[domweek] DOM Week, July 21-25, 2025

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DOM Week
July 18, 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>)



Faculty news
Scott Ramsey elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
[Scott Ramsey]Dr. Scott Ramsey, professor (General Internal Medicine) has been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) for his leadership in health economics and cancer research - including work on financial toxicity, cost-effectiveness, and healthcare policy - that has influenced national discussions, improved cancer care access, and shaped policies for equitable and sustainable healthcare.

The WSAS mission is to provide expert scientific and engineering assessments to inform public policymaking and increase the impact of research in Washington state.

Ramsey will be inducted at WSAS's 20th Anniversary Celebration in October.


Clinical news
Spotlight: Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality & Safety
[Thomas Gallagher and Andrew White]Established in 2012, the UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality & Safety brings together clinicians, researchers, and staff to advance health system science and accelerate the adoption of evidence-based practices.

The Center's education programs<https://bit.ly/44FBwnu> provide participants with an immersive QI and patient safety curriculum that helps equip them with the knowledge and skills to translate ideas into scalable projects. Both programs - the Certificate Program in Patient Safety & Quality and the QI Scholars Program - are currently accepting nominations.

"Every healthcare provider must be fluent in basic principles of patient safety and quality improvement. For many, work in quality improvement and patient safety will also be an important element of their academic careers," said Dr. Thomas Gallagher, professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair for quality, safety, and value, who founded and led the center for 13 years.

Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine), course director for the center's Certificate Program in Patient Safety and Quality, is stepping into the role of interim director this fall.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/4m5fOiC>.


Research news
First Cancer Screening Research Network study launched
[The Vanguard Study Logo - Testing a new way to screen for cancer]Fred Hutch Cancer Center is leading the newly launched Vanguard Study<https://bit.ly/44WtwNN>, a national study of a new type of blood test that screens for several different cancers called multi-cancer detection (MCD) tests. Researchers will evaluate whether these blood tests will help people ages 45 to 75 find cancer early when it may be easier to treat.

This is the first study of the Cancer Screening Research Network<https://bit.ly/4eVupdX> (CSRN), a nationwide network that will run trials aimed at improving cancer screening that is funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Fred Hutch serves as the Coordinating and Communications Center as well as the Statistics and Data Management Center.

"We need to rigorously evaluate multi-cancer detection tests to understand if they're effective and accurate cancer screening tools for everyone," said Dr. Scott Ramsey, professor (General Internal Medicine) and principal investigator of the CSRN and cancer researcher at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Read the full story from Hutch News<https://bit.ly/3GLfV3J>.

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Study spotlights cardiac arrest survival in King County
[Thomas Rea]For many years, Seattle and surrounding King County have shared a reputation of being among the best places in the United States to experience a cardiac arrest - due to the expert, resolute efforts of stakeholders at many levels.

The contributors to this achievement have not rested on laurels. Newly published research<https://bit.ly/40pUNXv> shows that, in King County, resuscitated individuals' survival rate improved significantly between 2001 and 2020. In a study of 25,118 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, survival to hospital discharge improved from 14.7% (2001-2005) to 18.9% (2016-2020). For the subset of people who require a defibrillator shock to restore their heartbeat, survival increased from 35% to 48%.

Nationally, the survival rate among people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is about 10%, according to the American Red Cross.

"Fundamentally, it is hard to resuscitate people. It takes continual coordination: The prehospital care providers have to do everything correctly to get a heartbeat back as quickly as possible. Hospital providers have to extend the care and let the patient's brain recover and treat the underlying issue that caused the event," said Dr. Thomas Rea, professor (General Internal Medicine) and senior author of the paper.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3UgYuuT>.


Recent publications
Dr. Edward Boyko, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence: the NCD-RisC study<https://bit.ly/44zEHwP>" in The Lancet.

Dr. Katharine Bradley, affiliate professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Increasing Opioid Use Disorder Medication Treatment in Primary Care-What Works?<https://bit.ly/4eVkAwp>" in JAMA Internal Medicine. DOM co-author is Helen Jack.

Annalyse Elias-Warren, research coordinator, is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in a Community Setting, Seattle, Washington, US<https://bit.ly/4lZE7OE>A" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Julia Bennett and Michael Boeckh.

Dr. James Floyd, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Physical Activity and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study<https://bit.ly/40YLGNx>" in Circulation.

Dr. Thomas Hawn, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of "Myeloid cell genome-wide screen identifies variants associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced cytokine transcriptional responses<https://bit.ly/46lojkZ>" in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. DOM co-authors are Kimberly Dill-McFarland, Jason Simmons, and Moeko Agata.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Noncanonical and mortality-defining toxicities of CAR T cell therapy<https://bit.ly/46aqXKd>" in Nature Medicine.

Dr. Jennifer Huang, fellow, is lead author and Dr. Mazyar Shadman, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "First-line Therapy: Time-Limited Venetoclax Doublet Therapy<https://bit.ly/3U48iZn>" in Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America.

Drs. Ann Jennerich, associate professor, and Ganesh Raghu, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) are co-authors of "Clinical Practice Guidelines: Quality, Breadth, and Currency<https://bit.ly/4kF9v43>" in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Dr. Grace John-Stewart, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of "Getting to zero: when can we guarantee vertical transmission of HIV will not occur?<https://bit.ly/40oQQSV>" in The Lancet.

Dr. Elizabeth Kiernan, fellow (Nephrology) is lead author and Dr. Pavan Bhatraju, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Molecular Phenotyping of Sepsis and Differential Response to Fluid Resuscitation<https://bit.ly/3TK1G1W>" in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. DOM co-authors are Leila Zelnick, Ayesha Khader, Taylor Coston, Zoie Bailey, Sarah Speckmaier, Neha Sathe, Bryan Kestenbaum, and Nicholas Johnson.

Dr. Jimmy Ma, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of "Outbreak of Rotavirus Diarrheal Infection Among Adults in King County, Washington, January-June 2023<https://bit.ly/40U5IJ0>" in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Raaka Kumbhakar, Amanda Casto, Eric Chow, Nandita Mani, Seth Cohen, Abby Hussein, and Chloe Bryson-Cahn.

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is senior author of "Fall Risk in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the HOPE Consortium Trial<https://bit.ly/44PdTaK>" in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Natalie Miller, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. Shailender Bhatia, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of "Concurrent treatment with transarterial immunoembolization of hepatic metastases and systemic immune checkpoint inhibitors to overcome immune evasion in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma<https://bit.ly/4lF7Lcm>" in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. DOM co-authors are Joshua Veatch and Evan Hall.

Dr. Mayuree Rao, acting assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Veterans' Donations of Research Incentives to Fellow Veterans<https://bit.ly/46bznB1>" in JAMA Network Open.

Dr. Ian Stanaway, research scientist, is lead author and Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is senior author of "Genetic Variation and Ultrafiltration with Peritoneal Dialysis: A Genome-Wide Association Study<https://bit.ly/44WNoAd>" in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. DOM co-author is Gail Jarvik.

Dr. David Watkins, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Global Impact of Fixed-Dose Combination Therapies on Cardiovascular Mortality and Events, 2023-2050: A Modeling Study<https://bit.ly/3GxCI2Z>" in JACC.


In the news
Dr. Shailender Bhatia, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in "A New Treatment for Late-Stage Melanoma Uses the Power of the Herpesvirus<https://bit.ly/4lBJN1F>" in Everyday Health.

Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) joined NPR's 1A podcast to discuss "The Future Of US Funding For HIV Treatment And Prevention<https://apple.co/4eUL5Ce>."

Dr. Christopher Damman, clinical associate professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in "Affordable and Nutrient Packed: This Food Group is Hard to Beat for its Nutritional Value<https://bit.ly/44DTmqU>" in The Voice.

Dr. Neelendu Dey, associate professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in "A doctor who studies how a healthy gut can prevent colon cancer does 3 simple things to lower his risk<https://bit.ly/44PlwOx>" from MSN.

Dr. Steven Kahn, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in "CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data<https://bit.ly/40oZRvc>" from AP Health.


Weekly Calendar, July 21-25, 2025
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
DOM Summer Potluck
Come socialize outside of the office and enjoy the summer sun at the Department of Medicine Summer Potluck, Aug 1, 3-6pm at Gas Works Park. All DOM employees, their families, and significant others are welcome. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided by the department (alcohol is not allowed at the park). You may choose to bring a dish to share, but this is not required or expected. The purpose of this event is to socialize outside of the office and enjoy the summer sun.

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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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