[domweek] DOM Week, October 21-25, 2024

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DOM Week
October 18, 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>)



DEI news
LGBTQ+ Council
[Shiv Bhandari]We are pleased to share that Dr. Shiv Bhandari (he/him), acting instructor (General Internal Medicine) will chair the council this year. Bhandari completed his training at UW and is a hospitalist at UWMC-Montlake. He is also a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.

"My focus as chair of the LGBTQ+ Council is to promote visibility and foster community among LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, residents and trainees within the Department of Medicine across all clinical sites," he said.

The council's next meeting in Nov. 5, 6-7pm. If you are interested in joining this important council, please complete this form<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0p2HkuEli4dCqQ9YvIFPVQNUMklGWVpRSTlER01GSVFRT1VOQUQxTDA0Vi4u__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mCjMkd3Ma1-JWg94MM5aroCsx7OukYLgUhXyRAXnm0tiEdHNo0Z8OLqBh5PRDobdFQrWmDoNohs658HoUXJH7P-0yg$>.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3BHe0ug>.

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Year Up intern spotlight: Tila Coleman
[Tila Coleman]We are excited to introduce Tila Coleman, our new Year Up intern. Year Up is a job training program, tuition free, that helps students with skills based training and internships. Tila is in Year Up's project management track and will be working on initiatives within the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Office.

"I joined Year Up for the opportunity to access the education, career and work-based experience resources, allowing me to build valuable skills and expand my professional network," she said.

Learn more about her on our news site<https://bit.ly/40aMkb0>.

Staff news
Celebrating outstanding staff
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The 2024 recipients and nominees for the Outstanding Staff Awards<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/awards/dom-awards/outstanding-staff> were recognized and celebrated at a ceremony on Monday. The Outstanding Staff Award recognizes and celebrates exceptional staff members who are dedicated to supporting our missions of teaching, healing, discovery, and diversity, and upholding core values.



Recent publications
Dr. Maralyssa Bann, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "A Climate of Stigma, Uncertainty, and Distrust: Stakeholder Perception of Barriers to SNF Placement for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Treated with Methadone<https://bit.ly/3BPCQrO>" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Lessons learned from COVID-19 to overcome challenges in conducting outpatient clinical trials to find safe and effective therapeutics for the next infectious pandemic<https://bit.ly/3UaHMxz>" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Dr. Shailender Bhatia, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "Intratumoral STING agonist reverses immune evasion in PD-(L)1-refractory Merkel cell carcinoma: mechanistic insights from detailed biomarker analyses<https://bit.ly/4h3pd8x>" in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. DOM co-authors are Lisa Tachiki and David Koelle.

Joshua Bis, research scientist, and Dr. Bruce Psaty, professor, (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "Rare variant contribution to the heritability of coronary artery disease<https://bit.ly/3Yaepge>" in Nature Communications.

Dr. Scott Hagan, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. Paul Cornia, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Clinical features of suspected and unsuspected fatal pulmonary emboli in hospitalized patients<https://bit.ly/40bB7r0>" in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. DOM co-author is Tyler Albert.

Drs. Noam Kopmar, assistant professor, and Ryan Cassaday, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) are co-authors of "Outcomes After Brexucabtagene Autoleucel Administered as a Standard Therapy for Adults With Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell ALL<https://bit.ly/3BO9Bpr>" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Graham Nichol, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Single-Sample Rule-Out of an Acute Coronary Occlusion With High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin-Got the Time?<https://bit.ly/4f5lKo2>" in JAMA Network Open.

Dr. Catherine Otto, professor (Cardiology) is lead author of "Optimizing AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Digital Age: Guidelines in Evolution<https://bit.ly/489UhPX>" in Circulation.

Dr. John Thompson, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of "Immune checkpoint inhibitor induced colitis<https://bit.ly/3A5Rlaw>" in Gastroenterology.

Lingmei Zhou, research scientist, Dr. Christopher Chen, clinical assistant professor, and Dr. Judy Zerzan-Thul, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Acute Care Utilization in Washington State Medicaid: A Retrospective Cohort Study<https://bit.ly/3YdPUyM>" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.


In the news
Drs. Helen Chu, professor, and John Lynch, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are quoted in "WA could be better protected against RSV this winter. Here's why<https://bit.ly/3YsaRr5>" in the Seattle Times.

Dr. Eugene Yang, clinical professor (Cardiology) is quoted in "Certain Arm Positions During Blood Pressure Checks May Lead to Inaccurate Results<https://bit.ly/4hmYWSX>" in Healthline.


Events of interest
What's in a Name? Authentic Connections in Medical Education
Dr. Brad Sharpe (UCSF) will present "What's in a Name? Authentic Connections in Medical Education" at CLIME Grand Rounds on Oct. 24, 12-1pm, UW Health Sciences Library, Pacific Room T229. Please register for this event<https://bit.ly/3z2ACEz>.


Weekly Calendar, October 21-25, 2024
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.



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Amy Fields, Editor
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