[domweek] DOM Week, October 6-10, 2025

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DOM Week
October 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
Call for nominations: 2026 Awards of Excellence
[A close up of a UW medal]For more than five decades, the UW Awards of Excellence have honored faculty, staff, students and alumni whose accomplishments are an outstanding reflection of our University’s core values and mission of public service. These exceptional individuals enrich and diversify our community through their innovation, collaboration, dedication and passion for creating positive impact. Please consider nominating a colleague for one of these awards. Nominations are currently open for all Awards of Excellence<https://bit.ly/3RDWz3B>.

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William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards
Nominations are currently open for the William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards, to honor faculty members for their contribution to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions of the Department of Medicine through exemplary sustained and high impact mentorship. Two awards are given annually to recognize excellence in mentorship. Faculty in all promotion tracks at the rank of associate professor and above are eligible to be nominated. Nominations are due Nov. 10. For more information, please visit our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/about/awards/dom-awards/bremner>.


Education news
Violet Zuvela Primary Care IM Scholarship Awards
[Adri Abou-bakr, Veda Gadiraju, Gabriella Girolami, Hareen Sheerha]Congratulations to Adri Abou-bakr, Veda Gadiraju, Gabriella Girolami, and Hareen Sheerha, the 2025 recipients of the Violet Zuvela Primary Care IM Scholarship award.

These awards was created in 2017 by the generosity of the late Violet Zuvela, who was a patient of Dr. Douglas Paauw, former director of Medicine Student Programs.
The Zuvela Fund serves as a deeply meaningful tribute to Violet, while at the same time, provides a scholarship in the amount of $1500 for students with a career interest in primary care internal medicine whose work exemplifies the value of patient-centered care.


Faculty news
[Katherine Bennett]Dr. Katherine Bennett, associate professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) was elected by the medical staff at Harborview Medical Center to serve a three-year team as the medical staff member-at-large to the HMC Medical Executive Board. In her second year of this term, she will serve as medical staff president-elect and in the third year as medical staff president.

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[A person in a suit smiling  AI-generated content may be incorrect.]Dr. Jose Garcia, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) has been elected as the President of the Cancer Cachexia Society for a 2-year term (2026-2028). The Cancer Cachexia Society is a community of basic scientists, translational researchers, clinician-investigators, health care providers, industry partners, advocates, and patients who work together to increase knowledge, research, education, awareness, and treatment of cachexia.


DEIB news
Nominate Employees for Native American Heritage Month Feature
[cid:image009.png at 01DC3484.55562A70]Vitals is asking for nominations of employees to be featured during Native American Heritage Month (November). UW Medicine’s Cultural Observances and Implementation Subcommittee partners with Vitals to create content celebrating cultural observances, including feature articles that give employees from the culture being celebrated a chance to share their perspectives and experiences. Employees may self-nominate or nominate a colleague. Do you know someone they should feature? If so (and with their permission) please complete this form<https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0uxYRFNbkOxDlZJZ4XieMSZUOVZDWk9OQlo1WjRMVElWTDYwOURVNU5TVi4u> by Oct. 10.


Research news
Blood Sugar Sensing on Maintenance Dialysis
[Ian de Boer]Dr. Ian de Boer, professor (Nephrology) is PI on an R01 from the NIDDK to study state-of-the-art continuous glucose monitoring on dialysis patients to better understand blood glucose patterns. This project is a five-year competitive renewal from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) that will extend the original BLOSSOM (BLOod Sugar Sensing On Maintenance dialysis) study.

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Paving the way for real-time subphenotyping in sepsis
[Linzee Mabrey]Dr. Linzee Mabrey, acting instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) has been awarded an unrestricted grant from the American Thoracic Society, designed to support early-career investigators researching topics in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

Dr. Mabrey's project is entitled, “Paving the way for real-time subphenotyping in sepsis.” Grant mentors and collaborators in the DOM include Dr. Pavan Bhatraju (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and Dr. Leila Zelnick (Nephrology).

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Washington Research Foundation awards $1M to improve health outcomes
[David Fredricks]The Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded $1 million to Fred Hutch Cancer Center to continue its support of the organizations’ collaboration to accelerate the development of technologies with significant potential to improve patient health. WRF has now provided a total of $3.5 million in grants to the collaboration, which was established in 2021.

Dr. David Fredricks, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is part of a team who are developing a rapid point-of-care diagnostic for bacterial vaginosis (BV) with the assistance of two earlier awards from the program totaling $300,000. BV is a common reason for women to seek medical care for vaginal symptoms, and misdiagnosis can lead to inadequate treatment. BV is associated with increased risks for acquiring sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and reproductive health and childbirth complications.

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Center for CF Translational Research in the Post-CFTR modulator Era
[Chris Goss]Co PIs Drs. Chris Goss, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and Luke Hoffman (Pediatrics) have received a five-year renewal for their cystic fibrosis-focused program project grant entitled, “Center for CF Translational Research in the Post-CFTR modulator Era.” This award funds a number of DOM faculty including Pradeep Singh, Pavan Bhatraju, Kathy Ramos, Sina Gharib, and Chuck Frevert.


Clinical news
[cid:image018.jpg at 01DC3484.55562A70]Recognize a colleague with a Cares Award nomination
UW Medicine Cares Awards formally recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of those who consistently exemplify UW Medicine Service Culture Guidelines. Nominations are currently being accepted until Oct. 15.<https://uwnetid.sharepoint.com/sites/og_uwmpaf/lists-forms/Lists/UWMedicineCaresAward/NewForm.aspx?Source=https%3A%2F%2Fuwnetid.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fog_uwmpaf%2Flists-forms%2FLists%2FUWMedicineCaresAward%2FAllItems.aspx&ContentTypeId=0x0100BF3C102FB6F3EF4584499CE1E6DC99D2006045E6729536544EBCDB03A98A77B767&id=%2Fsites%2Fog_uwmpaf%2Flists-forms%2FLists%2FUWMedicineCaresAward>


Recent publications
Dr. Abbey Barnard Guistini, assistant professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of “Increasing Goals of Care Discussions Among Veterans with Cirrhosis: A Veterans Health Administration Quality Improvement Initiative<https://bit.ly/46wgSXM>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Guang-Shing Cheng, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author and Dr. Michael Boeckh, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Respiratory Virus Infections and Pulmonary Impairment after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation<https://bit.ly/46xRoJz>” in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Jane Kuypers, Lawrence Corey, and Brenda Sandmaier.

Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) wrote “Operation Warp Speed offers a roadmap for improving the efficiency of bench to bedside medical advances<https://bit.ly/46AgbwI>” in PNAS.

Collrane Frivold, research assistant, is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Correlates of risk of respiratory syncytial virus disease: a prospective cohort study<https://go.nature.com/42gSAym>” in Nature Communications. DOM co-authors are Sarah Cox, Tara Babu, Erica Clark, Tara Hatchie, Grace Marshall, and Ana Weil.

Dr. Sara Hurvitz, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of “Ribociclib Plus Endocrine Therapy in Hormone Receptor-Positive/ERBB2-Negative Early Breast Cancer: 4-Year Outcomes From the NATALEE Randomized Clinical Trial<https://bit.ly/3VM9LUY>” in JAMA Oncology.

Dr. Daniel Seung Kim, assistant professor (Cardiology) is co-senior author of “Fine-tuning LLMs in behavioral psychology for scalable health coaching<https://go.nature.com/3Ip5iod>” in npj Cardiovascular Health.

Dr. Rozenn Lemaitre, research professor (General Internal Medicine), Dr. Nona Sotoodehnia, professor (Cardiology) and Colleen Sitlani, research scientist (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “Associations of Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide-Related Metabolites with the Development and Progression of Albuminuria: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis<https://bit.ly/4nwwoJ1>” in the Clinical Journal of the American Association of Nephrology.

Dr. Sarah Leyde, assistant professor, and Dr. Judith Tsui, professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “Primary Care Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Safer Use Strategies for Opioids and/or Stimulants: A Mixed-Method Study<https://bit.ly/3QOYEYO>” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. David Linker, associate professor (Cardiology) wrote the editorial “Two Approaches, One Clearer Picture<https://bit.ly/46xQCMK>” in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Dr. Paul Pottinger, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “The Role of β-Lactam Antibiotics in Treating Mycobacterium abscessus: From Laboratory Insights to Clinical Applications and the Case for Clinical Trials<https://bit.ly/3IrLDUF>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra, professor and head (Nephrology) is senior author of “Commemorating the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Advances in Kidney Health: 75 Years of Discovery and Impact<https://bit.ly/4nZibnM>” in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Mayuree Rao, acting assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “Demographic, Social, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Opioid Therapy and Any Opioid Prescription in High-Risk VA Patients<https://bit.ly/3UltxWW>” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Richa Thakur, clinical assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology) is lead author of “From Physician-Driven to Patient-Centered: Transforming Multiple Myeloma Care Decisions<https://bit.ly/4nSCiUy>” in JCO Oncology Practice.


In the news
Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “How New Vaccine Guidelines May Put Older Adults At Risk<https://bit.ly/3VJKcDR>” in Forbes.

Dr. Jared Klein, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “In Little Saigon, Pop-Up Clinics Connect People With Opioid Treatment Medication<https://bit.ly/46r8wAC>” in South Seattle Emerald.

Dr. Denise McCulloch, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “What is ivermectin? Florida bill would allow anti-parasitic drug over-the-counter sales<https://bit.ly/46Yd15Q>” from USA Today.

Dr. Jennifer Specht, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in “The Types of Breast Cancer Oncologists Say You Should Know<https://bit.ly/4o5kUMJ>” in Prevention.


Events of interest
Making the most of mentorship
Save the date! All research trainees in the Department of Medicine are invited to join us for a special session, “Making the most of mentorship,” led by Drs. Jesse Markham and Heid Combs from the Department of Psychiatry. This session will review concepts essential to effective mentorship from the perspective of mentees. We will cover core structural elements of successful mentoring relationships as well as strategies for making the most of your time with your mentors. Oct. 6, 12-1pm, South Lake Union room E130. Given the interactive nature of this session, space is limited. Please RSVP<https://forms.office.com/r/Ki9LnXadNE>.


Weekly Calendar, October 6-10, 2025
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
New faculty welcome and orientation
New faculty who have joined the Department of Medicine since October 1, 2024, are welcomed and encouraged to attend a new faculty welcome and orientation workshop.
Topics include career development perspectives and resources, clinical programs introduction, and opportunities and resources for educators. Breakout sessions will be available based on career interests. We are offering two sessions: Oct. 9, 1-4:30pm and Oct. 31, 8:30-12pm. Both sessions will be held on the UWMC-Montlake Campus, South Campus Center 301. Please RSVP<https://bit.ly/4g8AS5V> and contact Dr. Cynthia Ko<mailto:cwko at uw.edu>, associate chair for faculty affairs, if you have any questions.

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CMFA Fall Welcome
All are invited to the Committee on Minority Faculty Advancement (CMFA) 2025 Fall Welcome on Oct. 16, 5:30-7:30pm at the UW Waterfront Activities Center. This will be a time to gather and share community updates, provide some exciting plans for the upcoming year, and acknowledge the 2025 CMFA Mentor Award winners. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP by Oct. 8<https://bit.ly/46ZbFa3>.

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Medicine Grand Rounds
Upcoming 2025 Grand Rounds:
Equity Academic Scholar Award presentations (Justin Bullock, Tijana Milinic, Khai Tram), Oct. 17
Fialkow Scholar Award presentation (Jennifer Ross), Nov. 7
Kirby Lecture (Yonatan Grad, Harvard), Dec. 5
Title TBD (Reena Mehra), Dec. 19

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Women in Medicine & Science faculty leadership workshop
Save the date! The UW Medicine Women in Medicine & Science (WIMS) Committee has announced the 2025-26 Women Faculty Leadership Workshop series. The first one, “Own Your Voice: From Core Values to Confident Communication” will be held on Oct. 15, 4-5pm and will be co-led by Dr. Abby Hussein, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases). For more information and to register, please visit the WIMS website<https://bit.ly/3aHoGbp>.

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K and career development grant awardee networking event
Save the date! A networking event designed to foster community, connection, and collaboration among K-awardees in the Department of Medicine will be held on Oct. 16, 3-5pm at the Vista Café in the Foege Building. The event will be kicked off by Dr. Trish Kritek, interim chair of the Department of Medicine. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about departmental research resources from Drs. Conrad Liles (vice chair of research) and Nisha Bansal (assistant vice chair of clinical research). Drinks, appetizers and a light dinner will be served. Register<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/4mbkbYY__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!kmjkXGugpcbgHT9e3ZD28p7H3RvxwcnxShJC5DbtYIf_SHvt6fnESSS9Ynl_k0prfogOHdh2EXmfFk1hldjmLw$> to reserve your spot.

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


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