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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New chief residents<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Congratulations to the new chief residents for academic year 2023-24:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UWMC<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shiv Bhandari   (Inpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Celia Haering   (Inpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nikki Zarling    (Outpatient

 - Roosevelt))<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mack Holmberg   (Inpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karen Rico   (Outpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nick Wang   (Quality and Safety)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SEATTLE VA<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maria Cassera   (Inpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Juri de Jong   (Quality and

 Safety) <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thomas Hollowed  (Clinician-Teacher

 fellow, outpatient chief)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rebecca Stephens   (Clinician-Teacher

 fellow, outpatient chief)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Erica Storm (Inpatient)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

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BELLTOWN CLINIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ITHS Receives $63M in Research Funding<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 National Institutes of Health announced a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) of more than $63 million to the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), to be disbursed over the next five years. It is the institute's fourth such award.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Mary (Nora) Disis</b>, professor (Medical Oncology), ITHS director and associate dean for translational science at the UW School of Medicine. “ITHS has made great strides in supporting clinical and translational research over the last five years with the

 formation of the UW Medicine’s Clinical Trials Office, the creation of numerous research networks across the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) region, and significantly increased resources for research on the electronic health record.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://bit.ly/3u6PqMY"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">ITHS<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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 Medicine to get up to $5.3M for TB research center<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The goal of the Seattle Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center will be to develop the next generation

 of TB researchers by funding and mentoring new investigators, supporting lab and clinical research, and facilitating collaboration between research institutions within and outside of the university.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“We wanted the name to reflect that this effort seeks to include people who are working, or want

 to work, on TB at institutions all over the city,” said Dr. <b>Chetan Seshadri</b>, associate professor (Allergy & Infectious Diseases). He will co-lead the center with Rhea Coler, a UW affiliate professor of global health and senior investigator at the Seattle

 Childrens’ Research Institute, and David Sherman, professor and chair of the UW Department of Microbiology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 Medicine Newsroom</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Recent publications<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.  <b>Lee Cranmer</b>, professor (Medical Oncology) is co-author of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3jmydZU"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Efficacy

 and Safety of TRC105 Plus Pazopanib vs Pazopanib Alone for Treatment of Patients With Advanced Angiosarcoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

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

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<b>Paul Drain</b>, associate professor and Adrienne Shapiro, acting assistant professor (Allergy & Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3v5V15j"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Tuberculosis

 screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

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

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