[domweek] DOM Week, March 6-10, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]


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DOM Week
March 3, 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
Richard M. Tucker WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards
[image004.png]Since 1998, the Department of Medicine has selected physicians to receive the WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Award, from nominations submitted by students, residents and faculty in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. In 2009 the award was renamed to honor the late Dr. Richard Tucker, who was the Wenatchee site coordinator and served as an infectious diseases specialist and director for quality and education at the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

The Department is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the Richard M. Tucker WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards, recognizing true enthusiasm and dedication in providing outstanding teaching and service to medical students.

2022 recipients:


  *   Benjamin Capper, Olympia, WA
  *   Brian Fortuin, Twin Falls, ID (Lifetime Award)
  *   Lexie Graham, Wenatchee, WA
  *   Stacy Kingsland, Great Falls, MT
  *   Anna Loge, Dillon, MT
  *   Jason Lunt, Boise, ID
  *   Julie Topping, Bozeman, MT
  *   Justin Woodlief, Boise, ID

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Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Liu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases), the 2023 recipient of the Dr. Ali Al-Johani Award, for exceptional patient care. This award recognizes exceptional medical care and compassion to transplant patients and families. Awardees are nominated by their fellow caregivers at Fred Hutch.

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[image008.jpg]Dr. William Lombardi, clinical professor (Cardiology) is the 2023 recipient of the TCT Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Operator Award<https://bit.ly/3IxdWNb>. He is receiving this award for his superior operator skills and leadership in interventional cardiovascular medicine. The Hartzler award honors physicians who have advanced the field of interventional cardiovascular medicine through technical excellence and innovation.


EDI news
Women’s History Month
[image010.jpg]The 2023 Women’s History month theme is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” In honor of Women's History Month, we will continue to tell the stories, highlight, and honor the achievements of women in the Department of Medicine throughout the month, and year-round.

We are also accepting nominations for our Gender Equity Awards<https://bit.ly/3semEZN> from March 1-April 14. Please consider nominating a colleague for one of these awards.

Learn about some prominent influencers in women’s history in a resource list from The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3mlUxY1>.



Faculty news
[image012.jpg]Facing our History – Building an Equitable Future
Dr. Gail Jarvik, professor and head (Medical Genetics) was president of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in 2021 when the organization launched a year-long initiative to “understand and document experiences of past injustice, as well as progress toward justice, in human genetics research.” That report<https://www.ashg.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Facing_Our_History-Building_an_Equitable_Future_Final_Report_January_2023.pdf> was released earlier this year.

“I agreed to serve as an ex officio member of the (initiative’s) expert panel because of the project’s importance for the field of human genetics, my support for the Society’s broader diversity, equity and inclusion goals, and my own deep commitment to these efforts,” Jarvik stated.

Read more on the BBI website<https://bit.ly/3ZtDKAA>.
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Faculty spotlight: Salpy Pamboukian
[image014.jpg]Dr. Salpy Pamboukian, professor (Cardiology) recently joined UW after serving as medical director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and co-section head of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation. She has waged the battle for patient access for more than 20 years.

Learn more about her on the Cardiology website<https://bit.ly/3mdK9l4>.


Education news
[image015.jpg]Health Equity, Advocacy, and Anti-Racism (HEAAR) Curriculum
The Health Equity, Advocacy, and Anti-Racism (HEAAR) Curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency Program has been introduced by Drs. Lynsey Bernfeld, Hasib Yousufzai, Anna Morenz, Ryan Abe, Helen Jack and Anders Chen.

HEAAR is a comprehensive, multi-tiered, and inter-professional curricular thread embedded into the residency program with the goal of learning principles of anti-oppression and using those frameworks to understand and address the structural origins of health inequities. “It has been a privilege building the HEAAR curriculum alongside my colleagues from residency,” said Dr. Anna Morenz, UW Internal Medicine Residency alum and clinical researcher (General internal Medicine).

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3J53e0X>.


Research news
Kuni Foundation awards
[image016.jpg]Congratulations to Drs. Kevin Cheung, associate professor (Medical Oncology), Lee Cranmer, professor (Medical Oncology), Paul Nghiem, professor and head (Dermatology), and Brian Till, associate professor (Medical Oncology), who have received awards from the Kuni Foundation.

The proposed projects will evaluate circulating tumor DNA, or ctDNA, as a biomarker for Merkel cell carcinoma, or MCC; develop a therapeutic antibody to eradicate metastatic breast cancer; develop an oncolytic measles virus to treat B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or B-NHL; and test the safety and feasibility of a novel combination therapy for retroperitoneal liposarcoma.

Learn more from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/3IWFuNy>.
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[image018.jpg]Gizmodo – the science, technology, and design website – selected the UW Cancer Vaccine Institute<https://bit.ly/41GcjFR> as a winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair, for the development of the HER2 ICD DNA breast cancer vaccine. Read more in “An Experimental Breast Cancer Vaccine Might Already Be Saving Lives<https://bit.ly/3ZjxU5o>” with quotes from Kiran Dhillon and Dr. Nora Disis (Medical Oncology).


Recent publications
Dr. Kevin Cheung, associate professor (Medical Oncology) is senior author of “Metastasis from the tumor interior and necrotic core formation are regulated by breast cancer-derived angiopoietin-like 7<https://bit.ly/3y5GPeA>” in PNAS.

Dr. John Choe, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “AAIM Recommendations for Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education Transition Curricula in Internal Medicine<https://bit.ly/3ZgceHc>” in the American Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Anna Condella, fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author of “Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: A Call For System-Wide Checks to Ensure Equitable Delivery For All<https://bit.ly/3m6xnot>” in ASAIO Journal. DOM co-author is Andrew Luks.

Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Using Haplotype-Based Artificial Intelligence to Evaluate SARS-CoV-2 Novel Variants and Mutations<https://bit.ly/3ELvpQZ>” in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-authors are Seth Cohen  and Thomas Payne.

Dr. Mackenzie Holmberg, R3, is lead author and Dr. Sarah Sanghavi, clinical assistant professor (Nephrology) is senior author of “Bridging the Gap: A Practical Approach to Discussing eGFR and Race with Medical Students<https://bit.ly/3mt7OOz>” in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. DOM co-author is Başak Çoruh.

Dr. Helen Jack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of “Association between clinical measures of unhealthy alcohol use and subsequent year hospital admissions in a primary care population<https://bit.ly/3IOqnV1>” in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. DOM co-authors are Douglas Berger and Katharine Bradley.

Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem, professor (Medical Oncology) is senior author of “Stochastic fate decisions of HSCs after transplantation: early contribution, symmetric expansion, and pool formation<https://bit.ly/3Zq0PV1>” in Blood. DOM co-authors are Elizabeth Duke and Joshua Schiffer.

Dr. Adelaide McClintock, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “Supporting women in academia: A dyad mentorship model<https://bit.ly/3y0CDNj>” in Medical Education.

Dr. Susan Ott, clinical professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) wrote “Osteoporosis Treatment: Not Easy<https://bit.ly/3EHRuji>” in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Michelle Sabo, acting assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. Javeed Shah, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “MUC5AC genetic variation is associated with tuberculous meningitis CSF cytokine responses and mortality<https://bit.ly/3mlvqoB>” in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.


In the news
Drs. Debra Cherry, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and John Scott, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) talked to KIRO 7 News in “Safeguarding wearable technology<https://bit.ly/3J8y3Db>.”

Dr. Benjamin Freedman, associate professor (Nephrology) is quoted in “Polycystic kidney disease: How sugar may be a factor<https://bit.ly/3kqcODi>” in Medical News Today.

Dr. Vishesh Kapur, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in “Here’s What Your Body Is Trying To Tell You If You’re Constantly Waking Up Before Your Alarm<https://bit.ly/3mnH9TA>” in Well+Good.

Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “WA Hispanics suffer high rates of long COVID. UW study launched to find out more<https://bit.ly/3kwblLH>.” in the Yakima Herald-Republic.



[image020.jpg]Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Barbara Jung will present “The State of the Department of Medicine” at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, March 10, 2023,12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730>.



Weekly Calendar, March 6-10, 2023
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Director Candidate Seminar
Dr. Katie Page (USC) will present, “Transforming Diabetes  Research Across the Lifespan” on March 7, 4-5pm. Please register<https://bit.ly/41sf8u7> to receive zoom link.

Seattle Sounders
[image022.jpg]The Department of Medicine is proud to sponsor a Seattle Sounders match on Saturday, March 18, at 1pm at Lumen Field in downtown Seattle. Please use this link<http://bit.ly/3IdSVXI> to purchase tickets for yourself and friends and family on a first come, first served basis. Food vouchers will be provided to each participating employee on the date of the match. As an added bonus, we are offering the Final 20, which means a group of 20 can go on the field behind the North goal post and watch the final 20 minutes of the half from field level. This experience available for both halves, meaning 2 groups of 20 (40 total participants) can take part in this experience! The 40 participants will be randomly selected from those who have already purchased tickets, and those who are still looking to purchase before March 12 (final day to get tickets to this event).

Foundation Insights Seminar Series
Dr. Nica Estrada (UCSF) will present “How kindness grows inclusion and equity in academia” on March 20, 10-11am, Fred Hutch Pelton Auditorium or via zoom<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88199765453?pwd=aGhZc3ZIN0VtS0dVaERwbTliQkF0dz09>.

Combined Medicine/Neurology Lecture
14th Annual Michael K. Copass and S. Mark Sumi Vascular Neurology Visiting Professor is Dr. Anjail Sharrief from the University of Texas, who will present “Stroke as a social disease: Examining the impact of social determinants of health on stroke care and outcomes” on March 22, 12-1pm. Add to calendar<https://bit.ly/3y7xYZO>.

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>.

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, 2023 from 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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