[domweek] DOM Week, August 19-23, 2024

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter via domweek]

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DOM Week
August 16, 2024
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
Outstanding Staff Awards
The Outstanding Staff Award<https://bit.ly/40TQbXJ> 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.

[Mackenzie Keyse, Emily Lamont, Mary Webb]
Congratulations to this year's recipients: Mackenzie Keyse, communications specialist (DOM central staff), Emily Lamont, assistant director of operations (DOM central staff), and Mary Webb, research study coordinator (General Internal Medicine).

Learn more about the 2024 recipients on our news site<https://bit.ly/3Ma0PUw>.


DEI news
Nominate a colleague to be featured during Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month
[cid:image004.jpg at 01DAEFF4.CF37A4C0]The Huddle<https://huddle.uwmedicine.org/> is asking for nominations of colleagues to be featured during Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). UW Medicine's Cultural Observances and Implementation Subcommittee<https://bit.ly/3Qzo0rp> (COIS) partners with The Huddle to create content celebrating cultural observances, including feature articles that give employees from the culture being celebrated a chance to share their perspectives and experiences. Do you know someone they should feature? Please send their name and contact info (with their permission) to the Huddle Editorial team<mailto:thehuddle at uw.edu> by Aug. 30.


Education news
GME Professionals Day
[cid:image006.png at 01DAEFF4.CF37A4C0]Today we celebrate GME Professionals Day! The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) established this day to recognize program coordinators and GME administrators who work to help make residency and fellowship training programs successful. Thank you to all the program managers, administrators and coordinators who work tirelessly on behalf of our residents and fellows.



Faculty news
Faculty spotlight: Lawrence Fong
[Lawrence Fong]Dr. Lawrence Fong, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is the new scientific director of the Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center<https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/institutes-networks-ircs/immunotherapy-integrated-research-center.html> and Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar in Immunotherapy at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. His research has focused on immunotherapy for more than 30 years. Fong completed his internship and residency at the University of Washington, before joining UCSF, where he founded and led their immunotherapy program, and contributed to the pre-clinical and clinical development of several FDA-approved immunotherapies including immune checkpoint inhibitors. In 2021, he received a seven-year, $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award for his project, "Determinants of Response to Cancer Immunotherapy<https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10299968>."

Learn more from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/4dNGxMu>.

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Rising Leaders
Rising Leaders<https://bit.ly/3JNRTCs> is a course designed to bring practical leadership skills to School of Medicine faculty who are new to leadership or aspiring to new leadership roles, as well as help build connections and community across our system.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty who have been selected to join the 2024-2025 School of Medicine Rising Leaders cohort:


  *   Kirandeep Gill, clinical assistant professor (WWAMI Spokane)
  *   Andrew Graustein, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
  *   Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  *   Margaret Isaac, associate professor (General Internal Medicine)
  *   Jeffrey Jacobs, clinical assistant professor (Gastroenterology)
  *   Lorena Wright, clinical professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition)
  *   Leah Yoke, teaching associate (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  *   David Zhen, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology)



Research news
A quarter century of lifesaving discoveries in prostate cancer
Insights from the Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) have transformed patient care and understanding of prostate cancer biology, and supported drug discovery worldwide[Peter Nelson]. The National Cancer Institute created the SPORE program to strengthen ties between bench and bedside and hasten the flow of breakthroughs and insights between them.

"Twenty-five years of continued funding is a testament to the consistently excellent science conducted by PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE researchers," said Dr. Peter Nelson, professor (Hematology and Oncology), who heads the PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE. "Our scientists have made practice-changing breakthroughs and widened the scope of treatment and screening options available to prostate cancer patients."

Learn more from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/4e0XdjJ>.


Recent publications
Dr. John Amory, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "The pathogenic role of retinoid nuclear receptor signaling in cancer and metabolic syndromes<https://bit.ly/4dMajRM>" in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

Dr. Andrew Coveler, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is lead author of "A Phase 1b/2 Randomized Clinical Trial of Oleclumab with or without Durvalumab plus Chemotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma<https://bit.ly/3ApdOz5>" in Clinical Cancer Research.

Dr. Jason Dominitz, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of "Development and Implementation of a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Improve Adherence to Colonoscopy Follow-Up Guidelines<https://bit.ly/3AqH9cq>" in Gastroenterology.

Dr. Jason Goldman, clinical assistant professor, and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Differentiation of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Postacute Sequelae by Standard Clinical Laboratory Measurements in the RECOVER Cohort<https://bit.ly/3M69bMS>" in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Rachel Issaka, associate professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of "Association between racial residential segregation and screening uptake for colorectal and cervical cancer among Black and White patients in five US health care systems<https://bit.ly/3YRkVKH>" in Cancer and senior author of "Factors associated with mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) completion in an integrated academic-community healthcare system<https://bit.ly/4cA68au>" in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

Dr. Christine Johnston, professor, is lead author and Dr. Anna Wald, professor and head (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Genital Herpes<https://bit.ly/3M8F2wi>" in JAMA.

Dr. Haiming Kerr, acting assistant professor, is lead author, and Dr. Jose Garcia, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is senior author of "Mouse sarcopenia model reveals sex- and age-specific differences in phenotypic and molecular characteristics<https://bit.ly/3SQeB2k>" in JCI. DOM co-author Lucas Caeiro.

Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Crowdsourced Feedback to Improve Resident Physician Error Disclosure Skills: A Randomized Clinical Trial<https://bit.ly/4dHpIm5>" in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-author is Thomas Gallagher.


In the news
Dr. David Cummings, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "You've Lost Weight Taking New Obesity Drugs. What Happens if You Stop?<https://nyti.ms/3M60X7t>" in the New York Times.

Dr. Ruchi Kapoor, clinical assistant professor (Cardiology) is quoted in "Heart attack portrayals in movies miss the mark, study finds<https://bit.ly/3X8oqLm>" in AHA News.

Dr. Vishesh Kapur, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in "How to Handle Jet Lag, According to Very Frequent Travelers<https://nyti.ms/3Z1OM3p>" in the New York Times.

Dr. Eric Larson, affiliate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable - addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%<https://bit.ly/3M53Ght>" in the Conversation.

Dr. Philip Mease, clinical professor (Rheumatology) is quoted in "What's the Difference Between Psoriatic Arthritis and Lupus?<https://bit.ly/46PooLZ>" in Health Central.



Events of interest
Research Fellows Orientation Course
Registration is open for our annual Department of Medicine Workshop: "Surviving and Thriving During the Research Years<https://bit.ly/3S3jx3D>", a course covering skills necessary for academic success, such as grant & manuscript writing, mentorship, 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 clinical and PhD fellows and early-stage faculty from all departments. There is no charge to attend this course. Aug. 19, 8:30am-3pm, Brotman Auditorium, South Lake Union. Please register for this course<https://forms.office.com/r/Pv3cKnKidg>. For more information please contact Ellen Schur (ellschur at uw.edu<mailto:ellschur at uw.edu>) or Nisha Bansal (nbansal at uw.edu<mailto:nbansal at uw.edu>).


Weekly Calendar, August 19-23, 2024
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


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