[domweek] DOM Week, June 19-23, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
June 16, 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
Health Care Heroes Award
[cid:image003.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Dr. Rachel Issaka, assistant professor (Gastroenterology) is a 2023 recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s inaugural Health Care Heroes Award. These awards recognize those front-line workers who have made an impact on health care in our community through their concern for patients, their research and inventions, innovative programs and other efforts that go above and beyond. Dr. Issaka received the award in the Health Equity Champion category, which honors those who have worked to break down inequities in health care or health care access for underserved populations or areas. She will receive the award at a ceremony on July 13.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3NjzKP0>.


EDI news
EDItorial: LGBTQIA+
[cid:image005.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]The EDItorial is a monthly Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Awareness Newsletter created by our IM residency program staff. Each month they highlight different marginalized groups with opportunities to engage, support, and participate on international, national, and local levels. The June newsletter highlights pride month and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Read the EDItorial on the IM residency website<https://bit.ly/42FM7eg>.


Staff news
[cid:image007.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Beverly Berg-Rood is retiring from the University of Washington on July 31, 2023 after over 24 years of service. Beverly started her career with UW in 1998 as a financial specialist, and was promoted to manager of program operations in 2000. She has been administrator for the Division of Medical Genetics since 2007.

Beverly is particularly skilled in the areas of financial and research administration, and has expertly managed division budgets and supported the division’s ever-growing grants portfolio during her tenure.

Numerous division goals have been achieved during her tenure, including significant growth of the clinical and research programs. Among her many accomplishments, she was a departmental resource for management of Life Sciences Discovery Funding. Recently, she helped launch the Genetics Counseling Graduate Program<https://genetic-counseling-masters.uw.edu/>, the first degree granting program in the DOM. The program launched in 2021 and awarded its first degrees in 2023.

Read more about her on our news site<https://bit.ly/3X5eelx>.

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Staff spotlight: Jackie Monroe
[cid:image009.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Our latest staff spotlight is on Jackie Monroe, director of academic human resources for the Department of Medicine.

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


Research news
Safety-net hospitals may pose barriers to liver transplant
[cid:image011.png at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Among people whose liver is failing, the perpetual shortage of donor organs inhibits expectations of a timely, life-saving transplant. New research suggests that these people who initially seek care at safety-net hospitals may face additional obstacles to being considered for transplant.

A study of three safety-net hospitals showed that, among patients whose measures of liver health would typically result in a referral for transplant evaluation, only about one-fourth received the referral. The finding was published June 8 in JAMA Network Open<https://bit.ly/45Uv6iR>.
“Patients who receive care at these safety-net hospitals generally do not go to the other hospital unless they have a specific referral,” said Dr. Nicole Kim, a co-author on the paper and a liver transplant fellow at the University of Washington School of Medicine. “Patients who present at safety-net hospitals are often more likely to identify as indigent and underserved, uninsured, lower-income, racial-ethnic minority and-or homeless.”

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3qK1swI>.

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UW Medicine launches a new center to study microbiomes
[cid:image013.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]The Microbial Interactions & Microbiome Center<https://mimcuw.org/> launched on June 13 to investigate the diverse communities of microorganisms that inhabit nearly every environment, including parts of our bodies like the gut, mouth, and skin.

Among the center’s overarching goals are exploring the science behind these dynamic communities of bacteria, fungi, and other microscopic lifeforms, as well as the effects of microbiomes on human health and ecosystem function.

The center will reside under the Division of Gastroenterology and be led by Dr. Joseph Mougous, professor of microbiology and the Lynn M. and Michael D. Garvey Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology.

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


Clinical news
VHA Shark Tank Diffusion of Excellence competition
[cid:image015.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Dr. Susan Wong, associate professor (Nephrology) and her team are semi-finalists for the 2023 VA Shark Tank Diffusion of Excellence competition for their project “Compass Clinic: Helping Veterans with Advanced Kidney Disease Find a Path Towards Better Health.”

VHA’s Shark Tank Competition<https://bit.ly/3JdPtxJ> identifies frontline employee innovations that promote positive outcomes and improved experiences for Veterans, employees, caregivers, and VHA community. The competition spotlights passionate employees who are addressing the toughest challenges across VHA while providing a platform for exposure to all levels of leadership. The finalists will be announced in August.

Read more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3Cv9KLs>.


Education news
[cid:image017.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]Drs. Molly Blackley Jackson, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and Andrea Kalus, associate professor (Dermatology) have received a $5000 grant through the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) to support their collaborative project titled, “Exploring diagnostic error and error recovery with medical students: A printmaking and microgallery SMS text-based art show.”

Drs. Kalus and Blackley Jackson have been using printmaking with students and healthcare teams over the past several years. Artmaking allows students to practice self-compassion and persistence through perceived mistakes.

Learn more from the Dermatology website<https://bit.ly/3XdYvR4>.
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The Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality & Safety is currently accepting applications for two educational programs:

QI Scholars Program<https://bit.ly/42J1iCJ>
This competitive year-long course is designed for junior and mid-career faculty and nursing leaders pursuing QI as a scholarly focus. The training is in-depth and advanced, centered around completing and publishing a rigorous QI research project. Participants receive support from a mentorship and data team and attend 12 half-day hands-on seminars. With only 10-15 participants from across the UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s community, this intensive program allows for significant 1:1 support and collaborative learning among Scholars.

Certificate Program in Patient Safety<https://bit.ly/3N8s3Ll>
This 8-month training course is ideal for healthcare professionals of all backgrounds and from any organization who are beginner to intermediate in their QI knowledge and skills. Participants learn core quality, safety, and equity principles through 6 full-day conferences and gain hands-on experience by implementing a project throughout the course. Register as an individual or put together a team working on the same project.



Strategic plan news
Building community and well-being with commensality groups and communities of practice
[cid:image019.jpg at 01D9A06E.010C99B0]The Department of Medicine Strategic Plan Well-Being Workgroup has received a UW Medicine Well-Being Grant for their project “Building community and well-being with commensality groups and communities of practice.”

This proposal aims to build community, provide support for professional development as a driver of professional fulfillment, and foster a culture of well-being amongst DOM faculty and staff.

The project will strengthen community amongst faculty by developing and implementing commensality groups, which will give participants the opportunity to meet regularly with other faculty in a casual setting and create a support network. Staff with similar professional roles will gather into communities of practice, which will create social connections and provide opportunities for professional practice improvement.

These groups will meet monthly or bi-monthly for 6-12 months. Lessons learned from these groups could be used to inform similar programs for the broader UW Medicine community.


Recent publications
Dr. Pavan Bhatraju, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author and Drs. Jonathan Himmelfarb, professor (Nephrology) and Mark Wurfel, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) are co-senior authors of “Genome-wide Association Study for Acute Kidney Injury<https://bit.ly/3J5YVmE>” in Kidney 360. DOM co-authors are Ian Stanaway, Sana Sakr, and Gail Jarvik.

Dr. Catherine Butler, assistant professor (Nephrology) is lead author of “Experiences of US Clinicians Contending With Health Care Resource Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic, December 2020 to December 2021<https://bit.ly/3JicpvR>” in JAMA Network Open.

Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Identification of broad, potent antibodies to functionally constrained regions of SARS-CoV-2 spike following a breakthrough infection<https://bit.ly/3qFv9Pv>” in PNAS, and “State Policy Removing the Personal Belief Exemption for Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) School Immunization Requirement, Washington State, 2014-2022<https://bit.ly/3oYaTIi>” in the American Journal of Public Health.

Dr. Geoffrey Gottlieb, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) wrote “Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy for HIV-2 infection: Progress for People Living with HIV-2<https://bit.ly/468sT38>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Vincent Raikhel, clinical instructor (General Internal Medicine), is lead author and Dr. James Town, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of “Checklists and consistency of care after resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest: A pilot study<https://bit.ly/3qLl2s7>” in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. DOM co-authors are David Carlbom and Nicholas Johnson.

Dr. Chetan Seshadri, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “T-SPOT.TB reactivity in Southern African children with and without in utero HIV exposure<https://bit.ly/443knAC>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Adrienne Shapiro, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of "Latent tuberculosis screening cascade for non-US-born persons in a large health system<https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofad303/7190672>” in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Kristine Lan, Ayushi Gupta and H. Nina Kim.

Dr. Evan Yu, professor (Medical Oncology) is senior author of “Pembrolizumab Plus Olaparib for Patients With Previously Treated and Biomarker-Unselected Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III KEYLYNK-010 Trial<https://bit.ly/43FFyt2>” in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


In the news
Dr. Bradley Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “Testosterone Therapy Does Not Raise Heart Risk in a Group of Men<https://nyti.ms/3Pnm5cl>” in the New York Times.

Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “New research unveils the 12 most common symptoms of long COVID<https://bit.ly/3J9X8gA>” in Axios.

Dr. Gail Jarvik, professor and head (Medical Genetics) is quoted in “Henrietta Lacks, whose stolen cancer cells changed medicine, is nominated for Congressional Gold Medal<https://yhoo.it/42JZZ6A>” in Yahoo News.

Dr. Barbara Jung, professor and chair, is featured in “Trailblazer for women in gastroenterology, Dr. Barbara H. Jung takes over as AGA president<https://bit.ly/3oYLgam>” in MD Edge GI & Hepatology News.

Dr. Farah Khan, clinical assistant professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring: Hope or Hype?<https://bit.ly/3X5zBmE>” in Diabetes Daily.

Dr. Paul Pottinger, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “Rabid bat found in E. WA. It was the first in 5 years in Tri-Cities-Walla Walla region<https://bit.ly/3qNHeSJ>” in the Tri-City Herald.

Dr. Gregory Roth, associate professor (Cardiology) is quoted in “Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed To Kill More Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics<https://bit.ly/3p3qENY>” in the Observer.


Weekly Calendar, June 19-23, 2023
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


*Correction from last week: Dr. Sara Hurvitz will start as the head of the new Division of Hematology and Oncology on Aug. 1.



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