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<b>David Hockenbery</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) will receive the 2022 Dr. Ali Al-</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Johani Award for exceptional patient care. This award recognizes exceptional medical care and compassion to transplant patients and families. Awardees

 are nominated by their fellow caregivers at Fred Hutch and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Match<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2022 Main Residency Match included 39,205 total positions, the largest number on record. Of those, 36,277 were first-year (PGY-1)

 positions, also the largest on record and a 3.1 percentage point increase over last year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internal Medicine – Seattle

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 had an outstanding match,” said program director Dr. Ken Steinberg. “The class is 54% women and it is also the most diverse group yet. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of the Categorical track is URM and 18% of the Primary Care track. This is incredible progress

 for our program that is becoming more and more diverse. We also matched 2 visiting scholars into our program (1 into primary care and 1 into categorical), 3 graduates from osteopathic medical schools, and 3 from new medical schools (2 from the new WSU and

 1 from California University). In addition, there are 4 PhDs and 5 who have identified as future physician-scientists.”<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Internal Medicine - Boise

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Boise IM Residency program had a great match as well, and are excited to welcome their new interns:

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dermatology<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Dermatology Residency Program had over 650 applications and interviewed 35 candidates over the course of three virtual interview days.

 They welcome Lindsay Gunnell, MD, who will start July 1, 2022, and Caitlin Brumfiel, Keesha Jeter, Heather Mahurin, and Lindsey Warner, MD, who will start July 1, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Medical Genetics<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>

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 Genetics welcomed Sam Finlayson, MD, PhD, from Harvard Medical School to the Combined Pediatrics Medical Genetics Residency Program and Edward "Al" Conner, MD, from Mercer University School of Medicine, and Teo Kolarova MD, from Harvard Medical School into

 the Categorical Medical Genetics Fellowship. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<b>Genevieve Pagalilauan</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) will be associate program director for primary care for the UW Medicine Residency Program, effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Pagalilauan brings a wealth of experience as a primary care

 general internist, School of Medicine college faculty, clinician-scholar, and mentor for students and residents. She has exceptional achievements in community service and collaboration, EDI activities, and advocacy for disadvantaged individuals and populations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 Division of Nephrology welcomes Dr. <b>Sarah Struthers</b>, clinical assistant professor (Nephrology) is the next associate program director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program. She has been closely involved with the Nephrology Fellowship program, serving

 as chief fellow in her second year of training, and now as a member of Fellowship Selection Committee and the Clinical Competency Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In memoriam: Christopher Bryson<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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<b>Christopher Bryson</b>, emeritus associate professor (General Internal Medicine) passed away last week. A core investigator in the VA Northwest Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, he pioneered early efforts to measure medication

 adherence by using large, national, pharmacy databases and applied those metrics in pharmaco-epidemiologic studies of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He also conducted important studies of quality of care and served as medical director of the Clinical

 Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP), a non-profit organization responsible for improving quality of care for PCI and CABG in the state of WA.  

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A memorial service is planned and details are forthcoming. The family has requested that donations in his honor be made to the Division

 of General Internal Medicine Research Fund (contact </span></span><a href="mailto:lynchm@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Michelle Lynch</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">). 

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gaining Perspective on Life During the Pandemic From Astrophotography<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="104" height="127" style="width:1.0833in;height:1.325in" src="cid:image044.jpg@01D83AE9.FB13CF00" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Growing

 up in Shiraz, Iran, the night sky awed Dr. <b>Sina Gharib</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine). During the war with Iraq, cities would go dark at night to prevent aerial bomb threats. While this was undoubtedly a scary situation, he

 used it as an opportunity to admire the stars without light pollution. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When the pandemic hit and he found himself spending more time at home, he decided to finally pursue his interest in the night sky. He

 started in his backyard, connecting an 11-year-old camera to his telescope. Astrophotography also gave him time and space to reflect on the past years in the pandemic. “It makes me appreciate what I have and puts life into perspective,” he said. “I’m less

 stressed or concerned about small things. The images from some galaxies are millions of light years away, so what we’re seeing is looking back into history in some ways. It makes me appreciate the vastness of space and puts into perspective our troubles and

 difficulties, which in the big picture aren’t really a big deal. We’re not the center of the universe”  

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NIH All of Us Research Program releases genomic dataset<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 100,000 highly diverse whole genome sequences are now available through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. About 50% of the data is from individuals who identify with racial or ethnic groups that have historically been underrepresented

 in research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This data will enable researchers to address as yet unanswerable questions about health and disease. Such studies could lead to new breakthroughs

 and advance discoveries to reduce persistent health disparities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“That not only means that we're generating the genotype and sequence data that scientists will use, and that will be returned to the participants,

 but we also are leaders in how that genotyping data will be used, what is important, and what is the best use of future data,” said Dr.

<b>Gail Jarvik</b>, professor and head (Medical Genetics). Jarvik has been involved with the All of Us project at the Northwest Genome Center since 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="62" height="77" style="width:.6416in;height:.8in" src="cid:image046.jpg@01D83AE9.FB13CF00" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Yaacoub Chahine" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_11"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Yaacoub Chahine</b>, postdoctoral scholar (Cardiology) won the first prize in the Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium research competition for his paper entitled “Epicardial Adipose Tissue is Associated with Left Atrial Volume and Fibrotic Remodeling in

 Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>McKenna Eastment</b>, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases), is lead author of “</span></span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08897077.2021.2010257"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Cervical

 cancer screening, abnormal results, and follow-up in women with substance use-related diagnoses</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>Substance Abuse</i>. DOM co-authors are Jocelyn James, Nina Kim, Anna Wald, and Judith Tsui. This work was made possible with the support of AID/DOM Research Collaboratory (</span></span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/hyangkim/53-2/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">ARC</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Laura Evans</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-author of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3KTYbPW"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Infection

 control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>The Lancet Infectious Diseases</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Danelle Hidano</b>, fellow (Cardiology) is lead author of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3N1BTh9"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">US Food and Drug Administration–Mandated

 Postmarketing Studies for High-risk Cardiovascular Devices Approved 2015-2019</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">” in

<i>JAMA Internal Medicine</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>George Ioannou</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3qfwHML"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Comparison of Moderna versus

 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outcomes: A target trial emulation study in the U.S. Veterans Affairs healthcare system</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>eClinicalMedicine</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<b>Joshua Liao</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair, is co-author of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3w1SpI1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">The

 Effect Of Clinician Feedback Interventions On Opioid Prescribing</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">” in

<i>Health Affairs</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Adrienne Shapiro</b>, acting assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3KA5494"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Effect

 of Sotrovimab on Hospitalization or Death Among High-risk Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19A Randomized Clinical Trial</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>JAMA</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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