[domweek] DOM Week, August 7-11, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
August 4, 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
Staff spotlight awards
The Staff Spotlight Award aims to recognize and celebrate exceptional staff members who are dedicated to supporting our organization's mission of teaching, healing, discovery and diversity, and upholding core values.

Congratulations to the inaugural recipients of this award:
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Learn more about the recipients on our news site<https://bit.ly/3Qod03j>.

Nominees
You can also learn more about the nominees on our website<https://bit.ly/3KgR2eE>: Ghada Abdalla, Kelli Alderman, Jilian Angiulo, Laura Curtin, Lois Downey, Monica Fawthrop, Heather Foster, Zoe Kool, Kevin Pitman, Wil Samson, Mary Schiffgens, Rebekah Zaharia.


Staff news
New General Internal Medicine Administrator
[cid:image004.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]We are pleased to announce that Susan Calero will be our new administrator in the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective Aug. 23. Susan comes to us with 30 years of experience in leadership and a proven track record in management and fiscal stewardship. She managed the UW General Internal Medicine Center for 14 years, and served as director of the University of Washington Medical Center Ambulatory Care Division. Most recently she has been recruiting manager for UW Medicine Human Resources.

She has a bachelor's degree in history from State University of New York at Buffalo and credits toward a master's in public health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Please join us in welcoming Susan to the division and department and thank you to Dana Panteleeff for her outstanding work as interim administrator.


Faculty news
[cid:image006.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]Dr. Jennifer Ray, clinical assistant professor (Gastroenterology) will join the 2023 cohort of American College of Gastroenterology Early Career Leadership Program<https://bit.ly/43Vy97Z>. This program develops future leaders in clinical gastroenterology by providing leadership and policy training to early-career physicians.



Education news
Paving the Way for Better Healthcare for Latinx Patients
[cid:image008.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]A recent study conducted by the Latino Center for Health on the Latino physician workforce in Washington revealed that despite Hispanics making up nearly 15% of the state's population, only about 4% of physicians are of Hispanic descent. As a result, Hispanic patients may feel disconnected from their physicians.

Dr. Lucia Ramirez, R1, wanted to help address this need. To start, she applied for an observership with Dr. Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) and founder and director of the LatinX Diabetes Clinic. "I was able to obtain this observership because Dr. Alarcon-Casas Wright accepted my petition," said Ramirez. "I believe if more doctors or universities would give international medical graduates this opportunity, they would see the unique skills international medical graduates offer that can help their program and their patients."

The experience at the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute and the LatinX Diabetes clinic is what sparked Ramirez's interest in pursuing a residency in internal medicine. Having more doctors like Ramirez pursue internal medicine and diabetes care is critical, Alarcon-Casas Wright says, so Latinx patients can receive better care that is culturally appropriate.

Read the full story from The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3OEalRJ>.


Research news
Cancer moonshot scholars
[cid:image010.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]The Biden Cancer Moonshot announced the inaugural cohort of Cancer Moonshot Scholars, a program launched by President Biden last year to support early-career researchers and help build a cancer research workforce that better represents the diversity of America.

As one of 11 inaugural scholars, Dr. Matthew Triplette, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) will be evaluating the barriers and facilitators of lung cancer screening adherence in decentralized programs, in order to adapt and measure the impact of interventions on adherence.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3QwGjkt>.

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HIV gene therapy
[cid:image012.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]The most meaningful HIV cure will be not only safe and effective but also widely accessible for the 39 million people infected worldwide, no matter who they are or where they live.

Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is pursuing such a cure in the form of in vivo gene therapy that confers HIV resistance to a specific subset of a patient's hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs, the building blocks of our blood and immune systems. He was awarded $480,000 by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, to support the next stage of his work.

"This grant gets us one step closer to in vivo gene therapy for HIV as well as sickle cell disease and other genetic diseases," said Kiem, who holds the Stephanus Family Endowed Chair for Cell and Gene Therapy. He is also deputy director of the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division. "I think this will have very wide implications for the field."

Read the full story from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/3OIO2KW>.


Clinical news
Program to bring antidepression therapies to dialysis units
[cid:image014.jpg at 01D9C6ED.A403EDD0]Telling a patient that their kidneys have failed and that they need to go on dialysis is tantamount to saying their life is no longer their own, Dr. Raj Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) says.

"Kidney failure involves a series of losses. Not simply a potential loss of years of life, but also lifestyle: Your diet must change. You may have to quit your job. You'll have less time to travel and do activities that you enjoy. You'll have a medication regimen of 19 pills a day, on average," he said. Now imagine how much harder these life changes would be, he added, for someone who is managing depression, too.

That is the backdrop to a just-announced $2.1 million grant to develop a clinical-delivery program for two treatments found effective at improving mental health among people on dialysis. This program would make the antidepressant drug sertraline and cognitive behavioral therapy available to more than 8,300 people at Satellite Healthcare dialysis centers in California, Texas, Georgia and Tennessee. Funding comes from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent nonprofit. Mehrotra is the grant's principal investigator.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3DCP2tt>.



Recent publications
Dr. Geetanjali Chander, professor and head (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Alcohol use and the longitudinal HIV care continuum for people with HIV who enrolled in care between 2011 and 2019<https://bit.ly/3rYNzuS>" in Annals of Epidemiology. DOM co-author is Heidi Crane.

Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology) is lead author of "'Yourself in all your forms': A grounded theory exploration of identity safety in medical students<https://bit.ly/44SvyNq>" in Medical Education.

Jessica Heimonen, research coordinator, is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Risk of Subsequent Respiratory Virus Detection After Primary Virus Detection in a Community Household Study - King County, Washington 2019-2021<https://bit.ly/3OI4cUS>" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Eric Chow, Julia Rogers and Jennifer Logue.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "HHV-6 Reactivation and Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the Era of Letermovir for CMV Prophylaxis<https://bit.ly/454IsI2>" in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. DOM co-authors are Danniel Zamora, Masumi Ueda Oshima, Marco Mielcarek and Michael Boeckh. Dr. Hill is also co-senior author of "Viral Encephalitis after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review<https://bit.ly/3QnpcBm>" in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.

Dr. Chris Longenecker, associate professor (Cardiology) is co-author of "Interleukin 6 Blockade With Tocilizumab Diminishes Indices of Inflammation That Are Linked to Mortality in Treated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection<https://bit.ly/44SVZmi>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. José López, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "Low Density Lipoprotein promotes Microvascular Thrombosis by enhancing von Willebrand Factor Self-association<https://bit.ly/47t1cTE>" in Blood. DOM co-author is Xiaoyun Fu.

Dr. Ann O'Hare, professor (Nephrology) is senior author of "The Complex Patchwork of Transportation for In-Center Hemodialysis<https://bit.ly/3DDcwPk>" in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. DOM co-authors are Yoshio Hall and Suzanne Watnick.

Drs. Salpy Pamboukian, professor, Daniel Fishbein, professor (Cardiology) and Gail Jarvik, professor and head (Medical Genetics) are co-authors of "Genetic Architecture of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Individuals of African and European Ancestry<https://bit.ly/3KsJXaZ>" in JAMA.



In the news
Dr. Brad Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Tactical Fitness: Should You Give Up Caffeine?<https://bit.ly/3YlNT31>" in Spy.

Dr. Scott Barnhart, professor (General Internal Medicine) wrote the op-ed "Address housing crisis with transparency, accountability<https://bit.ly/44PvjTw>" in the Seattle Times.

Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low - Here's why<https://cnb.cx/3qdptME>" from CNBC.

Ashveena Dighe, research manager (Nephrology) is quoted in "Collaboration Yields 3D Kidney Atlas, Insights on Stone Disease<https://bit.ly/456Mgss>" in Kidney News Online.

Dr. Rachel Issaka, (Gastroenterology) is quoted in "Rideshare program could help more people get colonoscopies<https://bit.ly/3qdKZkr>" in United Press International.

Dr. Gail Jarvik, professor and head (Medical Genetics) is quoted in "The family of Henrietta Lacks, whose stolen cancer cells changed medicine, settles lawsuit<https://yhoo.it/3OEXpLl>" in Yahoo News.

Drs. Andrea Kalus, associate professor (Dermatology) and Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) are quoted in "Skin reactions common at insulin pump infusion sites<https://bit.ly/47gSCal>" in MDedge Dermatology.

Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "Scientists reprogram blood cells with fat balls that target bone marrow<https://bit.ly/3rR3bkn>" in Science News.


Weekly Calendar, August 7-11, 2023
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Research Fellows Orientation Course
Everything you need to know to survive & thrive in academics! Please join us for the annual Department of Medicine Workshop: "Surviving and Thriving During the Research Years", a course covering skills necessary for academic success, such as grant writing, teaching & oral presentations, job negotiations, appointments & promotions, and breakout sessions on opportunities in industry or the public health & policy sector. The course is designed for fellows navigating their research path and is open to fellows and early-stage faculty from all departments. There is no charge to attend this course. Aug. 23, 8:30am-3pm, Brotman Auditorium, South Lake Union. For more details and to register, please visit our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/education/fellows/research-fellows-orientation-course>.


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