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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk45173243"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">News, information, and events of interest from the

</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/1TemKEY"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Department

 of Medicine </span></b></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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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:amyf@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">amyf@uw.edu</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;color:#39275B">)<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">Awards<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

<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">Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards, initiated in 2013, are awarded annually to meritorious Department of Medicine trainees to foster their transition to the roles of physician-scientist and principal investigator. Each award offers $50K per year for two years

 in salary support to facilitate transition to appointment as a junior faculty member.

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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"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></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 2022 award recipients, Dr.

Chang Li, acting instructor (Medical Genetics) and Dr. Denise McCulloch, acting instructor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases). They will present their research at Medicine Grand Rounds in the Fall.

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<b>Rajnish Mehrotra</b>, professor and head (Nephrology) is the recipient of the 2022 Dimitrios Oreopoulos Award from the Canadian Society of Nephrology. Dr. Oreopoulos is best remembered for his work in developing peritoneal dialysis as a successful home-based

 therapy for hundreds of thousands of end stage kidney disease patients worldwide. The Oreopoulos Memorial Lecture in Home Dialysis Therapies aims to further his work by advancing ongoing knowledge, discussion, and exchange on this topic by distinguished nephrologists

 who are holistically focused on Home Dialysis Therapies.<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">Education news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

<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">A partnership to train physician scientists<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 joint University of Washington-Morehouse School of Medicine (UW-MSM) Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is a dual degree MD/PhD program.

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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">It was conceived by Dr. Valerie Montgomery-Rice, president of Morehouse School of Medicine in

Atlanta, and Dr. Mary-Claire King, professor of medicine (Medical Genetics) and genome sciences and an associate director of the UW MSTP.

<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">In the collaborative program, MSM students complete their first two years of medical school at

 MSM in Atlanta, during which they can apply to study for the PhD at UW. Those accepted move to Seattle for their PhD (usually four years), then return to MSM for medical school years three and four.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 next month. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Mira John</b>, fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) was appointed to the Fellows’ Workgroup of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD).</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098">

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Fellow’s Workgroup provides a unique perspective to the APCCMPD Board of Directors and helps advance

 the field of medical education and fellowship training. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><a name="_Hlk103187756"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Research news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></a></span></span></p>

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

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 the Covid-19 pandemic, tuberculosis (TB) was the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide, and still remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition, estimates suggest that TB cases

 and deaths have increased substantially during the Covid pandemic.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Over the last several years, Dr.

<b>Paul Drain</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and colleagues have been working on developing and evaluating rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for SARS-CoV-2. Some of their results and findings were recently published in the

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/31Cflk9"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">New

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

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To build upon the success of their research on COVID RDTs, they have been awarded a $4.7M grant

 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for their project “Prospective Validation of Novel Diagnostics for Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: The PROVE TB Study” to develop and evaluate novel RDTs for Tuberculosis.

<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“My research group has been developing and evaluating RDTs for infectious diseases for 15 years,”

 said Drain. “With these funds (and our experience/success from Covid) we aim to develop effective and accurate RDTs for TB. If we are successful, then widespread, rapid testing for TB could change the trajectory of TB cases/deaths around the world.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

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

<b>Taylor Coston</b>, fellow, and his mentor, Dr. <b>T. Eoin West</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) have received funding from the Firland Foundation for their project: “Clinical and biological subgrouping of patients with lower respiratory

 tract infections in rural Thailand.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

<b>Rotonya Carr</b>, associate professor and head (Gastroenterology) is co-author of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3N2VE76"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">A

 Phenome-Wide Association Study of genes associated with COVID-19 severity reveals shared genetics with complex diseases in the Million Veteran Program</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>PLOS Genetics. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>

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

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

<b>Ann Collier</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3wqRAXx"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Proteomic

 Signature of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in People with HIV: Analysis of the REPRIEVE Mechanistic Substudy</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the <i>Journal of Infectious Diseases</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

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

<b>Ajit Limaye</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3N77o8P"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Vaccination,

 Transplantation, and a Social Contract</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the <i>Journal of the American Society of Nephrology</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

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

<b>Lisa Tachiki</b>, fellow, and <b>Shailender Bhatia</b>, associate professor (Medical Oncology) are co-authors of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3M66ysP"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Clinical

 activity of PD-1 inhibition in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic basal cell carcinoma</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the <i>Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>

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