[domweek] DOM Week, November 4-8, 2024

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DOM Week
November 1, 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>)


Trish Kritek appointed interim chair
[cid:image030.jpg at 01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]Dr. Patricia (Trish) Kritek, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) will be interim chair of the Department of Medicine, effective Jan. 1, 2025. She is currently vice dean for faculty affairs in the School of Medicine, focusing on helping School of Medicine faculty thrive by bringing them a broad array of resources including those focused on career development, leadership skills, well-being and more.

She earned her MD from the University of Connecticut and her EdM from Harvard. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Harvard Combined Program.

She is an active teacher of medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty, and her clinical and research interests include mechanical ventilation, sepsis, patient and family centered care, mentoring and leadership training.

Dr. Doug Wood, chair of the UW Department of Surgery, will chair an ad-hoc search committee to find the next chair of the Department of Medicine.


DEI news
November is Native American Heritage Month
[cid:image031.png at 01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]This month, we celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions, histories and contributions of American Indian and Alaska Native peoples in the United States.

Native American Heritage Month resources are available from The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3AnZV4q>.


Awards
William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards
There’s still time to nominate a colleague for the William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/awards/dom-awards/bremner/>, which honor faculty for their contributions to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions of the Department of Medicine through exemplary sustained and high impact mentorship. Nominations due Nov. 8.


Staff news
Chief Financial Officer: Dave Green
[cid:image032.jpg at 01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]Dave Green has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Department of Medicine, effective Oct. 28. He has been our interim CFO for the past year, and has been with the School of Medicine for over 25 years, including 16 years on the dean’s office financial team, with the last 12 years serving as CFO, and 9 years as director in the Department of Neurosurgery. In this position, Dave will continue to provide operational oversight of the department’s financial planning and operations, our budget and long-range financial plans, and work closely and collaboratively across the department to drive financial progress.

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Role of staff in medical education/professional pathways for staff
What does a career as a medical education staff person look like? Join the Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) Educator Development Series: Conversation Cafe for a conversation with some long-term staff members about the unique paths and challenges as medical education professionals. Jan. 9, 12-1pm (virtual). Learn more and register on the CME website<https://bit.ly/40kW1UA>.

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Staff reconnection outing
The DOM central Academic HR team recently visited the Rare Books Collection in Allen Library for a team-building event.

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Faculty news
Faculty spotlight: Heather Cheng
[Heather Cheng]Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. Heather Cheng, professor (Hematology and Oncology).

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



Clinical news
Partnership is key to making patients of color feel respected
[Natasha Hunter]When patient Terri Rau received a diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer in her left breast: ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive ductal carcinoma, she turned to Fred Hutch Cancer Center for treatment. After meeting with her medical oncologist, Dr. Natasha Hunter, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology), Rau felt “incredibly reassured that there were highly competent, compassionate people on my team.”

She also felt respected and listened to as a Black woman. “I have always felt heard,” said Rau, who is an advisor with Fred Hutch’s Patient and Family Engagement Program<https://www.fredhutch.org/en/ways-to-give/other-ways-to-give/volunteer/patient-family-engagement-program.html>, which aims to improve care by promoting partnerships between patients, caregivers and staff through feedback and focus groups.

Hunter strives to embody that mission by partnering with patients and empowering them with information. “Patients come to you with all sorts of concerns and you have to take all of them seriously,” she said. “The longer you do this, the more humble you get. You really have to acknowledge that there are things you don’t know, things that medicine doesn’t know, and each patient is a potential source of information and has unique experiences that may not reflect the typical experience.”

Read the full story from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/4f18tgy>.


Research news
Population Health Initiative grants
The Population Health Initiative has awarded 14 Tier 1 pilot grants<https://bit.ly/4eaemae> to interdisciplinary teams of University of Washington researchers representing 11 schools and colleges across two UW campuses plus several community-based partners. Funded projects that include DOM members:


  *   Understanding unmet needs for equitable access to antibiotic allergy testing services in hospital and community settings (Kelly Colas, Julie Dombrowski, Lily Li, Jimmy Ma)
  *   Collaborative development of a community advisory board focused on serious cardiac illness in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) region (Jason Deen, Salpy Pamboukian, Jill Steiner)


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Trainee of the year award: Christine Limonte
[Christine Limonte]Congratulations to Dr. Christine Limonte, assistant professor (Nephrology), who is the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) 2024 Trainee of the Year.

The CJASN Trainee of the Year Award is a prize contest that recognizes the best article submitted to the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology by a trainee as the first author. She won the award for: “Associations of Biomarkers of Tubular Injury and Inflammation with Biopsy Features in Type 1 Diabetes<https://bit.ly/3C25zd3>.”

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Black adult AFib risk linked to higher resting heart rates
[cid:image037.jpg at 01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]In a study of nearly 5,000 Black adults, a relatively higher resting heart rate was associated with increased risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (commonly called “AFib”), an irregular heartbeat that can have serious consequences.

The findings were published Oct. 30 in JAMA Network Open. The study’s lead author is Dr. Vid Yogeswaran, acting instructor (Cardiology).

“This study is useful because, among Black adults, we know little about risk factors for cardiovascular disease — and specifically for AFib, which can lead to heart failure, stroke, dementia and death,” Yogeswaran said. “Paradoxically, Black adults have a lower reported clinical prevalence of atrial fibrillation than white adults, but have a much higher risk of AFib-associated consequences such as stroke and death.”

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/48Elw5l>.


Recent publications
Dr. Joshua Bloomstein, R3, is co-author of “Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia<https://go.nature.com/4hu5z5S>” in Nature Communications.

Dr. Sarah Cox, research assistant, is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Clinical and Genomic Epidemiology of Coxsackievirus A21 and Enterovirus D68 in Homeless Shelters, King County, Washington, USA, 2019–2021<https://bit.ly/3AlXmji>” in Emerging Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Amanda Casto, Eric Chow, M. Mia Shim, and Michael Boeckh.

Dr. Jason Dominitz, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of “Projected Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Novel Molecular Blood-Based or Stool-Based Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer<https://bit.ly/4hu6l2M>” in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Kevin Duan, affiliate instructor, is lead author and Dr. David Au, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of “Supplemental Oxygen Use, Outcomes, and Spending in Patients With COPD in the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program<https://bit.ly/3YHy1tJ>” in JAMA Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Lucas Donovan, Laura Spece, and Laura Feemster.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic Natural Killer (NK) Cells for the Treatment of COVID-19<https://bit.ly/3UuZE6C>” in Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development. DOM co-author is John Bui.

Dr. Nicole Kim, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. George Ioannou, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of “Hepatic steatosis estimated by VCTE-derived CAP scores was associated with lower risks of liver-related events and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic liver disease<https://bit.ly/4houqYB>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. DOM co-authors are Philip Vutien, Lauren Beste, Muyi Li, Abbey Barnard-Giustini, and Kay Johnson.

Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) is co-author of “Long-Term Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease<https://bit.ly/40qMMCo>” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Vidhushei Yogeswaran, acting instructor (Cardiology) is lead author and Dr. James Floyd, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “Resting Heart Rate and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study<https://bit.ly/3UzaDMu>” in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-authors are Kerri Wiggins and Colleen Sitlani.

Dr. Leila Zelnick, research associate professor (Nephrology) wrote “Simulation-Based Sample Size Estimation in Clinical Trials in Nephrology<https://bit.ly/48srKFc>” in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.


In the news
Dr. Bradley Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “The Dispute Around A Women's Volleyball Team Touches On A Broader Question: How To Define 'FAir'<https://bit.ly/3ChcQWg>” from the Associated Press.

Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) is quoted in “Anti-obesity medications show whole-body promise<https://bit.ly/3YMaHe2>” from Medscape.


Weekly Calendar, November 4-8, 2024
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.




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