[domweek] DOM Week, September 26-30, 2022

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]


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DOM Week
September 23, 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>)


[image033.jpg]Unidos: Stronger Together
This year’s theme for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month is Unidos: Stronger Together. The Huddle talked to UW Medicine employees – including Drs. Daniel Cabrera, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine), Luis Tulloch-Palomino, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases), and Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) from DOM – who shared some of their favorite things about their cultures and why it’s important to recognize that, even among all the differences and diversity of Hispanic and Latinx people, they are stronger together and have ties that unite them.

Read the full story in The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3UC0ZXV>.


Awards
Call for nominations: William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards
Nominations are now open for the William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards, to honor faculty members for their contribution to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions of the Department of Medicine through exemplary mentorship. Two awards are given annually: (1) Excellence in Mentorship of Physician-Scientists and (2) Excellence in Mentorship of Clinician-Scholars or Full-time Clinical Faculty. Nominations are due Nov. 14. For more information, please visit our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/awards/dom-awards/bremner/>.


Faculty news
[image034.jpg]Intersection of health systems factors and pulmonary medicine
Dr. Kevin Duan, acting instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine) joined Collective Conversations<https://bit.ly/3UjD1k3> to discuss the intersection of health systems factors and pulmonary medicine. 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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[image035.jpg]Dr. Matthew Rivara, associate professor (Nephrology) is the new Director of Inpatient Dialysis at Harborview. He is director of the outpatient dialysis practice, medical director of the Broadway and Elliott Bay Kidney Centers, and vice chair of the Medical Executive Committee at Northwest Kidney Centers. He takes over from Dr. Sarah Struthers, who will focus her work in the Nephrology Fellowship Program. Read more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3qQSNoH>.


Staff news
[image036.jpg]Glenda Roberts, director of external relations and patient engagement, Kidney Research Institute (Nephrology) has been selected to serve as a voting member on the APOLLO Steering Committee and as the new co-chair of the APOLLO Community Advisory Council (CAC). APOLLO is a national observational study that tests kidney donors and kidney transplant recipients for variants of the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) to determine whether they impact outcomes. Read more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3dAXiAR>.


Research news
Mary-Claire King named Citation Laureate
[image037.jpg]Clarivate has named 20 leading researchers from four countries as Citation Laureates™. These are individuals whose research publications are highly cited and whose contributions in their fields have been extremely influential and transformative. They have each had an outstanding impact on scientific discovery worldwide.

Dr. Mary-Claire King, professor of medicine (Medical Genetics) and genome sciences, was recognized as a scientific leader in the fields of physiology and medicine for demonstrating inherited susceptibility for breast and ovarian cancer and discovering the role played by mutations of the BRCA1 gene.
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QI Scholars
[image038.jpg]Congratulations to Dr. Anna Halpern, assistant professor (Hematology) and Dr. Nicole DeCuir Shoals, fellow (Gastroenterology) who have been accepted into the QI scholars program<https://bit.ly/3Lv7XJW>. Dr. Halpern’s project is “Evaluation of an Oral-Skin Bundle to Reduce Readmissions in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Managed in the Outpatient Setting: A Pilot Study” and Dr. DeCuir Shoals project is “Quantifying Adenoma Detection Rates Among General Gastroenterologists at UW-Montlake.” The QI Scholars Program supports junior and mid-level faculty pursuing QI as a scholarly focus. This competitive one-year program provides the skills and support needed to successfully complete and publish rigorous QI research projects.
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[image039.jpg]Drs. Vincenzo Cirulli, associate professor and Laura Crisa, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), and Hannele Ruohola-Baker and Shiri Levy (Biochemistry) have received the first state-funded 2022-2023 ISCRM Team Award (ITA). Funding will allow the researchers to develop and validate a multidisciplinary approach to generate clinically applicable pancreatic tissue for transplant in diabetes treatment. The goals of the ITA-funded effort are to gather data required for a multi-PI center grant and ultimately to make a transformative impact on the lives of people living with type 1 diabetes.
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[image040.jpg]Drs. Jill Johnsen, associate professor (Hematology), Shannon Meeks (Emory University), and Grier Page (RTI) have been awarded a new UG3 (total $6,683,280) from the NHLBI. This UG3 is the first stage in a planned UG3/UH3 program entitled, "A Severe Hemophilia A Intergenerational Cohort Research Program for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity".

This program will establish a Hemophilia A Analytical Cohort Research Program (HARP) to support the development of an Intergenerational Precision Medicine Program for the study of factor VIII (FVIII) immunogenicity in severe hemophilia A.

The HARP will work with a clinical consortium to develop a new longitudinal cohort following genetic carrier mothers and their babies with severe hemophilia A over at least the first two years of life and to build a shareable HARP NIH resource.
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[image041.jpg]Dr. Masaoki Kawasumi, assistant professor (Dermatology) has received an R01 from the National Cancer Institute for his project “Targeting epigenetic abnormalities to inhibit cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.” The study focuses on cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), the second most common cancer in humans. Learn more on the Dermatology website<https://bit.ly/3SpgXmJ>.


Education news
2022 Distinguished CHEST Educators
Drs. Başak Çoruh, Amy Morris, and James Town (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) were recognized by the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) as 2022 Distinguished CHEST Educators. This designation provides national-level recognition of excellence in continuing medical education through their commitment, involvement, and leadership in CHEST education programs and activities.

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Dr. Alex Vengerovsky, clinical assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) was nominated by the Emergency Medicine residents as the HMC Outstanding Consultant of the year.


Recent publications
Dr. Lindley Barbee, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Incidence and Duration of Pharyngeal Chlamydia Among a Cohort of Men Who Have Sex With Men<https://bit.ly/3UtoAd9>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors Olusegun Soge and Matthew Golden.

Dr. Larry Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Durability of protection and immunogenicity of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) COVID-19 vaccine over 6 months<https://bit.ly/3dusemw>” in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Dr. David Garcia, professor (Hematology) is co-author of “Duration of Anticoagulation Interruption Before Invasive Procedures and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the ARISTOTLE Trial<https://bit.ly/3BzMsDm>” in Circulation.

Dr. Gary Lyman, professor (Medical Oncology) is co-author of “Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology: Society for Integrative Oncology–ASCO Guideline<https://bit.ly/3BsOkxz>” in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Steven Kahn, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is co-author of “Glycemia Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes — Microvascular and Cardiovascular Outcomes<https://bit.ly/3dDEkth>” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. H. Nina Kim, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Evaluating the Cardiovascular Risk in an Aging Population of People With HIV: The Impact of Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection<https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.026473>” in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Tara Reid, acting instructor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “The COVID-19 Pandemic Unmasked the Challenges Faced by Early-Stage Faculty in Infectious Diseases: A Call to Action<https://bit.ly/3LBRX8Z>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Adrienne Shapiro, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of “An updated systematic review of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis treatment strategies<https://bit.ly/3qTDbkm>” in HIV Medicine.

Dr. Chenwei Wu, clinical assistant professor, is lead author, and Dr. Paul Cornia, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “Simple signature/countersignature shared-accountability quality improvement initiative to improve reliability of blood sample collection: an essential clinical task<https://bit.ly/3DJmnV2>” in BMJ Open Quality.

Dr. James Wykowski, inpatient chief resident, wrote “Finding Your Voice to Champion Hope in the Intensive Care Unit<https://bit.ly/3f8KUIJ>” in ATS Scholar.


In the news
Dr. Kleber Fertrin, assistant professor (Hematology) is quoted in “Royal Family Affliction or Not, Porphyria Is Treatable<https://wb.md/3BxhjAg>” from Medscape.

Dr. Andrew Luks, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in “Fact check: No, masks do not make people more obedient and 'slave like'<https://bit.ly/3C1G2hO>” in USA Today.

Dr. Addie McClintock, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) joined the Academic Medicine Podcast to discuss “Fostering Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment<https://bit.ly/3R2s8A4>.”

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is quoted in “Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid<https://bit.ly/3f6X2dq>” in STAT.

Dr. Eugene Yang, clinical professor (Cardiology) is quoted in “Already Taking a Blood Thinner? Adding Aspirin May Do Harm<https://bit.ly/3fcVGOp>” in U.S. News & World Report.


Weekly Calendar, September 26-30, 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
[image042.jpg]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
[image043.jpg]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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