[domweek] DOM Week, July 7-11, 2025

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DOM Week
July 3, 2025
News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine

(if you have items for DOM Week, please email amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>)


Awards
Steven R. McGee, MD Teaching Excellence Award
[Jeffrey Redinger]Dr. Jeffrey Redinger, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is the 2025 recipient of the Steven R. McGee, MD Teaching Excellence Award. This award was created in recognition of Dr. McGee's unique contributions as an expert clinician educator and role model dedicated to exceptional patient care and teaching of students, residents, fellows and colleagues; pursuit of knowledge; and the art of physical examination and bedside diagnosis.


DEIB news
UW Medicine climate survey - deadline extended
The deadline to complete the UW Medicine Inclusive Climate Survey<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/43ZfPhA__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!h-Dlt5uPSevAYZ5CWRYxGMkEaZJu_IRo4DLYntHV99l-oUTmVlKhK6P2sdPiGUhpBxGBawTd_SqAJPtBYiAi6A$> has been extended to July 11. This is your opportunity to share your experiences to help identify areas for improvement and prioritize actions to foster a more inclusive environment for all. The results of the 2025 survey will guide our efforts moving forward, and we hope to increase the response rate from 39% to 60%. The survey takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Thank you for participating!

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Women in Medicine & Science committee - call for new members
The School of Medicine is calling for new members to serve on the Women in Medicine & Science (WIMS) committee<https://bit.ly/3aHoGbp>, to foster career development and wellness, and address gender inequities in hiring, compensation, and advancement among women faculty members. Committee membership also provides faculty interested in promoting gender equity an opportunity to connect with likeminded faculty and build community across the school. WIMS welcomes self-nominations<https://bit.ly/3G4bLnl> from all School of Medicine faculty and seeks to build a committee inclusive of faculty from biomedical research and clinical departments. Applications are due July 18.


Clinical news
Outstanding Heart Failure Care Team Award
The Harborview Community Heart Failure Program<https://bit.ly/449v8o9> (CHFP) has been recognized by the Heart Failure Society of American (HFSA) as the 2025 Outstanding Heart Failure Team. CHFP is a multidisciplinary healthcare team that engages with patients in the community by conducting visits where patients prefer to get their care. The program functions as a low barrier, high access service providing heart failure management to patients who may not feel safe or welcome in traditional medical settings. They help patients navigate the complexities of chronic illness while prioritizing autonomy and individual choice. Learn more about the program<https://bit.ly/4ezynJc>.



Research news
Kuni Foundation Grants
[Bruce Clurman, Hootie Warren]Congratulations to the following DOM members who received awards from the Kuni Foundation's Discovery Grant program to support early-stage research in developing promising new treatments.

Dr. Bruce Clurman, professor (Hematology and Oncology) will use a three-year $1,050,000 Kuni Foundation grant to develop a multi-lab approach to search for better therapies for HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), a type of head and neck cancer that is particularly resistant to treatment.

Dr. Edus Houston (Hootie) Warren, professor (Hematology and Oncology) will use his three-year, $1,050,000 Kuni Foundation grant to determine whether a particular type of T cell that can specifically recognize and attack RCC tumors can be identified in patient tumors and then expanded in a laboratory setting while retaining its disease-fighting characteristics.

A total of eight grants went to Fred Hutch/UW researchers and DOM faculty are collaborators on several (Philip Greenberg, Sara Hurvitz, Peter Nelson, and Scott Tykodi).

Learn more about the projects from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/44oawHy>.

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Innovation Catalyst Award
[Taylor Coston]Dr. Taylor Coston, fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the recipient of the Innovation Catalyst Award, a divisional award designed to provide funding for the development of innovative ideas and preliminary data related to advanced lung diseases. Its primary aim is to support early-career researchers who have not yet secured independent R01-level funding, offering them resources to generate new data that can be leveraged in future grant applications.

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Interdisciplinary Academic Partnership Award
[Jeanne Gallée]Dr. Jeanne Gallée, postdoctoral scholar (General Internal Medicine) and Dr. Gabriel Cler (Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences) have received an Interdisciplinary Academic Partnership Award from the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS). They will collaborate on a project called, "Acoustic Characteristics of Prosody in Stroke and Neurodegenerative Disease."

These awards are designed to encourage and support the formation and development of partnerships in projects that address critical transitions in translational research in innovative ways, with the potential to become long-term collaborations showing a deep commitment to a common goal.

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[Elizabeth Phelan]Population Health Initiative grant
Dr. Elizabeth Phelan, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is part of an interdisciplinary team that has received a Tier 3 pilot grant<https://bit.ly/4lA4NVV> from the UW Population Health Initiative for their project "Implementation and Evaluation of Fall-related Injury Prevention Strategies in the Lummi Nation."

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Funding opportunities: ITHS catalyst and voucher awards
Catalyst Awards<https://bit.ly/3I9ZHS9> provide "just-in-time" resources especially to early career investigators looking to complete a project or collect pilot data for a larger grant application. Investigators can receive a maximum of $5,000 (direct costs only) toward the purchase of supplies or core services not provided by ITHS. The ITHS is also offering "in kind" service vouchers in support of outstanding translational research. The early investigator voucher awards<https://bit.ly/3TkSaST> support the research efforts of junior investigators. Application deadlines for both awards is July 7.


Recent publications
Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Long-acting Injectable Containing Lopinavir Eliminates Reliance on Ritonavir Pharmacokinetic Enhancement<https://bit.ly/44LJsDq>" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Guang-Shing Cheng, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author of "Addressing Knowledge Gaps in the Early Detection of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement<https://bit.ly/4nBHhtO>" in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. DOM co-author is Teal Hallstrand.

Drs. Andrew Cowan, associate professor, and Philip Greenberg, professor (Hematology and Oncology) are co-authors of "Hallmarks of T-cell exhaustion and antigen experience are absent in multiple myeloma from diagnosis to maintenance therapy<https://bit.ly/44JxFWe>" in Blood.

Dr. Emily Grossniklaus, assistant professor of clinical practice, is lead author and Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Error disclosure: what residents say and what patients find effective<https://bit.ly/44Hq8Ho>" in Frontiers in Health Services. DOM co-author is Thomas Gallagher.

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is lead author of "Posthemodialysis Fatigue: A Vexing Problem in Need of Innovative Solutions<https://bit.ly/44LwghY>" in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Neha Sathe, acting instructor, is lead author and Dr. Pavan Bhatraju, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Moving from Observation to Explanation: Probing the Biology of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects<https://bit.ly/46j2h1Z>" in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.


In the news
Dr. Christopher Damman, clinical associate professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in "Want to eat healthier? Add half a cup of this food to your daily diet<https://wapo.st/4ks3wiV>." in the Washington Post.


Events of interest
EDI and Health Disparities Research Town Hall
The Office of Research and Graduate Education and the Office of Healthcare Equity will hold a Research Town Hall with a focus on grants with equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) components on July 7 at 1:00 p.m. via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/98151483608>
. More information is available on the Vitals website<https://bit.ly/44rZroO>.


Weekly Calendar, July 7-11, 2025
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Research Fellows Orientation Course
Registration is open for the annual Department of Medicine Workshop: "Surviving and Thriving During the Research Years<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/3S3jx3D__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lZWile_eD8i2hniJr2ZIipFr4LmoN5sYhAp1SywYbaNZKAPUMs8ncwEV1ZGvXFEf_QFUJlFOYGOFc7Glr0AjCQ$>" on Aug. 6 at South Lake Union. This one-day in-person workshop provides practical guidance on career development, mentorship, manuscript writing and funding strategies (including a live mock study section) led by experts across the Department of Medicine.

Designed for physician and PhD research trainees and early-stage faculty spanning from those who are just starting in research to those preparing to submit a career development award, this workshop is also great networking opportunity to meet other early career and senior researchers. There is no charge to attend this course and breakfast and lunch are provided. Please register for this course<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/4j5ELsa__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lZWile_eD8i2hniJr2ZIipFr4LmoN5sYhAp1SywYbaNZKAPUMs8ncwEV1ZGvXFEf_QFUJlFOYGOFc7GNo31hsQ$>.

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Amy Fields, Editor
amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>


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