From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Dec 1 15:38:57 2023 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:23:17 2024 Subject: [domweek] DOM Week, December 4-8, 2023 Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990] DOM Week December 1, 2023 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Faculty news Faculty spotlight: Joyce Wipf [cid:image003.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. Joyce Wipf, professor (General Internal Medicine), who is retiring from the University of Washington at the end of December after 37 years of service. A retirement party will be held on Dec. 14, 4:30-6:30pm, VA Seattle campus, Bldg 101, rooms 80 and 90. Read her spotlight on our news site. Education news Fellowship match Please join us in congratulating this year's residents, current chief residents, former graduates, and our divisions on another successful fellowship match! Current and chief residents who matched into fellowships: Jonathan Avery Cardiology, UW Osayd Assad Cardiology, Wisconsin Andrea Diaz Cardiology, UW Matt Wu Cardiology, U Arizona-Tucson Anthony Lee Critical Care Medicine, NIH Arita Thatte Endocrinology, Stanford Maria Cassera Gastroenterology, UW Brian Ko Gastroenterology, UW Karen Rico Gastroenterology, U Arizona-Tucson Erica Storm Gastroenterology, UCSF Edwin Wang Gastroenterology, Cook County Health Reema Navalurkar Geriatrics, UW George Mo Hematology-Oncology, U Penn Olivia Lin Hematology-Oncology, UCSF Khushboo Pal Hematology-Oncology, UTSW Liem Nguyen Hematology-Oncology, UW Nick DesLauriers Infectious Diseases, UCSF Luke Brandenberger Infectious Diseases, UW Ayodale Braimah Nephrology, UW Lily Jeong Nephrology, UW Allan Fonseca Badilla Pulmonary Critical Care, UW Kristine Cueva Pulmonary Critical Care, Harbor-UCLA Ayesha Khader Pulmonary Critical Care, OHSU Recent graduates who matched into fellowships: Teddy Curran ('21) Cardiology, UCSD Kellen Hirsch ('23) Cardiology, U Utah Benjamin Ross ('22) Cardiology, VM Franciscan Xaviera Ortiz ('13) Infectious Diseases, UT San Antonio Nic Baddour ('22) Pulmonary Critical Care, UCLA Katherine Fair ('22) Pulmonary Critical Care, BU ________________________________ Rebecca Gold: Social Justice Frontliner [cid:image005.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) is honoring members at the front lines of Social Justice with their member highlight series, "Frontliners: Social Justice." Dr. Rebecca Gold, R3, is highlighted this month. She recently presented a poster in collaboration with UW's Breast Health Equity group on the inequities of breast cancer care along racial lines, particularly for Somali and Ethiopian immigrants living in Seattle. Read the challenges in conducting her research and how she hopes this research will help address inequities in breast cancer care in the future. ________________________________ Call for interviewers The Internal Medicine Residency Program is looking for volunteers to help interview this year's applicants for the 2024-25 intern year. If interested, please sign up to volunteer. Once signed up, you'll receive an Outlook invitation and information regarding the interview day. For questions or additional information, please contact Andr?a Campbell. Clinical news Practitioner Leads in Quality & Safety In recognition of their substantial contributions to local healthcare quality and safety, Drs. Gwen Bernacki, clinical assistant professor (Cardiology), Medhavi Bole, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Jurjen de Jong, chief resident, Soloman Graf, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology), and Sarah Sanghavi, clinical associate professor (Nephrology) have been awarded the title of Practitioner Lead in Quality & Safety (PLQS) within the Hospital & Specialty Medicine service line at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. PLQS titles are based on contributions made over the previous year to achieving safer, higher quality care for our Veterans. [cid:image006.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990] Research news Breathing highway air increases blood pressure [cid:image008.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]For more than a century, American cities have been sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways. Interstate highways and wide arterials are now a defining feature of most metropolitan areas, their constant flow of cars spewing pollution into nearby neighborhoods. Researchers have only just begun to understand the health risks posed by all that pollution. Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution - a complex mixture of exhaust from tailpipes, brake and tire wear, and road dust - has been linked to increased rates of cardiovascular disease, asthma, lung cancer and death. New research from the University of Washington suggests those health risks are also seen in people traveling busy roads. A study published Nov. 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic significantly increased passengers' blood pressure, both while in the car and up to 24 hours later. The study was led by Dr. Joel Kaufman, professor (General Internal Medicine). Read the full story from UW News. ________________________________ New pacemaker recharges its battery with energy from natural heartbeats [cid:image010.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]While batteries for typical "transvenous" pacemakers last 6-15 years before they must be replaced, newer "leadless" pacemakers (which fully reside within the right lower chamber of the heart) do not have replaceable batteries. New proof-of-principle research shows that an experimental pacemaker housing is able to partially-recharge its battery using power generated from natural heartbeats. The study was recently presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia by lead study author Dr. Babak Nazer, associate professor, Cardiology. Learn more on our news site. ________________________________ Spotlight on resident scholarship: Kristine Cueva [cid:image012.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]There is evidence that Black patients nearing the end of life have greater symptom burden, worse quality of life, and receive more intense clinical care. The methods historically used to elucidate drivers apply the assumption that mistrust is an inherent personal quality rather than result of lived experiences. In the latest resident scholarship spotlight, "Medical Mistrust Among Black Patients with Serious Illness," Dr. Kristine Cueva designed and led a mixed methods study to better understand patient perspectives. With collaborators, she enrolled a prospective cohort of Black patients with a 2-year or less predicted life expectancy. The average numeric survey-based measures of mistrust were higher in this study sample than other published populations. View spotlight ________________________________ [cid:image014.jpg@01DA246C.7CCC6990]Triple I research mentor award Congratulations to Dr. Helen Jack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) who received a Triple I Research Mentor Award for her contributions guiding UW medical students with research projects. Recent publications Yu-Hua Chow, research scientist, is lead author, and Dr. Chi Hung, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Toll-interacting protein inhibits transforming growth factor beta signaling in mouse lung fibroblasts" in FASEB Bio Advances. DOM co-authors are W. Conrad Liles, William Altemeier and Sina Gharib. Dr. Andrew Cowan, associate professor, is lead author, and Dr. Damian Green, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "Unveiling the link between genetic alterations in gamma secretase and BCMA surface density in multiple myeloma" in the British Journal of Haematology. Dr. William Grady, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of "Patients with Esophageal Adenocarcinoma with prior GERD symptoms are similar to those without GERD: A Cross-sectional Study" in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Jay Heinecke, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of "Flipped C-Terminal Ends of apoA1 Promote ABCA1-Dependent Cholesterol Efflux by Small HDLs" in Circulation. DOM co-authors are Chongren Tang, Tomas Vaisar and Karin Bornfeldt. Kerry Laing, research scientist, and Dr. Emily Ford, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-lead authors of "Recruitment of naive CD4+ T cells by the recombinant zoster vaccine correlates with persistent immunity" in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. DOM co-author is David Koelle. In the news Dr. Heather Cheng, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "Mistrust of medical research may discourage genetic testing in prostate cancer" in Urology Times. Dr. Keith Eaton, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "Research shows higher rates of younger women diagnosed with lung cancer than younger men" from KING 5 News. Dr. Mayumi Endo, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "How Do Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism Differ?" in Right as Rain. Dr. Scott Hagan, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "A new hope to fight menopausal weight gain: Ozempic" in the Seattle Times. Dr. Farah Naz Khan, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Ozempic Comes to Thanksgiving Dinner" in the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Jenny Tong, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Zepbound: How Does the Latest FDA-Approved Weight Loss Injection Compare to Similar Drugs?" in Health. 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Name: image018.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 914 bytes Desc: image018.jpg URL: From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Dec 8 16:05:13 2023 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:23:17 2024 Subject: [domweek] DOM Week, December 11-15, 2023 Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710] DOM Week December 8, 2023 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Division Spotlight: General Internal Medicine [image002.png@01DA1975]As part of our 75th Anniversary, we are spotlighting each of our divisions over the course of the year, in the order they were established. The Division of General Internal Medicine was established in 1985 with Dr. Thomas Inui as the first division head. Learn more on our news site. Faculty news [cid:image004.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710]Dr. Crystal Brown, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) has been selected to join the 2024 cohort of the JAMA Editorial Fellowship Program. The fellowship provides mentorship and opportunities to learn about editorial decision-making and enhance scientific communication skills. ________________________________ [cid:image006.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710]Dr. Rotonya Carr, associate professor and head (Gastroenterology) has been elected Councilor of the Governing Board of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) effective January 2024. She will serve a three-year term as Councilor, become President-Elect, followed by President of AASLD in January 2028. Staff news New Medical Genetics and Rheumatology Administrator [cid:image008.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710]We are pleased to announce that Jessica Belcher will be our new administrator in the Divisions of Medical Genetics and Rheumatology, effective Jan. 22. Jessica comes to us with over 15 years of experience in higher education, including human resources, finance and budgeting, and research administration. Since 2019, she has been the business affairs director in the Division for Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a bachelor's degree in environmental policy & analysis and master's degree in public health from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. ________________________________ Staff shout outs [cid:image010.png@01DA29F0.51FD3710]We are introducing a new way to recognize the outstanding work of our staff members in the department - Staff Shout Outs. Shout outs are a way to celebrate staff contributions, applaud their teamwork or customer service skills, or just say thanks for their hard work. Those you recognize will receive an email notifying them of the shout out, and we will feature the program in DOM Week throughout the year. Please let your colleague or team member know how much you appreciate them by giving them a shout out today. Research news 1 in 3 U.S. adults has prediabetes, many unknowingly [cid:image012.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710]One in three U.S. adults has prediabetes, according to the CDC. In raw numbers, that's about 98 million people. Most don't know that they have elevated blood sugars, which makes the situation more alarming, said Dr. Subbulaxmi Trikudanathan, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) and medical director for the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute. "Prediabetes is very silent," she said. "There can be subtle signs, but often you don't have any symptoms. And it can develop at any age, so screening is important." If a screening indicates you have prediabetes, there are ways to stave off full-blown diabetes, Trikudanathan said. Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. ________________________________ [cid:image014.jpg@01DA29F0.51FD3710] Department Chair Dr. Barbara Jung is PI on a new grant from the Department of Defense for her project "Mechanisms of Activin Signaling in Acute Pancreatitis" to test the hypothesis that activin A signaling is an early and targetable component of morbidity/mortality-inducing inflammatory response in severe acute pancreatitis (AP). Recent publications Drs. Michael Boeckh, professor, and Joshua Schiffer, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "High-frequency home self-collection of capillary blood correlates IFI27 expression kinetics with SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance" in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Emily Ford, assistant professor, is lead author, and Dr. David Koelle, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Repeated mRNA vaccination sequentially boosts SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells in persons with previous COVID-19" in Nature Immunology. DOM co-authors are Lichen Jing, Kerry Laing, Carlissa Burrow, Christopher McClurkan, Anna Wald and Aude Chapuis. Dr. Geoffrey Hill, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "CSF1R inhibition promotes neuroinflammation and behavioural deficits during graft-versus-host disease in mice" in Blood. Dr. Gail Jarvik, professor and head (Medical Genetics) is co-author of "Genomic medicine year in review" in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Dr. Nicholas Johnson, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-author of "Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A-Associated Hospitalization, Organ Failure, and Death: United States, 2022-2023" in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Drs. Rozenn Lemaitre, research professor, Bruce Psaty, professor, and David Siscovick, professor emeritus (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "Role of Polyunsaturated Fat in Modifying Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Family History of Cardiovascular Disease: Pooled De Novo Results From 15 Observational Studies" in Blood. Drs. R. Scott McClelland, professor, and Connie Celum, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Durability of single-dose HPV vaccination in young Kenyan women: randomized controlled trial 3-year results" in Nature Medicine. Dr. Kristen Patton, professor (Cardiology) is co-author of "2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines" in Circulation. Dr. Thomas Payne, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "I'm not burned out. This is how I write notes" in JAMIA Open. Dr. Effie Petersdorf, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is lead author of "HLA Haplotypes and Relapse After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Drs. Thomas Rea, professor (General Internal Medicine) and Peter Kudenchuk, professor (Cardiology) are co-authors of "Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation and Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Multicenter Study" in Circulation. In the news Dr. Christopher Blosser, clinical professor (Nephrology) and his work investigating the link between transplants and cancer are featured in "Investigating a medical mystery" in the University of Washington Magazine. Drs. Neha Deshpande, Lisa Chew, Jill Watanabe and Somnath Mookherjee wrote "A letter to today's academic generalist mentor" and Drs. Jennifer Wright, Helen Starks, Lauren Beste, Jared Klein and Somnath Mookherjee (General Internal Medicine) wrote "Lessons from a project-based mentorship initiative" in SGIM Forum. Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "What works and what doesn't work to help cure a hangover" from KING 5 HealthLink. Dr. Ana Weil, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "Avoiding COVID-19 this holiday season" in The Daily. Events of interest Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Steffanie Strathdee (UCSD) will present "From Bog to Bedside: The Story Behind the First Dedicated Phage Therapy Center in North America" at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Dec.15, 2023,12-1pm, via zoom. 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Name: image018.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 913 bytes Desc: image018.jpg URL: From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Dec 15 16:22:59 2023 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:23:17 2024 Subject: [domweek] DOM Week, December 18-22, 2023 Message-ID: [cid:image024.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0] DOM Week December 15, 2023 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Chair's Blog [cid:image025.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]Department Chair Dr. Barbara Jung has posted a new blog highlighting some of our achievements in 2023 and the progress we have made in implementing our departmental strategic plan. Awards William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards [cid:image026.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]Congratulations to the 2023 William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Award recipients, Drs. Janis Abkowitz, professor (Hematology and Oncology) and Dr. Bruce Psaty, professor (General Internal Medicine). Recognizing that mentorship is critical to success across all phases of faculty's careers in academic medicine, these awards honor faculty members for their contributions to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions of the department through exemplary sustained and high impact mentorship. The endowment was created and the name changed in 2018 to commemorate and express appreciation to Dr. William Bremner for his legendary wisdom, vision, coaching and sponsorship that fostered countless trainees and faculty in pursuing their passion and in reaching their ultimate potential. Learn more about the DOM Mentorship Program. ________________________________ Call for Nominations: John R. Pettit Endowed Leadership Award Nominations are now being accepted for the annual John R. Pettit Endowed Leadership Award, which honors the long and varied service of its namesake. All nominations must be made by or before noon on Jan. 31, 2024, via an online form. The award will be given out in the spring. The Pettit Award is open to professional staff members who are currently employed by UW Medicine. Preferred recipients will have five or more years of service at UW Medicine. Faculty news [cid:image027.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]The UW School of Medicine's Committee for Women in Medicine and Science has selected Drs. Hongxia Fu, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology) and Jill Steiner, assistant professor (Cardiology) to receive sponsorship for the 2024 AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar in February in San Diego. ________________________________ Introducing Commensality Groups We invite you to join the Department of Medicine Faculty Commensality Group Initiative. The goal of this project is to increase the sense of social connection and collegiality amongst physicians and APPs within our department. Although this approach is simple, randomized trials have demonstrated that it improves professional fulfillment and reduces burnout. The longitudinal groups will consist of 8 colleagues who connect monthly for 1 hour for 6-9 months. Group members are expected attend a minimum of 3 sessions. Please complete this survey if you are interested in participating and also let us know if you would be interested in leading a group. For more information, please contact Andrea Zaragoza. Staff news New Gastroenterology Administrator [cid:image028.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Mars will be our new administrator in the Division of Gastroenterology, effective Jan. 2. Jennifer comes to us with over 18 years of expertise in leading healthcare operations in complex, multi-disciplinary environments in both private and academic medical settings, including the University of Washington Medical Center. Most recently, she has been the service line director for Surgical Services-General and Thoracic Surgery at Seattle Children's Hospital. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Marylhurst University in Oregon and MBA from Western Washington University. Research news Global Burden of Cardiovascular Health [cid:image029.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of CVD from 1990-2022 by analyzing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions. "Cardiovascular diseases are a persistent challenge that lead to an enormous number of premature and preventable deaths," said Dr. Gregory Roth, associate professor (Cardiology) and senior author of the paper. "There are many inexpensive, effective treatments. We know what risk factors we need to identify and treat. There are simple healthy choices that people can make to improve their health. This atlas provides detailed information on where countries stand in their efforts to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases." Read the press release from the American College of Cardiology. ________________________________ Vaccination after COVID infection boosts key immune cells [cid:image030.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]Researchers have found that people who received mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 after a COVID-19 infection produce a large number of key immune cells. The finding might explain why people who have acquired immunity against the virus from both natural infection and vaccination - so-called hybrid immunity - are better able to resist reinfection than are those whose immunity stems from either infection or vaccination alone, said Dr. David Koelle, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who led the research. "We found that receiving the standard initial mRNA vaccine two-dose series after having been infected not only boosts memory immune cells acquired during the original infection, but also elicits the production of a diverse population of new cells as well," Koelle said. Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. ________________________________ [cid:image031.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0]Dr. Ermias Diro Ejara, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) participated in the WHO guidelines for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Eastern-Africa and South-East Asia held in Geneva in November. He serves as an external expert for the guideline development process based on his leadership of several clinical trials on the treatment and prophylaxis of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in East Africa. His research findings (published in 2015 and 2019) were used in prior WHO guidelines for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV coinfected patients. ________________________________ Call for applications The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute (UWMDI), UW Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) and UW Diabetes Research Center (DRC) are soliciting applications for Pilot and Feasibility awards. Additionally, the DRC is soliciting applications for the McAbee Postdoctoral Fellowship and New Investigator Awards. The calls for these awards are available on the DRC website. Letters of intent are due by Jan. 12, 2024 and full applications are due Feb. 28, 2024. Recent publications Dr. E. Chandler Church, acting instructor, is lead author, and Dr. Adrienne Shapiro, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Oral swabs with a rapid molecular diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis in adults and children: a systematic review" in Lancet Global Health. Dr. Ian de Boer, professor (Nephrology) is co-author of "Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control on Kidney Microvascular Outcomes and Mortality in ACCORD" in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Petros Grivas, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Definitions, End Points, and Clinical Trial Designs for Bladder Cancer: Recommendations From the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and the International Bladder Cancer Group" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Critical Reflections on This Historical Moment for Community-engaged and Participatory Research" in Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. Robert Smith, senior research scientist, is lead author and Dr. Geoffrey Gottlieb, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Antiviral Activity of Lenacapavir Against HIV-2 Isolates and Drug-resistant HIV-2 Mutants" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-author is Dana Raugi. Dr. Suzanne Watnick, professor, is lead author, and Dr. Catherine Butler, assistant professor (Nephrology) is senior author of "System-Level Strategies to Improve Home Dialysis: Policy Levers and Quality Initiatives" in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. DOM co-authors are Rajnish Mehrotra and Glenda Roberts. In the news Dr. Chase Cannon, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "Mpox Concerns Return With Outbreak in the Congo and Rising Cases in the U.S." in Everyday Health. Dr. Connie Celum, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "A vaginal ring that discreetly delivers anti-HIV drugs will reach more women" from NPR. Drs. Anita Chopra, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) and R. Scott McClelland, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are quoted in "How to Beat COVID-19 Fatigue and Get Your Energy Back" in Everyday Health. Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "State lacks Spanish-speaking nurses; for Everett student, it's personal" in Herald Net. Dr. Elizabeth Rhea, research assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is quoted in "New Cell Atlases Reveal Untold Variety in the Brain and Beyond" in Quanta Magazine. Dr. Chetan Seshadri, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "'Large' TB outbreak may affect 800 people who were incarcerated in Washington state" from KOMO News. Diane Xue, Medical Genetics PhD student, is featured in a Q&A on her research in public health genetics. Weekly Calendar, December 18-22, 2023 Our events calendar is posted on our website. ________________________________ Amy Fields, Editor (206) 685-3685 amyf@uw.edu [cid:image002.jpg@01CF4461.CA7ADDC0] [YouTube_Logo_svg.png] [cid:image034.jpg@01DA2F72.F5E42DC0] To subscribe/unsubscribe from this list, go to: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/domweek ________________________________ Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use of the intended recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, or if the message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission. 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For more information and to apply for funds, please visit our website. ________________________________ Quiet week: December 25-29, 2023 As we continue to rebuild resilience and focus on mental health, we would like to preserve department-wide quiet weeks throughout the year. During these weeks, we hope that individuals can limit non-essential meetings to recharge and reflect, as well as thoughtfully minimize emails. We realize that this will not be possible for everyone, but encourage all to take breaks when they are able. 2024 quiet weeks: * February 19-23 * April 8-12 * August 5-9 * November 25-29 * December 23-27 Clinical news Breaking boundaries for better aortic care [cid:image003.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110]Because it extends into the body's upper and lower regions, the aorta crosses into the domains of several different medical specialists, including surgeons, cardiologists and medical geneticists. >From a surgical perspective, conditions affecting the aorta below the diaphragm have traditionally been known as vascular surgeon territory. Cardiac surgeons lead aortic repair around the heart and into the top of the aorta - also known as the aortic arch. A team at UW Medicine is intentionally breaking down these long-standing care boundaries. They've created the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Aortic Program (MTAP) to provide holistic, team-based care for complex aortic disease. With a team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinic staff, genetic counselors, medical geneticists and vascular surgeons, the MTAP team discusses 250 to 300 patient cases annually. Team members from the Department of Medicine include Drs. Catherine Otto, professor, Yonatan Buber, associate professor, and James Kirkpatrick, professor (Cardiology) and Peter Byers, professor (Medical Genetics). Read the full story from The Huddle. Research news Outsize benefit seen in trial of drug for kidney disease [cid:image005.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110]In a clinical trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, an experimental drug significantly reduced albuminuria - albumin in urine, a sign of kidney damage - for 50% of participants. When the experimental drug was paired with a standard-care medication, 70% of participants reportedly experienced a significant reduction in albuminuria. The findings were published Dec. 15 in The Lancet. The paper's lead author is Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) and executive director for research at Providence Inland Northwest Health in Spokane. She is also the clinical trial's principal investigator. Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. ________________________________ [A person smiling at the camera Description automatically generated]Congratulations to Dr. Karolline May, postdoctoral scholar (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) who has been awarded a UW Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Research ADVANCE Award, which targets early career scientists from underrepresented groups. The title of her project is: "SCFA serve as a direct link between gut microbiota and adipocyte metabolism via FFAR2 signaling, thereby beneficially regulating whole-body homeostasis." Dr. Vitor Oliveira from the UW School of Nursing also received an ADVANCE award for his project, "Relationship between Myosteatosis, Sarcopenia, Physical Activity, and Diet Among Adults With HIV." Recent publications Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology) is senior author of "The Next Era of Assessment: Can Ensuring High-Quality, Equitable Patient Care Be the Defining Characteristic?" in Academic Medicine. Dr. Heather Cheng, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor Combinations in First-Line Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Increasing Toxicity With Unclear Benefits" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Sarah Gunby, fellow, is lead author, and Dr. Lisa Strate, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of "Smoking and alcohol consumption and risk of incident diverticulitis in women" in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. DOM co-author is Miriam Levy. Drs. R. Scott McClelland, professor, Connie Celum, professor, and Jared Baeten, affiliate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Durability of single-dose HPV vaccination in young Kenyan women: randomized controlled trial 3-year results" in Nature Medicine. Dr. Anna Morenz, clinician researcher (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Use of New Audio-Only Telemedicine Claim Modifiers" in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-author is Joshua Liao. Dr. Namrata Singh, assistant professor (Rheumatology) is lead author of "Frailty and risk of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologic or targeted-synthetic DMARDs" in Arthritis Care & Research. DOM co-author is Katherine Wysham. Dr. Evan Yu, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Tucatinib and Trastuzumab for Previously Treated Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer (SGNTUC-019): A Phase II Basket Study" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Lauren Violette, research consultant, Dr. Olusegun Soge, associate professor, Dr. R. Scott McClelland, professor, and Dr. Jared Baeten, affiliate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women" in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Pandora (Luke) Wander, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author, and Dr. George Ioannou, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of "Rates of ICD-10 Code U09.9 Documentation and Clinical Characteristics of VA Patients With Post-COVID-19 Condition" in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-authors are Ann O'Hare and Edward Boyko. Dr. Wander is also senior author of "Addressing Common Sources of Bias in Studies of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Following COVID that Use Electronic Health Record Data" in Diabetes Epidemiology and Management. DOM co-author is Edward Boyko. In the news Dr. John Amory, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Why are there so few male birth-control options?" in Yahoo Life. Dr. Connie Celum, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "There's an effective morning-after pill for STIs but it's not clear it works in women" from NPR. Dr. Jason Deen, associate professor (Cardiology) is quoted in "Native American Pregnant Women's Heart Health: Expert's View" from WebMD. Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "What Recovery?" in Palabra. Dr. Mazyar Shadman, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "Autologous transplant improves survival vs. CAR-T for certain patients with lymphoma" in HemOnc Today. Weekly Calendar, December 25-29, 2023 Our events calendar is posted on our website. Coming up Understanding the long COVID landscape Drs. Anita Chopra, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) and Eric Chow, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) will present "Understanding the long COVID landscape" on Jan. 5, 2024 at 5pm. Sponsored by the Washington Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Join via zoom. ________________________________ Amy Fields, Editor (206) 685-3685 amyf@uw.edu [cid:image002.jpg@01CF4461.CA7ADDC0] [YouTube_Logo_svg.png] [cid:image011.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110] To subscribe/unsubscribe from this list, go to: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/domweek ________________________________ Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use of the intended recipients. 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Seattle Met's Top Doctors, Physician Assistants and Nurses 6. Reena Mehra new head of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 7. UnBIASED patient-provider interactions 8. Santiago Neme new UWMC Medical Director 9. 40 under 40: Andrew Stergachis 10. New Center for Indigenous Health to address American Indian and Alaska Native health inequities Most viewed Hutch News stories Department of Medicine faculty were featured in 3 of the top 5 most-read articles from Hutch news in 2023: 1. Dr. Sara Hurvitz joins Fred Hutch, University of Washington 2. Going long: Viruses linger with lasting impact (Drs. Rachel Bender Ignacio, Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, Steven Pergam) 3. Dead to me? Insights into a tumor's necrotic core (Dr. Kevin Cheung) Popular Huddle stories of 2023 We are featured in 3 of the top 10 stories from The Huddle in 2023: 1. Get to know our Chief Residents and Fellows (Omeed Alipour) 2. Volunteer-Led Virtual Bedside Concert Program Thrives (Matthew Smith) 3. Celebrating (But Not Touching) Black Women's Hair (Bessie Young) Staff news [cid:image019.jpg@01DA3A6D.26C482F0]Staff Spotlight: Michael Dudley Our latest staff spotlight is on Michael Dudley, a program operations analyst in the Department of Medicine. Learn more about him on our news site. Clinical news Cord blood transplant saved woman from rare cancer [cid:image020.jpg@01DA3A6D.26C482F0]When patient Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer known as myelodysplastic syndromes, or MDS, and the disease reemerged after aggressive chemotherapy initially pushed the cancer into remission, her team explored a bone marrow transplant. For Harris, whose father was Black and Filipino, and her mother, who was white, finding a match was a challenge. "We are so underrepresented on the bone-marrow registry. Being African American, Asian American, Native American, Latinx - and then if you have any intersections of those identities, we have a very low likelihood of finding matches, something like 20 to 30%," she said. One clinician on her team, Dr. Filippo Milano, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) suggested an alternative: a transplant using stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood. He was running a trial involving cord blood transplantation at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and the results had so far shown "very similar to a 100% match," Harris recalled. The transplant was deemed a success. Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. Research news Brain scans suggest subtypes of Alzheimer's disease [cid:image021.jpg@01DA3A6D.26C482F0]Brain scans have shown marked anatomical differences among the brains of patients with different subtypes of Alzheimer's disease, researchers from the United States and Europe reported recently. The new evidence supports the theory that there are multiple, biologically distinct subgroups of the disease. If this is correct, it suggests that different disease factors could be driving the different subtypes, and that distinct treatments targeting those factors could improve individuals' care. "Breast cancer was once considered one disease," said lead author Dr. Paul Crane, professor (General Internal Medicine). "But we now know there are different subtypes of breast cancer that respond to different treatments. Our findings suggest a similar approach may apply to Alzheimer's." Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. ________________________________ Knowing your risk for inherited cancers matters [cid:image022.jpg@01DA3A6D.26C482F0]Around 5-10% of cancers are germline or hereditary; commonly inherited cancers include prostate, breast, ovarian, gastrointestinal, colorectal, pancreatic and melanoma. Hereditary testing may provide options for early screenings and management of cancer at an earlier stage when it is more likely to be cured. DOM cancer genetic experts Drs. Heather Cheng, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) and Marianne Dubard-Gault, assistant professor (Medical Genetics) study inherited cancer risk and help patients weigh their options and interpret test results. New research in 2024 Cheng will continue to expand her work within prostate cancer in the new year, particularly with men who have advanced prostate cancer, through the Prostate Cancer Registry of Outcomes and Germline Mutations for Improved Survival and Treatment Effectiveness (PROMISE) program, where she is principal investigator. Dubard-Gault is seeing artificial intelligence, or AI, beginning to be incorporated into her research, most recently on an initiative related to the accessibility of genetic testing educational materials. She also is particularly excited about AI's data-processing potential, which will ultimately result in more patients being identified faster and treated more optimally. Moving into the new year, she said her goal is to continue to build on the work that has been done to reduce health care disparities so all patients who need hereditary testing will have access to it. Read the full story from Hutch News. Recent publications Dr. Lorenzo Giacani, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Prevalence and Predictors of Oral Treponema pallidum Detection by qPCR in Early Syphilis" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Grace John-Stewart, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Using viral sequence diversity to estimate time of HIV infection in infants" in PLOS Pathogens. In the news Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Apple Keeps Chasing the Ultimate Health-Tracking Watch-but It Could Take Years" in the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Babak Nazer, associate professor (Cardiology) participated in a Q&A with UW Medicine Newsroom in "Could a pacemaker draw energy from the heart itself?" Dr. Namrata Singh, assistant professor (Rheumatology) is quoted in "Frailty Worsens Side Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment" in MedPage Today. Events of interest Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Susan Graham, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) will present "HIV Treatment and Prevention: Long-Acting Modalities, Patient Preferences, and Financial Considerations" at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024,12-1pm, via zoom. 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