[domweek] DOM Week, July 17-21, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
July 14, 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
Call for nominations: 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Nominations for the 2024 UW School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Awards<http://bit.ly/2Se83IV> are now open. Honor the colleagues and classmates who inspire you by nominating them<https://bit.ly/3eVwPvg> for one of four awards: the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award, the Alumni Humanitarian Award, the Alumni Service Award and the Alumni Early Achievement Award.


EDI news
Gender Equity Lunch Series: Clinical Faculty Promotions
[cid:image003.png at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]Please save the date for our next Gender Equity Lunch Series on Friday, Sept. 22, 12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/93184102731>. Our panel of moderators will provide mentorship and guidance on the promotion process for clinical faculty in the Department of Medicine, and talk about the new promotion criteria for full-time clinical faculty.

Please RSVP<https://forms.office.com/r/izPNRdA25A>.


Faculty news
[cid:image005.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]Faculty spotlight: Matthew Smith
Our latest faculty spotlight is on Matthew Smith, a teaching associate in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine who started and leads the 3 Wishes Project at UWMC-Montlake.

Learn more about him on our news site<https://bit.ly/3JVb4ex>.

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[cid:image007.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]Dr. Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) has accepted a position as the next Division Chief of General Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern. Dr. Liao has served in a number of roles at UW, including as the Associate Chair for Health Systems in the department. In that capacity, he has led efforts to foster connection among individuals and groups interested in health systems and innovation while building a nationally recognized policy unit that has become the formal evaluation partner of the Washington Health Care Authority, the largest purchaser of health care services in the state. These efforts, and the department's national reputation in health systems work, will continue to expand through collaborations between faculty assuming the helm at UW and Dr. Liao after he transitions into his new role this winter.

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Blood cancer experts receive endowed chairs
[cid:image009.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]Dr. Roland Walter, associate professor (Medical Oncology) was named the fourth recipient of the distinguished José Carreras/E. Donnall Thomas Endowed Chair for Cancer Research. The chair was established in 2007 by the Seattle-based Friends of José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation.


[cid:image011.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]Dr. Mazyar Shadman, associate professor (Medical Oncology) is the recipient of the Innovators Network Endowed Chair. Established in 2019, this chair was created as a catalyst for leading-edge cancer research and supports an early-career scientist whose work includes evidence of patient benefit, creativity and novel approach to research, and collaborative use of data science and/or emerging technology.


Learn more from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/3pLLa6a>.


Research news
In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
[picture of Dr. Shin Lin listening to Adriana Rodriguez's transplanted heart]Doctors in Seattle are reporting a history-making case in which a patient received two donor organs, a liver and a heart, to prevent the extremely high likelihood that her body would reject a donor heart transplanted alone. In doing so, they successfully tested the concept that a donor liver can confer robust immunoprotection on a subsequent heart transplant.

The dual-organ recipient, Adriana Rodriguez, 31, of Bellingham, Washington, has recovered well since the Jan. 14, 2023, procedures, said Dr. Shin Lin, associate professor (Cardiology). He is the lead author of the paper describing the novel approach, newly published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation<https://bit.ly/3pEZaih>.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3NQdix4>.

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Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
[cid:image015.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]New research<https://bit.ly/44eHoRl> has discovered neurons within the brain which detect and respond to changes in the level of sugar within the bloodstream.

Understanding how this blood-sugar detection system works and how these neurocircuits operate would give researchers and doctors greater insights into how our brains regulate our blood sugar and, perhaps, how to target them therapeutically to treat metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity, according to the study authors.

"We've known for a long time that many neurons can detect sugar locally within the brain," said Dr. Michael Schwartz, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) and co-director of the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute. "What is new, however, is the evidence that a subset of neurons located in the hypothalamus can sense and respond to sugar in the bloodstream itself, analogous to the cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin."

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3XH9vXr>.

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Research spotlight: Rozenn Lemaitre
[cid:image017.jpg at 01D9B66B.95F5F360]The Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) has spotlighted affiliate investigator Dr. Rozenn Lemaitre, research professor (General Internal Medicine).

Learn more about Dr. Lemaitre and her research on the NORC website<https://bit.ly/3NVA7zc>.


Recent publications
Dr. Joshua Bloomstein, R1, is co-author of "Impact of Gut Bacterial Metabolites on Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: Current Status and Future Perspectives<https://bit.ly/3XRDQSZ>" in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

Dr. Stacey Cohen, associate professor (Medical Oncology) is lead author of "Practical recommendations for using ctDNA in clinical decision making<https://go.nature.com/44HsVO3>" in Nature.

Dr. Heidi Crane, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Early Antiretroviral Therapy Not Associated With Higher Cryptococcal Meningitis Mortality in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in High-Income Countries: An International Collaborative Cohort Study<https://bit.ly/44KOJZ0>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Lucas Donovan, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author of "Strategies to Assess the Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Long-Term Clinically Important Outcomes among Patients with Symptomatic Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report<https://bit.ly/3JTSW4P>" in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Dr. Andrea Kalus, associate professor (Dermatology) is lead author and Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of "Evaluation of Insulin Pump Infusion Sites in Type 1 Diabetes: The DERMIS Study<https://bit.ly/3ryBn3L>" in Diabetes Care. DOM co-authors are Michi Shinohara, Jesica Baran, Xiaofu Dong, and Dori Khakpour.

Dr. Neha Sathe, acting instructor, is lead author and Drs. W. Conrad Liles, professor and associate chair, and Pavan Bhatraju, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) are senior authors of "Biomarker Signatures of Severe Acute Kidney Injury in a Critically Ill Cohort of COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Illness<https://bit.ly/3XQG2u8>" in Critical Care Explorations. DOM Co-authors Ana Mostaghim, Elizabeth Barnes, Sharon Sahi, Sana Sakr, and Eric Morrell.

Dr. Anna Wald, professor and head (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Prior Herpes Simplex Virus Infection and the Risk of Herpes Zoster<https://bit.ly/3rpm6m6>" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-author is David Koelle.

Dr. David Watkins, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Best Investments in Chronic, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries<https://bit.ly/44K3Kuh>" in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis.


In the news
Drs. Erin Kross, associate professor, Robert Lee, assistant professor, and Ruth Engelberg, research professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) joined GeriPal, a geriatrics and palliative care podcast, to discuss "Jumpstarting Goals of Care."<https://bit.ly/3Of3E8I>


Weekly Calendar, July 17-21, 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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