[domweek] Dom Week, September 19-23, 2022

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
September 16, 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>)



Awards
[cid:image027.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]Dr. Justin Bullock named one of six WebMD Health Heroes
WebMD annually recognizes individuals who work to improve the mental health of medical professionals, veterans, first responders, and older adults. Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology) is recognized for speaking out about suicide and mental health in medicine, using his own personal struggles to help others overcome the stigma. Learn more on WebMD<https://wb.md/3QPPmtb>.


Faculty news
[cid:image028.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]The intersection of kidney and heart disease
Dr. Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) joined Collective Conversations<https://bit.ly/3wgoU4z> to discuss the intersection of kidney and heart disease. Collective Conversations is a series of discussions aimed at highlighting people and groups working to improve health through better health care systems.

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[cid:image029.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]Dr. Bryan Kestenbaum, professor (Nephrology) has been appointed as the next holder of the David S. and Nayda Utterberg Endowed Professorship in Nephrology. Dr. Kestenbaum is internationally recognized for his research that is focused broadly on the metabolic effects of kidney diseases.

Learn more about Dr. Kestenbaum and the endowed professorship on our news site<https://bit.ly/3DnuExF>.


Education news
Clinical Teaching Certificate Program
[cid:image030.png at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]The Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) is excited to offer the Clinical Teaching Certificate<https://bit.ly/3eIIdxy> for the second year led by Somnath Mookherjee, MD<https://gim.uw.edu/faculty/somnath-mookherjee-md>, CLIME Associate Director of Faculty Development in Clinical Teaching.

This Certificate Program is designed to help teachers maximize learning in the clinical environment. Faculty who teach students, residents, or fellows alongside providing clinical care, as well as those who teach clinical skills outside of their own clinical practice will benefit from this program. All interested participants affiliated with UW School of Medicine including those throughout the WWAMI region are encouraged to participate. Registration is now open<https://uwsom.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bde8xR7ZOgAnYb4>. Direct questions to UW CLIME leadership<mailto:clime at uw.edu>.


Research News
[cid:image031.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]New grant seeks to strengthen depression treatment in primary care in Zimbabwe
Drs. Helen Jack, acting instructor (General Internal Medicine) is principal investigator for a new K23 award from the NIH, for the study, "Practice facilitation and supervision to strengthen depression treatment in primary care in Zimbabwe".

This five-year career development award will support implementation science research into how to support nurses to identify patients with depression and implement WHO depression treatment guidelines in primary care in Zimbabwe.

Deepa Rao, professor (Department of Global Health) is a primary mentor and Judith Tsui, professor (General Internal Medicine) is a co-mentor.


Clinical News
Inaugural Hospitalist Partner in Care Awards
In an effort to provide additional recognition for the many people that make UWMC-NW a special place to work, the hospitalist team has created the Hospitalist Partner in Care Award to recognize individuals who most embody the values of the UWMC-NW Hospitalist team including dedication, collaboration, and compassion.

Congratulations to the DOM recipients and nominees for these inaugural awards:

Awardees: Dr. Vikram Padmanabhan, clinical instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), William Ehni, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Nominees: Jon Keller, clinical instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), Darrell Owens, clinical associate professor, Eddie Marzbani, clinical associate professor (Medical Oncology)


Recent publications
Dr. Jared Baeten, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Incidence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection Among African Women Using Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, a Copper Intrauterine Device, or a Levonorgestrel Implant for Contraception: A Nested Randomized Trial<https://bit.ly/3UhffVt>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Robin Bennett, clinical professor (Medical Genetics) is lead author of "Standardized pedigree nomenclature update centered on sex and gender inclusivity: A practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors<https://bit.ly/3BIzunY>" in Journal of Genetic Counseling.

Dr. Catherine Butler, acting assistant professor is lead author and Dr. Ann M O'Hare, professor (Nephrology) is senior author of "Concurrent Hospice and Dialysis: Proof of Concept<https://bit.ly/3QIEe1a>" in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology.

Drs. Catherine Butler, acting assistant professor (Nephrology), Rashmi Sharma, associate professor (General Internal Medicine), J Randall Curtis, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and Ann O'Hare, professor (Nephrology) are co-authors of "Differences Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in the Unmet Existential and Supportive Care Needs of People Receiving Dialysis<https://bit.ly/3DwW4Bg>" in the Journal of American Medical Association Intern Medicine.

Candice Church, research scientist, is lead author, and Dr. Paul Nghiem, professor and head (Dermatology) is senior author of "Transcriptional and functional analyses of neoantigen-specific CD4 T cells during a profound response to anti-PD-L1 in metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma<https://bit.ly/3dasBCv>" in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. DOM co-authors are Thomas Pulliam, Song Park, Lichen Jing, and David Koelle.

Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author and Drs. Thomas Payne, professor (General Internal Medicine), and Seth Cohen, clinical assistant professor (allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Application of Statistical Learning to Identify Omicron Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Viral Genome Sequence Data From Populations in Africa and the United States<https://bit.ly/3djkdjY>" in JAMA Network Open.

Drs. Anila Finnegan, Susan Glass, and Somnath Mookherjee (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "An encompassing issue<https://bit.ly/3djydu2>" in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Humoral and Cellular Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Before and After Chimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified T Cell Therapy<https://bit.ly/3BM3S0V>" in Blood Advances. DOM co-authors are Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, Victoria Campbell, Damian Green, David Maloney, Jordan Gauthier, Andrew Cowan, and David M Koelle.

Dr. Ellora Karmarkar, fellow, is lead author and Dr. Sylvia LaCourse, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Report: A pox presenting without pox<https://bit.ly/3BmKHcC>" in Sexually Transmitted Diseases. DOM co-authors are Desta Russom, Alwiya Ahmed, Maria Amoreth Ramiro Gozo, Anna Cogen, Steven Disharoon and W. Conrad Liles.

Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Medicare's Bundled Payment Models<https://bit.ly/3qHMROL>" in the Journal of American Medical Association.

Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine)  is senior author of "Remote Patient Monitoring-Will More Data Lead to More Health?"<https://bit.ly/3QLpVsB> in the Journal of American Medical Association Intern Medicine.

Dr. Jimmy Ma, fellow (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author and Dr. Mari Kitahata, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Current Antiretroviral Treatment Among People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States: Findings from the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinic Systems Cohort<https://bit.ly/3UkeCLc>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Drs. Robin Nance, Bridget Whitney and Heidi Crane.

Dr. Veena Shankaran, professor (Medical Oncology) is co-author of "Navigating financial toxicity in patients with cancer: A multidisciplinary management approach<https://bit.ly/3LiDb6Q>" in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Dr. Ana Weil, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants on a university campus<https://bit.ly/3BlIhLg>" in Nature Communication. DOM co-authors are Drs. Amanda Casto and Geoff Gottlieb.

Dr. Ana Weil, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Impact of a human gut microbe on Vibrio cholerae host colonization through biofilm enhancement<https://bit.ly/3Sb57fm>" in Elife.



In the news
Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)is quoted in "Enrollees sought for trial of drug to treat monkeypox<https://bit.ly/3xxziWe>" from UW Medicine Newsroom.

Dr. Stacy Cohen, associate professor (Medical Oncology) is interviewed in "Stacey A. Cohen, MD, Discusses the Relevance of ctDNA as a Prognostic Marker for Resected Stage I-III CRC<https://bit.ly/3xxzEw2>" in CancerNetwork.

Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "10 Misconceptions About Monkeypox You Shouldn't Believe<https://bit.ly/3RYf9Ag>" in Everyday Health.

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Seattle company developing non-invasive glucose monitor raises more cash in new public offering"<https://bit.ly/3RTs9Yc> from GeekWire.

Dr. Radhika Narla, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Good News, Bad News for Global Hip Fracture Rates<https://bit.ly/3xje5yU>" in Medpage Today.

Dr. Cora Sack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Wildfire smoke: How to protect yourself, your home from hazardous air quality<https://bit.ly/3L7NoTL>" from Q13 Fox News.


Events of interest
Gender Equity Lunch Series: Equality and reproductive rights
[cid:image032.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]Department Chair Dr. Barbara Jung and Dr. Amy Baernstein (General Internal Medicine) will moderate a discussion about equality and reproductive rights - the history, and where we go from here. We have worked with UW Libraries to provide access to view The Janes<https://digitalcampus.swankmp.net/uwashington303229/watch/09A9E7F2217CD443?referrer=direct>, a documentary about a secret abortion service network established by women in the seventies. The network used a series of code names and safe houses to provide women in need with illegal abortions during a time when abortions were banned by the state and church. Sept. 23, 12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/99429800256> (meeting ID: 994 2980 0256). Please RSVP<https://forms.office.com/r/SRWKKrE1fi>.

Weekly Calendar, September 19-23, 2022
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Unequal Treatment in Cardiovascular Care: Evidence for Racial Bias and the Way Forward
[cid:image033.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]The Department of Medicine is proud to partner with the Institute for Common Power to sponsor a lecture by Dr. Quinn Capers from UT Southwestern. Dr. Capers will review current evidence and studies from the recent past detailing Black-White disparities in cardiac care, and strategies to reduce or eliminate racial disparities in care. Please join us<https://bit.ly/3efmFIE> on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 12-1:30pm PST.

A Q&A with Department Chair Dr. Barbara Jung and Common Power Director Dr. Terry Scott will follow to discuss how we engage in EDI goals and objectives, increase engagement, and move initiatives forward. Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3AyHgyR>.

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Gender Equity Lunch Series: Gender and the Electronic Health Record workload
[cid:image034.jpg at 01D8C9E9.F0E01590]Special guest moderator, Dr. Eve Rittenberg, Harvard Medical Center, will discuss gender and the EHR workload, and her article "Primary Care Physician Gender and Electronic Health Record Workload<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-021-07298-z>" published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Eve Rittenberg, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care internist at the Fish Center for Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her interests include women's health, trauma-informed care, and health equity. Nov. 8, 12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/93551236119> (meeting ID: 935 5123 6119). Please RSVP<https://forms.office.com/r/Hx5QT3HCxu>.


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