[domweek] DOM Week, February 12-16, 2024

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
February 9, 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
David B. Thorud Leadership Award nominations
[cid:image027.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Recognizing outstanding leadership since 2006, the Thorud Leadership Award is the highest leadership honor at the University of Washington. Congratulations to this year's nominees from the Department of Medicine, Dr. Debra Cherry, associate professor (General Internal Medicine), Dr. William Lombardi, clinical professor (Cardiology) and Dr. Susan Wong, associate professor (Nephrology).



Faculty news
[cid:image028.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Dr. Jason Deen, associate professor of pediatrics and medicine (Cardiology) has been appointed chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Native American Child Health (CONACH). Dr. Deen, a current member of CONACH, is a pediatric cardiologist, vice chair for equity, diversity and inclusion in the Department of Pediatrics and director of the UWSOM Indian Health Pathway.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/4btfgyo>.


Clinical news
Cognition in Primary Care Program launches
[cid:image029.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Over the past three years, Dr. Barak Gaster, professor (General Internal Medicine) has led a team to design, build, and launch UW Medicine's Cognition in Primary Care Program. The program's goal is to provide education and tools to help primary care providers (PCPs) evaluate and manage cognitive impairment in the primary care setting. Supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program is now available at all primary care clinics at UW Medicine, where more than 100 PCPs have completed the training.

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


Education news
New college heads
The UW School of Medicine Colleges Program in the MD program teaches foundational clinical skills, coaches developing physicians, and fosters meaningful relationships and sense of community for UW medical students across the WWAMI region. In July 2024, the Colleges program on the Seattle campus will be expanding from 2 to 4 Colleges, and is proud to be welcoming two outstanding leaders from the DOM as new College Heads:

[cid:image030.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Dr. Gaby Berger, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine). Originally from the Midwest, Dr. Berger went to medical school at Emory University and completed residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF before joining the faculty at UW in 2013. Clinically, she is a primary care provider at the UWMC-General Internal Medicine Clinic (Roosevelt Clinic) and is the former director of the Clinician-Educator Pathway for the IM Residency Program. Dr. Berger has served as College Faculty in Cascade College for 5 years and is particularly interested in professional identity formation and mentorship, from early learners to faculty.

[cid:image031.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Dr. Abir "Abby" Hussein, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and associate medical director of infection prevention. Dr. Hussein is an MD graduate of University of Miami and IM residency graduate of University of Colorado. She completed fellowship at UW in Allergy & Infectious Diseases in 2021, along with an MPH. Dr. Hussein has been College faculty in Olympic College for 3 years. At UW, she has been a leader in policies and practices related to hospital acquired infections, and in measures to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in the hospital and academia.

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[cid:image032.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Dr. Justin Bullock, research fellow (Nephrology) has been selected as the new co-director of Docs with Disabilities Initiative, joining the 2024-26 leadership team. Docs with Disabilities Initiative is a leader for disability inclusion in health professions training globally.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3SO9foK>.


Research news
Promising drug-development systems get new U.S. funding
[cid:image033.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Kidney disease researchers from the UW Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy will use a multimillion-dollar federal grant from the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to advance drug-development platforms that would reduce reliance on animal tests in the production of future medications. Their research aims to finalize multiple kidney-tissue platforms for drug testing, and submit those platforms to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval.

"We are incredibly pleased to receive this award. It's an exciting project that will be the capstone for our already 10-plus years of NCATS funding for kidney-on-a-chip and kidney organoid research," said Dr. Jonathan Himmelfarb, professor (Nephrology), who will direct the effort. Dr. Benjamin Freedman, associate professor (Nephrology) will lead the platforms' development.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/4bzT8m7>.

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[cid:image034.jpg at 01DA5B73.1AC70C30]Dr. Jeanne Gallée, postdoctoral scholar (General Internal Medicine) is PI on a grant from the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) for "The Assessment of Functional Communication in Primary Progressive Aphasia." This project seeks to establish a holistic, strengths-based, and minimally taxing measure of functional communication to enhance individualized care and optimize the functional impact of clinical recommendations for people living with primary progressive aphasia, a rare neurodegenerative condition.

Co-investigators from the DOM are Drs. Paul Crane, professor (General Internal Medicine) and Rob Fredricksen, research assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases).


Recent publications
Drs. Tara Babu, assistant professor, and Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of "Effectiveness of Bivalent mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years<https://bit.ly/3wbIkKN>" in JAMA.

Dr. Jennifer Best, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "The DIO Needs a Cabinet: Identifying and Supporting Designated Institutional "Others" in Graduate Medical Education<https://bit.ly/3UBdmFP>" in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.

Dr. Jason Dominitz, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of "Significant Reduction in the Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus and Related Dysplasia During the COVID-19 Pandemic<https://bit.ly/48dOcjZ>" in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Drs. Susan Merel, associate professor, Gabrielle Berger, clinical associate professor, Amanda Shepherd, clinical assistant professor, Lindsay Gibbon, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) and Patricia Kritek, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) are co-authors of "An Embedded Curriculum to Teach Critical Incident Debriefing to Internal Medicine Residents<https://bit.ly/3SQ2Nxs>" in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Lead author is former chief resident James Wykowski.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Understanding the clinical significance of cytomegalovirus viremia after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: Should we be treating a value?<https://bit.ly/486cZX7>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-author is Michael Boeckh. Dr. Hill and Dr. Armin Rashidi, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) are co-authors of "A phase II randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of cytomegalovirus PepVax vaccine in preventing cytomegalovirus reactivation and disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant<https://bit.ly/3ujxuBQ>" in Haematologica.

Dr. Rachel Issaka, associate professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of "Implementing an Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening Program: Lessons Learned From an Academic-Community Practice<https://bit.ly/4875QG2>" in AJPM Focus. DOM co-author is Victoria Fang.

Dr. Hannah Linden, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Activity and safety of enobosarm, a novel, oral, selective androgen receptor modulator, in androgen receptor- positive, oestrogen receptor-positive, and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (Study G200802): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, multinational, parallel design, phase 2 trial<https://bit.ly/48c2GRj>" in The Lancet.

Dr. Ashok Reddy, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Defining and Improving Outcomes Measurement for Virtual Care: Report from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Virtual Care<https://bit.ly/3wfLzAA>" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Mazyar Shadman, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "Hypertension Treatment in Patients Receiving Ibrutinib: A Multicenter Retrospective Study<https://bit.ly/42sghmd>" in Blood Advances.

Dr. Veena Shankaran, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Association of Major Adverse Financial Events and Later-Stage Cancer Diagnosis in the United States<https://bit.ly/42GtQyE>" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


In the news
Dr. Bradley Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Former transgender player on victory by transgender golfer Hailey Davidson: 'I don't think it's fair'<https://yhoo.it/4br6iBL>" from Yahoo Sports.

Dr. Seth Cohen, clinical associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) talked to KUOW in "Four cases of rare fungus found in WA. Here's what you should know about it.<https://bit.ly/42z4ylG>"

Dr. Scott Hagan, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "The Race Is On to Stop Ozempic Muscle Loss<https://nyti.ms/3uukV6G>" in the New York Times.

Dr. Leo Morales, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "More states offer health care coverage for certain immigrants, noncitizens<https://bayareane.ws/3SxQAvN>" in The Mercury News.

Dr. Michael Schwartz, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "The science and side effects behind the semaglutide weight loss drugs<https://bit.ly/49wigZ7>" in New Scientist.

Dr. Mazyar Shadman, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "'Aggressive' combination therapy lowers blood pressure in patients receiving ibrutinib<https://bit.ly/49tGJ0Z>" in Healio.


Weekly Calendar, February 12-16, 2024
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture
Dr. Vijay Sankaran (Harvard Medical School) will present "Genetic Studies of Human Hematopoiesis" on March 1, 3:30-5:30, Foege Hall Auditorium (lecture) and Vista Café (reception). Please RSVP<https://forms.office.com/r/85HrB2Wpm6> by Feb. 16.




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