[domweek] DOM Week, April 1-5, 2024

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DOM Week
March 29, 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
[cid:image003.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Reminder: Gender Equity Awards
There is still time to nominate a colleague for the Department of Medicine Gender Equity Awards. Awards will be presented in two categories: Mentorship and Trailblazer.

Nominations are due April 15. Please visit our website<https://bit.ly/3semEZN> for more information.



DEI news
Seeking new members for the LGBTQ+ Council
The LGBTQ+ Council<https://bit.ly/3vnWoRj> is seeking motivated faculty, staff and trainees to join the council. As a member of the LGBTQ+ Council you will advise the department chair on matters related gender identity and sexual orientation equity, make recommendations to ensure an equitable and inclusive environment in the department, and plan and implement activities that promote sexual orientation and gender identity equity.

Your term would begin July 1, 2024 and last 1-3 years. The time commitment includes at least 3 full LGBTQ+ Council meetings annually along with additional subcommittee meetings as needed.

If you are interested, please submit your information to Sean Greenlee<mailto:seang151 at uw.edu>. If you have any questions, please contact co-chairs Stephen Disharoon<mailto:disharoo at uw.edu> or Devin Shen<mailto:devshen at uw.edu>.


Faculty news
[cid:image005.png at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Faculty spotlight: Farah Khan
Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. Farah Khan, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) and diabetes care physician.

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

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[cid:image007.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Congratulations to Dr. Reena Mehra, professor and head (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) who was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Election to the ASCI is a milestone in the physician-scientist career path. The society is an honor society of physician-scientists, who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. She will be inducted at the annual meeting on April 5.


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[cid:image009.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Dr. Charles Murry, professor (Cardiology) and director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM<https://iscrm.uw.edu/>), has been appointed to lead stem-cell research at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine. He will start there in August.

In 2006, Murry, with cancer specialist Dr. Tony Blau and developmental biologist Randy Moon, founded ISCRM, whose scientists are exploring stem cell-based therapies for heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes and other conditions.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/4ct1o7X>.

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New faculty voting system
The department is now using Qualtrics to send out DOM faculty votes for appointments and promotions. The emails that eligible voting faculty receive from the new system should largely look the same as they did from the previous system, but there are a few changes to note:


  *   You can still make your vote selection directly from the email, but now clicking on the selection will open the survey on the Qualtrics site where you will need to scroll down and click the green arrow to submit your vote.
  *   The emails will still come from DOM Vote, but the email address is noreply at qemailserver.com<mailto:noreply at qemailserver.com>. If you haven't seen any ballots in your inbox this week, please also be sure to check your junk email folders and mark the noreply at qemailserver.com<mailto:noreply at qemailserver.com> as "not junk" so the emails go to your inbox in the future.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Shoshana Hague<mailto:shoshana at uw.edu> or Anna Lim<mailto:lalim12 at medicine.washington.edu>.


Education news
Expanding palliative care education in Vietnam
[cid:image011.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Dr. Darrell Owens, clinical associate professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is passionate about expanding palliative care services in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. As associate medical director/section head of palliative care at UW Medical Center-Northwest, he has been providing palliative care to seriously ill patients and teaching trainees for over 20 years.

Over 5 years ago, Owens began volunteering his time teaching palliative care to medical providers in Vietnam. Resources for palliative care education are limited in many areas of Vietnam, and there is significant work to be done to improve care at the end of life, particularly for oncology patients. Owens provides the only formalized, consistent palliative care training to date in Hue, and is only one of two providers in Hanoi.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3vmZSU4>.

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CLIME Clinical Teaching Certificate Program
Applications are currently open for the Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) Clinical Teaching Certificate Program<https://bit.ly/3eIIdxy>. This program is designed to strengthen teaching skills, foster a shared mental model of excellent teaching, and increase professional satisfaction for faculty who teach in the clinical setting. All faculty who teach are encouraged to register, whether they are new faculty or have decades of experience. Register here<https://uwsom.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bwltCAVSwkkwCB8>.


Research news
Spotlight on resident scholarship: Leah Karlsen
[cid:image013.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]People with rheumatologic diseases often receive conflicting advice about family planning from physicians. Inspired by her family's and patient's experiences, Dr. Karlsen and collaborators surveyed IM residents to determine their understanding on the safety of using immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory medications in pregnancy.

In the latest resident scholarship spotlight, "Improving preconception & contraceptive counseling for people with rheumatologic diseases," Dr. Leah Karlsen designed a framework providers can use for reviewing medications and ordering lab work during preconception visits. The framework also helps providers determine the safety of various contraceptive options in this patient population.

View spotlight<https://bit.ly/4abB3th>.

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[cid:image015.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Dr. Vid Yogeswaran, fellow (Cardiology) has received a Research Fellowship Award from the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) to study atrial myopathy, atrial fibrillation and stroke outcomes. This competitive post-doctoral research fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology encourages and supports research training in basic or clinical electrophysiology and assists awardees in initiating careers in electrophysiology research while obtaining significant research results.



Recent publications
Dr. Michael Boeckh, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Late Cytomegalovirus Disease after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Significance of Novel Transplantation Techniques<https://bit.ly/49cFYZD>" in Blood Advances. DOM co-authors are Danniel Zamora, Stephanie Lee, and Margaret Green.

Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Comparative diagnostic utility of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen and molecular testing in a community setting<https://bit.ly/43zeBrH>" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Julia Bennett, Michael Boeckh, and Ana Weil. Dr. Chu is also co-author of "Local-scale phylodynamics reveal differential community impact of SARS-CoV-2 in a metropolitan US county<https://bit.ly/3J2VqwJ>" in PLOS Pathogens.

Dr. Lorenzo Giacani, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Oral linezolid compared with benzathine penicillin G for treatment of early syphilis in adults (Trep-AB Study) in Spain: a prospective, open-label, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial<https://bit.ly/43ESVKw>" in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Helen Jack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Rural Friendship Bench: A qualitative study in Zaka district, Zimbabwe<https://bit.ly/3vnkdIV>" in Social Science & Medicine.

Lakshin Kumar, student researcher, is lead author, and Dr. Ajit Limaye, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Association of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNAemia With Long-Term Mortality in a Randomized Trial of Preemptive Therapy and Antiviral Prophylaxis for Prevention of CMV Disease in High-Risk Donor Seropositive, Recipient Seronegative Liver Transplant Recipients<https://bit.ly/49ftAs1>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Cynthia Fisher and Robert Rakita.

Dr. Graham Nichol, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Promotion of Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department<https://bit.ly/3TykLDH>" in NEJM Evidence.

Dr. Jeffrey Probstfield, professor (Cardiology) is co-author of "Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis<https://bit.ly/3TWinYQ>" in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Dr. Ganesh Raghu, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author, and Dr. Robin Bennett, professor (Medical Genetics) is senior author of "Genetic factors for ILD-the path of precision medicine<https://bit.ly/3IS6VXS>" in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. DOM co-author is Juliet Torres.

Dr. Katherine Ritchey, clinical assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is lead author of "Implementation of a Multicomponent Otago-Based Virtual Fall Reduction, Education, and Exercise Program (MOVing FREEly) in Older Veterans<https://bit.ly/3IRRdvT>" in Geriatrics.

Dr. Javeed Shah, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "TOLLIP inhibits lipid accumulation and the integrated stress response in alveolar macrophages to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection<https://go.nature.com/3vydUSH>" in Nature Microbiology. DOM co-authors are Kim Dill-McFarland, Divya Rane, Aparajita Saha, Yu-Hua Chow, Chi Hung, and Matthew Altman.

Dr. Monica Soni, R3, is lead author of "Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease<https://bit.ly/4apOwxp>" in JAMA. Senior author is Dr. Amiko Uchida, a graduate of our residency program.


In the news
Dr. David Cummings, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "Patients Hate "Forever" Drugs. Is Wegovy Different?<https://nyti.ms/3PBfN7X>" in the New York Times.

Dr. Rachel Issaka, associate professor (Gastroenterology) talked to KUOW in "A blood test for colon cancer offers hope fighting a deadly disease<https://bit.ly/43EYM2H>."

Dr. Barbara Jung, professor and chair, is quoted in "Ozempic-like drugs linked to low, but increased risk of post-endoscopy pneumonia, study finds<https://bit.ly/499KQPm>" in STAT.


Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Barbara Jung will present "The State of the Department of Medicine" at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, April 5, 2024,12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730>. The Bremner Mentorship Awards<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/awards/dom-awards/bremner/> will also be presented.


Weekly Calendar, April 1-5, 2024
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
[cid:image017.jpg at 01DA81F3.1D17DC70]Reconnection, with Birds!
Ten people showed up for the last outing on March 9 and they saw 35 species, including swallows returning to the UBNA from their winter in Mexico and Central America. The next outing on Saturday, April 6 should see the return of more early migrants. Outings are open to all.

Details available at DOM Reconnection website<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/well-being/reconnection/events/birds>.




[image003.jpg at 01DA7C73]Department reconnection event: Seattle Reign FC match
The Department of Medicine is proud to sponsor a Seattle Reign FC match on Sunday, April 21, at 3pm at Lumen Field in downtown Seattle.
You can buy discounted group tickets<https://fevo-enterprise.com/Uwdepartment> for you and your friends and family on a first come, first-served basis. A mixer is being planned prior to the match at 2pm in loft spaces inside the stadium. Detailed directions will be sent to those who purchase tickets.



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