he earned his medical degree from the University of Leeds School of Medicine. His  involvement with dialysis care began in 1958, before long-term dialysis was a viable treatment for kidney failure.

In 1968, he moved to Seattle to work with Dr. Belding Scribner, the first Division Head of Nephrology at UW. Together, they worked to establish dialysis care as a community resource and advocated for Medicare funding of long-term dialysis care. As Executive Director of the Northwest Kidney Centers for 27 years, Blagg oversaw the establishment of a network of community-based dialysis facilities in King County. He will be remembered as a brilliant, dedicated physician, passionate about advancing the care of people with kidney failure, and the nation's most stalwart champion of home hemodialysis.
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Farewell to Dom Reilly
[Faculty headshot of Dr. Dom Reilly, a terrific doctor who retired March 31, 2022.]Dr. Dominic Reilly, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) has retired from the University of Washington after 30 years of service. He joined our faculty in 1992 and founded the UW Medicine Consult Group at UWMC-Montlake. Since 2012, he has worked to ensure that the department is fairly and fully reimbursed for clinical work. During his career, he published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and received numerous teaching awards. His indefatigable energy and passion will be missed by colleagues, staff, and patients.


DEI news
2022 UW Tri-Campus DEI Forum
[http://thewholeu.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/DEI-Fall-Forum-Poster-scaled-1.jpeg]Save the date: The UW Professional Staff Organization (PSO) and departments across UW's three campuses are joining together to facilitate a virtual 2-half-day Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Forum, focused on Action. The goal is to create an intersectional space for those interested in advocating for equity to come together to share ideas, network, and build coalitions to advance anti-racism and social justice efforts across UW and beyond. This includes intersecting aspects of identity such as race, ability, age, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and religion. The Forum is developed by staff, for staff, but open to faculty and students as well. April 20 & 21. For more information and to register<https://bit.ly/3qX69QZ>.


Education news
[49559AB3]UW medical school ranked No. 1 for primary care training
The University of Washington School of Medicine has received the No. 1 ranking for primary care education in the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools" for the 27th time since the category was introduced in 1995. We ranked No. 16 among the top 25 medical schools in the country for internal medicine, and are second in the nation in federal grant funding with $996 million of federal grants in 2020.

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[Dr. Hugo Carmona]Innovation in Fellowship Education Award
The University of Washington has received the 2022 Innovation in Fellowship Education Award from the American Thoracic Society for "Hacking Innovation into Fellowship Education." Dr. Hugo Carmona, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author.


Research news
The Future of Cancer Research and Care
Today marks the first day of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center<https://bit.ly/3i8xham>, a unified adult cancer research and care center that brings together Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) into a single, independent, nonprofit organization that is also a clinically integrated part of UW Medicine and UW Medicine's cancer program.

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When Culture and Preventative Care Collide
African immigrants in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by delayed diagnosis of a variety of health conditions, including some cancers, HIV, and hepatitis B. Differences in culture, life and health care experiences likely influence decisions to seek health services.

[cid:image014.png at 01D845E9.F315AC50]In an effort to address barriers to HIV testing faced by local African immigrant communities, a UW team led by Shukri Hassan, and Drs. Rena Patel and Roxanne Kerani (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) collaborated with the Somali, Ethiopian, and Eritrean health boards in King County to design and implement a community-based participatory research project, known as Harambee!

The first phase of this project achieved a more than 50% uptake of HIV testing. In phase 2.0 they identified a number of factors that shape attitudes of Somali, Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant communities and deter them from seeking preventative care. Overall, four major themes emerged: (1) cultural beliefs and attitudes shaping community views of health care, (2) religious beliefs/views on manifestation of illness (3) immigrant shared experiences, and (4) structural barriers related to health systems.

Phase 3.0 will incorporate messaging around preventative health care into an HIV stigma reduction intervention led by religious and other community leaders in the King County Somali, Ethiopian, and Eritrean communities.

Read the full story in Public Health Post<https://bit.ly/3wFFNGR>.

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[cid:image016.jpg at 01D845E9.F315AC50]Matthew Nguyen, student assistant working with Dr. Stephen Plymate (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) has been awarded a Mary Gates Research Scholarship. Mary Gates Research Scholarships are competitive scholarships intended to enhance the educational experiences of undergraduate students at the University of Washington while they are engaged in research guided by faculty.



Recent publications
Dr. Lauren Beste, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Hepatitis B Virus-Related Care Quality In Patients With Hepatitis B/Hiv Coinfection Versus Hepatitis B Monoinfection: A National Cohort Study<https://bit.ly/3tXz7SL>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Maria Corcorran, acting assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. H. Nina Kim, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Correlates of 90-day  Mortality Among People Who Do and Do Not Inject Drugs with Infective Endocarditis in Seattle, Washington<https://bit.ly/3Dn9Y6V>" in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Jenell Stewart, Kristine Lan, Ayushi Gupta, Sara Glick, Chetan Seshadri, Edward Gibbons, Robert Harrington, and Shireesha Dhanireddy.

Drs. Seth Cohen, Chloe Bryson-Cahn, Catherine Liu, Steven Pergam, John Lynch, Estella Whimbey (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Nandita Mani (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "Variants of Concern Are Overrepresented Among Postvaccination Breakthrough Infections of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Washington State<https://bit.ly/3JXH7bZ>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Larry Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "High Asymptomatic Carriage with the Omicron Variant in South Africa<https://bit.ly/38bZknT>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, professor (Medical Oncology) wrote "JAMA Oncology-The Year in Review, 2021<https://bit.ly/3wUr5Mg>."

Raymond Doty, research scientist, is lead author, and Dr. Jan Abkowitz, professor and head (Hematology) is senior author of "Studies in a mosaic DBA patient and chimeric mice reveal erythroid cell-extrinsic contributions to erythropoiesis<https://bit.ly/3qUpfqN>" in Blood.

Dr. Susan Graham, professor, is lead author and Dr. W. Conrad Liles, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Elevated Plasma von Willebrand Factor Levels Are Associated With Subsequent Ischemic Stroke in Persons With Treated HIV Infection<https://bit.ly/3J5xpmF>" in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Robin Nance, Mark Wurfel, Heidi Crane and José López.

Dr. Teal Hallstrand, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Location of eosinophils in the airway wall is critical for specific features of airway hyperresponsiveness and T2 inflammation in asthma<https://bit.ly/3uE7qxg>" in European Respiratory Journal. DOM co-authors are Ryan Murphy, Ying Lai, Matthew Altman, William Altemeier and Charles Frevert.

Dr. Rashmi Sharma, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Characterizing uncertainty in goals-of-care discussions among black and white patients: a qualitative study<https://bit.ly/3qK5MZY>" in BMC Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Erik Swenson, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests<https://bit.ly/36CXRa1>" in European Respiratory Journal. DOM co-authors are Bruce Culver and Teal Hallstrand.

Dr. Matthew Triplette, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) co-wrote the editorial "Screening high risk populations for lung cancer<https://bit.ly/36Glkam>" in BMJ.



In the news
Dr. Philip Greenberg, professor (Medical Oncology) talked to GeekWire in "Biotech vet Phil Greenberg on his new cancer-fighting startup and immunotherapy's next phase<https://bit.ly/3NECHsI>."

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "U.S. House passes bill to cap insulin cost at $35 per month<https://bit.ly/3Dx4vuv>" in Healio Endocrinology.

Dr. Christine Johnston, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say<https://bit.ly/3LxS9oy>" in MedPage Today.

Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair, co-wrote "How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system<https://bit.ly/3NxqZjm>" in STAT.

Dr. Lisa Maier, clinical associate professor (Dermatology) is quoted in "Foot Dermatitis Can Be Allergic Reaction to Topical Antifungals<https://wb.md/36DG16x>" and "Hidden Formaldehyde in Products Linked to Allergic Reactions<https://wb.md/3uRVf05>" in Medscape.

Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "How Physicians and Patients Can Bridge Cultural Divides<https://bit.ly/3K35kxu>" in Brain and Life.

Dr. Anna Wald, professor and head (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "FDA expected to OK 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose for adults over 50, UW doctor weighs in<https://bit.ly/3Dk5rCa>" from KIRO News.

Dr. Pandora (Luke) Wander, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "COVID-19 linked to increased risk for new-onset diabetes in men, but not women<https://bit.ly/3IYPouU>" in Healio Endocrinology.


Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Jason Deen, associate professor of pediatrics and medicine (Cardiology) will present "Cardiovascular Risk Stratifications of American Indians" at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, April 8, 2022,12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730>.


Weekly Calendar, April 4-8, 2022
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Michael Hlastala Symposium: A Career Prospective
Dr. Michael Hlastala was a long-time member of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, having been faculty nearly since the inception of the Division of Respiratory Diseases. April 14, 1:30pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/my/hmcpulmonary>. Speakers: Bill Altemeier, Robb Glenny, Tom Robertson, and Erik Swenson.

Symposium in Medical Ethics on Race, Health and Justice
The Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on "Race, Health and Justice" is a one-day, cross disciplinary symposium which will present theoretical and empirical research on racial injustice and its impact on health and well-being. The Keynote Speaker is George Yancy, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. April 15. For more information and to register, please visit the UW Dept. of Philosophy website.<https://bit.ly/3sxKoHl>

Trauma Stewardship Institute Workshop
UW Medicine and the School of Medicine are partnering with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and the Trauma Stewardship Institute to address the accumulative toll of the pandemic on UW Medicine healthcare staff and providers through a 2-hour system-wide workshop. Recordings will be posted online for those unable to attend live.
June 21, 4-6pm Register here<http://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGC9mKmnJwnjMoaLOcXVeLaMwTs3bay1GilR5I0B4eODjVFNAEcwrD-sP5C91458N2AIB827n0=>

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