[domweek] DOM Week, April 10-14, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
April 7, 2023
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:image003.jpg at 01D96971.972CD920]Dr. Somnath Mookherjee, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is the 2023 recipient of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Excellence in Teaching Award. This award recognizes outstanding teaching prowess and mentoring to other hospitalists, residents, medical students, or other healthcare professionals.



EDI news
[cid:image005.png at 01D96971.972CD920]Gender Equity Lunch Series: Shared mental model for family support
Please save the date for the next Gender Equity Lunch Series on May 25, 12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/98549930603>. The Family Support Committee of the DOM Gender Equity Council is charged with identifying department needs and seeking solutions related to supporting employees with families.

In early 2022 they conducted five focus group interviews consisting of staff, faculty, and APPs to understand the barriers to supporting employees with families and to explore what an ideal model of support for DOM faculty, staff, and trainees with families might look like.

At the upcoming lunch series, they will discuss this study’s results and continue a dialogue about how we might enhance the support of people with families within DOM.


Faculty news
Exceptional women in medicine
[https://cdn.castleconnolly.com/dims4/default/0023718/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2060x1034+0+0/resize/840x422!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcastle-connolly-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2F26%2Fc41c3c9744c9a31811eb8cd26ffc%2Fewim-2023-promo-image.jpg]Nominated by their peers, the Exceptional Women in Medicine list recognizes female Castle Connolly Top Doctors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, expertise and dedication in their respective fields. Congratulations to this year’s exceptional women:

Janis Abkowitz, Julia Becke, Renuka Bhattacharya, Julie Carkin, Jennie Crews, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Rosario Freeman, Terry Gernsheimer, Deborah Greenberg, Leah Haseley, Fuki Hisama, Gail Jarvik, Sioban Keel, Anne Larson, Kimberly Muczynski, Kim O'Connor, Catherine Otto, Genevieve Pagalilauan, May Reed, Michi Shinohara, Jennifer Specht, April Stempien-Otero, Karen Stout, Nancy Sugg, Virginia Sybert.


Research news
Researchers tackle major obstacle to stem-cell heart repair
[cid:image009.jpg at 01D96971.972CD920]Researchers have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for injured hearts.

“We have found what we have to tackle to make these cells safe,” said Silvia Marchiano, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Chuck Murry, professor (Cardiology). Marchiano is the lead author and Murry is senior author of a paper describing the findings published in Cell Stem Cell<https://bit.ly/3UiZe22>. The work was done in collaboration with the Seattle company Sana Biotechnology.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3ZQUilU>.

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Call for Proposals: Global Innovation Exchange launch projects
Interested in having a talented, global, interdisciplinary student team explore potential technology applications in support of your research? The UW Master of Science in Technology Innovation<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gixnetwork.org/program/msti/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lT9qMEEkkKtcInVBkBgK5DBncJcb0yfXNYgZWr2-tCxfMbogmcGS23tIITuoY0GZvCpoS6AR0YMe7g$> is opening a call for Faculty, Lab, and UW-Spinout sponsored projects for their interdisciplinary capstone-style launch projects kicking off Autumn 2023. They provide a student team budget; no cost to faculty. To learn more, see detailed examples, and ask questions to MSTI faculty, join the information session on April 14, 2-3 pm [via Zoom<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/j/99550361257__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lT9qMEEkkKtcInVBkBgK5DBncJcb0yfXNYgZWr2-tCxfMbogmcGS23tIITuoY0GZvCpoS6DgtbuWQQ$>]. For more details and how to submit a proposal, please visit their website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gixnetwork.org/launch-proposal/*attend__;Iw!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lT9qMEEkkKtcInVBkBgK5DBncJcb0yfXNYgZWr2-tCxfMbogmcGS23tIITuoY0GZvCpoS6BTzY2rxQ$>. Questions? Contact Linda Wagner<mailto:lw1mhcid at uw.edu>, Director of Academic Programs, Global Innovation Exchange.


Education news
Educator Spotlight: Jehan Budak
[cid:image011.jpg at 01D96971.972CD920]Dr. Jehan Budak, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is the April Featured Educator by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (ISDA) Medical Education Community of Practice.

Learn more about her on their website<https://bit.ly/3GrrxFw>.

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CLIME Clinical Teaching Certificate Program
Registration is now open for the 2023-23 CLIME Clinical Teaching Certificate Program. This program, offered at no cost, is designed to help teachers maximize learning in the clinical environment. Faculty and trainees who teach students, residents, or fellows alongside providing clinical care will benefit from this program. To learn more and to register, please visit their website<https://bit.ly/3GfTkcb>.


Clinical news
Cares Awards
The UW Medicine Cares Award recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of individuals and teams who consistently exemplify our Service Culture Guidelines.
Congratulations to the Spring 2023 Cares Award recipients:

UWMC

  *   Seth Cohen, clinical associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  *   Tracy Fowler, teaching associate (Cardiology)
  *   Matthew Smith, teaching associate (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)

HMC

  *   Jenny Roraback-Carson, clinical assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine)
  *   HMC Echocardiography Lab Sonographers (Cardiology)

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Department of Medicine Health Systems Collective: Directory Launch
In 2022, the Department of Medicine launched the Health Systems Collective, an initiative aimed at supporting people and groups in DOM interested in improving health through systems of care. To that end, we would like to introduce a directory<https://bit.ly/418l22n> highlighting faculty, staff, and trainees with this same goal in mind. Our hope is to help create new and enhance current connections. We will begin to regularly highlight each individual from this directory through our listserv<http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/hsc-announcements>.


Recent publications
The recent article “Practice resource-focused revision: 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 the Journal of Genetic Counseling (lead author is Dr. Robin Bennett, professor, Medical Genetics) is listed as an accomplishment in genetic medicine by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).

Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Immune correlates analysis of a phase 3 trial of the AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) vaccine<https://bit.ly/3nGxjg3>” in NPJ Vaccines.

Drs. Julia Dombrowski, associate professor, Olusegun Soge, assistant professor, and Connie Celum, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of “Postexposure Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections<https://bit.ly/414G4iq>” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Drs. Jing-Fei Dong, professor (Hematology), Pavan Bhatraju, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), and Paul Martin, professor emeritus (Medical Oncology) are co-authors of “Pathway-driven rare germline variants associated with transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA)<https://bit.ly/3McQUyF>” in Thrombosis Research.

Dr. Rob Fredericksen, acting assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “The Brief HIV Index: A rapid 3-item scale to measure engagement in HIV care<https://bit.ly/3ZHLv5O>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Susan Graham, professor, is lead author and Dr. W. Conrad Liles, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Plasma interleukin-6 (IL-6), angiopoietin-2, and C-reactive protein levels predict subsequent type 1 myocardial infarction in persons with treated HIV infection<https://bit.ly/3GnsNcJ>” in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. DOM co-authors are Robin Nance, Mark Wurfel, Heide Crane, and José López.

Dr. Chris Longenecker, associate professor (Cardiology) is co-author of “IL-6 blockade with tocilizumab diminishes indices of inflammation that are linked to mortality in treated HIV infection<https://bit.ly/3KEZuVJ>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Gary Lyman, professor (Medical Oncology) is co-author of “Impact of COVID‑19 in patients on active melanoma therapy and with history of melanoma<https://bit.ly/3KFYlgC>” in BMC Cancer, and “Pandemic Phase-Adjusted Analysis of COVID-19 Outcomes Reveals Reduced Intrinsic Vulnerability and Substantial Vaccine Protection From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Patients With Breast Cancer<https://bit.ly/3MokCkd>” in JCO.

Dr. Anzela Niraula, fellow, is lead author, and Dr. Joshua Thaler, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of “Prostaglandin PGE2 Receptor EP4 Regulates Microglial Phagocytosis and Increases Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Obesity<https://bit.ly/42ZdBwd>” in Diabetes. DOM co-authors are Kelly Ness, Jeremy Frey, Sophia Cuschieri, and Mauricio Dorfman.


In the news
Dr. Anthony Back, professor (Medical Oncology) is quoted in “Mindfulness, your patients, and you<https://bit.ly/3nX5D6P>” in Physicians Practice.

Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) was interviewed for the Activate Care blog, In Conversation<https://bit.ly/43fpQEU>, about his Health Equity Conversations podcast<https://apple.co/3MoCcol>, where he gives a platform to the people and groups working to improve equity and health through systems change.

Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “Latinos in Washington Likely Suffering Silently From Long COVID<https://bit.ly/3ZM9hxG>” in the South Seattle Herald.

Dr. Jenny Sun, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “What's in the western Washington air causing your allergies right now?<https://bit.ly/3ZClkgN>” from KING 5.

Dr. Joshua Thaler, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “Is Antihistamine Use Making Me Gain Weight?<https://bit.ly/3nISXQS>” from The Huddle.

Dr. Philip Vutien, assistant professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in “Home test could offer earlier diagnosis for people with liver disease, study finds<https://bit.ly/3nX525b>” from KOMO News.

Dr. Susan Wong, associate professor (Nephrology) is quoted in “Comfort Favored Over Life Prolongation in Dialysis Population<https://bit.ly/3zy8XI2>” in Renal and Urology News.

Dr. Eugene Yang, clinical professor (Cardiology) is quoted in “Statins Don’t Worsen Muscle Pain After Moderate Exercise<https://bit.ly/3Mnl8iF>” in Everyday Health.


Weekly Calendar, April 10-14, 2023
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Molecular Medicine & Mechanisms of Disease Seminar Series
This seminar series is open to all interested individuals. This year the topic will be “Challenges in Cancer Immunotherapy”, with lectures by Drs. Aude Chapuis, Nora Disis, Tina Albertson, Stan Riddell, and Damian Green. Seminars will take place April 5-May 3 on Wednesdays at FHCC. For the complete schedule and more information please visit our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/education/m3d-phd-program#seminar-series>. Any questions, please contact Faith Wall<mailto:fwall at fredhutch.org>.

Clinical Cardiology Pearls for Primary Care
This course is tailored for a primary care audience and is intended to provide practical, up-to-date information on commonly encountered cardiovascular diseases. Recent guidelines for hypertension, cholesterol management, primary prevention of heart disease, and heart failure will be reviewed. April  28. To learn more and register for the event, please visit the CME website<https://bit.ly/3Z4m7XJ>.

Faculty Development Series
All DOM faculty are invited to join the GIM Faculty Development seminar series, 1-2pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/96022648263>.

  *   May 5 - "How to make an effective ask," with Lauge Sokol-Hessner
  *   June 2 - "Using goals and values to find professional satisfaction," with Lauren Beste”

Eli Estey symposium on the pathogenesis and therapy of AML
A scientific symposium honoring Dr. Eli Estey's many contributions to leukemia research and care will be held at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on May 19, 9am to 5:30pm with state-of-the-art talks by esteemed AML colleagues. For more information and to register, please visit the Hematology website<https://hematology.uw.edu/news/aml-pathogenesis-and-therapy-scientific-symposium-honor-dr-eli-estey>.

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Amy Fields, Editor
amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>


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