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July 22, 2022</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<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><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

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</span></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">)</span><o:p></o:p></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">Distinguished Alumnus Award</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 to Dr. <b>Peter Kudenchuk</b>, professor (Cardiology) who received the </span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2Se83IV"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">2022

Distinguished Alumnus Award<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">.

 This award recognizes an alumnus or alumna whose professional achievements and cumulative contributions have brought personal distinction, enhanced the general health and well-being of the public through professional practice, research or public policy, and

 brought honor to their alma mater. Dr. Kudenchuk was honored for his distinguished career in cardiology, improving patient health and outcomes through leadership and innovation in the prevention and treatment of cardiac arrest.

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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">Call for nominations: 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards</span></b><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">Nominations for the 2023 UW School of Medicine Distinguished

</span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/2Se83IV"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Alumni Awards</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">

 are now open. Now is the time to honor the colleagues and classmates who inspire you – by nominating them for one of four awards: the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award, the Alumni Humanitarian Award, the Alumni Service Award and the Alumni Early Achievement

 Award. Please contact the alumni office at </span></span></span><a href="mailto:medalum@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">medalum@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">

 with questions.</span><o:p></o:p></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</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></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">New Medicine Student Programs leadership</span></b><o:p></o:p></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">Clerkship Director

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

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="66" height="86" style="width:.6875in;height:.8958in" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D89DD6.4E2E02B0" align="left" hspace="12" alt="image006.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Jennifer Wright</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is our new Clerkship Director for Medicine Student Programs. In this role, she will oversee the teaching responsibilities and site directors at all the Seattle and WWAMI sites, develop

 and maintain a vision for the short and long-term activity of the clerkship, and assure comparability of educational experiences and equivalency of student assessment and feedback across all clerkship sites.</span><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"> </span><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">Dr. Wright is currently the associate director for the Medicine Required Clerkship and the site

 director for the Outpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship at UWMC Roosevelt Clinic.

</span><o:p></o:p></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">Site Director</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<b>Neha Deshpande</b>, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) <a name="_Hlk108681476">

is our new UWMC Site Director for the Medicine Clerkship. In this role, she will run teaching sessions, lead feedback sessions with faculty and residents, and meet with and provide feedback to students.</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk108681476"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk108681476"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk108681476"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Deshpande is currently the associate director for

 Medicine Student Programs. </span><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="mso-bookmark:_Hlk108681476"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wright and Deshpande take the helm from Dr. Douglas Paauw,

who has been the director of student teaching for the Department of Medicine since 1992<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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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="64" height="77" style="width:.6666in;height:.802in" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D89DD6.4E2E02B0" align="left" hspace="12" alt="image010.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Ian de Boer</b>, professor (Nephrology) has been named as the holder of the <i>

Joseph W. Eschbach, M.D. Endowed Chair in Kidney Research</i>. The endowed chair was created in recognition of Dr. Joseph Eschbach’s enduring contributions to the well-being of people living with kidney disease, and was established in support of the Director

 of the Kidney Research Institute, a position de Boer assumed earlier this year.</span></span></span><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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<b>Ann O’Hare</b>, professor (Nephrology) has been appointed the inaugural holder of the

<i>Bill Peckham Endowed Fund for Person-Centered Care</i>. This endowed fund was established in the loving memory of Bill Peckham, who developed kidney failure in his early 20s and spent decades on home hemodialysis. O’Hare’s work has been extremely influential

 in the field as it has spurred innovative interventions to make the care more person-centered, including in our own community with the establishment of the Kidney Supportive Care program at the Northwest Kidney Centers.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk103187756"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Renewed action on hypertension to improve health and reduce global

 inequalities</span></b><o:p></o:p></a></span></span></p>

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 hypertension control has been neglected in global and national health policies. A

</span></span></span></span><a href="https://go.nature.com/3ochYB1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">study</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 published this week in <i>Nature Medicine</i> suggests that if 80% of individuals with hypertension were screened, 80% received treatment, and 80% then reached guideline-specified targets, up to 200 million cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 130 million

 deaths could be averted by 2050.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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said senior author and principal investigator Dr. David Watkins, associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and global health. “Only about one in five persons with hypertension around the world has their blood pressure well controlled.

 Oftentimes, clinicians are focused on addressing patients' other health needs, many of which can be pressing in the short term, and we forget to talk about blood pressure, which has more than earned its reputation as 'the silent killer.’”</span><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="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Surges in influenza-like illness may herald next pandemic</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 surges in influenza-like illnesses might help researchers and global health doctors anticipate future respiratory viral pandemics, according to

</span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3yYFyGu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">research

published in PLOS Medicine<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

 Scouring thousands of routine surveillance data points from the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, a UW Medicine team evaluated time-series outliers among people who had an influenza-like illness but tested negative

 for influenza.  </span><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="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The group examined the incidence of non-influenza respiratory

 illnesses before the first COVID-19 cases were positively identified, and found spikes in 16 of 28 countries involved in the study. Influenza-like illnesses jumped about 13 weeks before the first confirmed COVID-19 peaks in 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 so many countries,” said Dr. <b>Natalie Cobb</b>, clinical instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and lead author on the study. “COVID-19 took us all by surprise, and I think it would have been beneficial to have something in place to alert

 us that a pandemic might be coming.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Laura Feemster</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk103187756"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) was awarded the Respiratory Health Association’s 2022 Solovy Award for Advancement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is an awarded annually to recognize individuals who have

 made significant research contributions to improving the lives of patients with COPD, and includes $20,000 of research funds.

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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</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>