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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">UW Medicine emergency alert system

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 to disseminate official information via text message to keep the UW Medicine workforce informed during emergencies and situations that might disrupt normal operations. If you haven’t already, please

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

 for this advisory system as part of an emergency preparedness plan. <b><u><span style="color:#39275B"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></span></p>

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

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 Academic Excellence Award<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">Dr.

<b>Nisha Bansal</b>, professor (Nephrology)<b> </b>is the 2022 recipient of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) Academic Excellence award.<b>

</b>This award recognizes individuals of Indian origin who have made substantial academic contributions to nephrology and have sustained achievements in the areas of research and education.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ba�ak �oruh</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2022 recipient of the Bruce C. Gilliland Award for Excellence in Teaching of Residents and Fellows.<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">Named for the late Dr. Bruce Gilliland – who was known for his skills and compassion as a clinician,

 his many contributions to the field of rheumatology, his service as an administrator in the School of Medicine, and his dedication to teaching residents and fellows – this award is given to a faculty member who is actively engaged in clinical and didactic

 training or in the implementation of a graduate medical education curriculum. <o: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">Call for nominations: Awards of Excellence<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">Nominations are now open for the Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award, Marsha

 L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, Distinguished Teaching Awards, Distinguished Teaching Award for Teams (new), Excellence in Teaching Award and Outstanding Public Service Award. For more information, please visit the

<a href="https://bit.ly/3CRuKwV"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">UW awards website<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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<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">Faculty spotlight: Rudy Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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VA recently profiled Dr. Rudy Rodriguez in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Dr. Rodriguez is the Director of Hospital and Specialty Medicine at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System and a professor in the Division of Nephrology.

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<b>Susan Wong</b>, associate professor (Nephrology) has been inducted into the <i>

American Journal of Kidney Diseases</i> Reviewer Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes reviewers who have distinguished themselves by consistently providing insightful, detailed, and valuable input to our authors and our editorial team.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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Rebekah Zaharia, academic HR manager in the Division of General Internal Medicine.

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 and Latinx people are at higher risk for diabetes and complications from it. In 2020, the Latinx Diabetes Clinic opened at UW Medicine’s South Lake Union campus to serve the growing number of people who identify as Hispanic, Latino/a or Latinx who have diabetes

 or prediabetes. The clinic, directed by Dr. <b>Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright</b>, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) also serves as a center of excellence for diabetes research and education for medical students and trainees

 on providing culturally competent care.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 barrier and cultural differences, it can be even more challenging.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

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 and educate medical students and trainees. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are used to support blood flow in people with advanced heart failure. They improve quality of life and survival and are used in some cases as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. However, many LVAD recipients experience undesired

 adverse events, including acute right heart failure (RHF). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 failure, Dr. <b>Arjun Bahl</b>, R3, and colleagues examined over 19,000 individuals who had LVAD placement between 2008 and 2017 from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) database. 

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 A is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that affects approximately one in 5,000 live male births. It is caused by a missing or abnormal clotting protein, factor VIII, so the disease is also known as factor VIII deficiency. The most common treatment is factor

 VIII replacement. While this approach helps a person with hemophilia A to clot, the infusion also can trigger harmful immune responses called inhibitors.

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 that drive them are not completely understood. These unknowns are the focus of a National Institutes of Health-funded research effort based at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  A new initiative called Hemophilia A Analytical Cohort Research

 Program (HARP) will be led by Dr. <b>Jill Johnsen</b>, associate professor (Hematology) and researcher at Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 complications, starting from the time in the womb. The investigators plan to follow fifty pairs of mothers who have the gene change that leads to factor VIII deficiency and their babies who have severe hemophilia A.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 standardized approach for quantifying the strength of evidence that supports associations between risk factors and given health outcomes is presented as part of a package of papers published this week in

<i>Nature Medicine</i>.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The findings are presented in an easy-to-understand star rating system showing the strength of evidence

 for each link. The new star rating system aims to help people make personal health decisions, inform health policy, and guide future research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Gregory Roth</b>, associate professor (Cardiology) is senior author on the burden of proof study describing the

</span></span></span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01974-1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">significant harmful

effect of high systolic blood pressure on the risk of ischemic heart disease<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">.

 A systolic blood pressure of between 107.5 and 165 mmHg, for example, was found to raise a person’s risk by an average of 101.36% (equal to a five-star rating).<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</span></u></b></span></span><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>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drs.

<b>Pavan Bhatraju</b>, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), and

<b>W. Conrad Liles</b>, professor and associate chair, are co-senior authors of </span>

</a></span></span><a href="https://go.nature.com/3ywWPqu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">“Machine

 learning-based derivation and external validation of a tool to predict death and development of organ failure in hospitalized patients with COVID-19</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>Scientific Reports</i>. Drs. Bhatraju and Liles are also co-authors of “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3RLSAy9"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Deep

 learning models for COVID-19 chest x-ray classification: Preventing shortcut learning using feature disentanglement</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Kelley Branch</b>, professor (Cardiology) is co-author of “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.journalofcardiovascularct.com/article/S1934-5925(22)00278-7/fulltext#%20"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">2022

 Use of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain to the Emergency Department: An Expert Consensus Document</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 In <i>Journal of Cardiovascular CT</i> and lead author of “</span></span></span></span><a href="Fractal%20Analysis%20in%20Myocardial%20Computed%20Tomography%20Perfusion:%20All%20That%20One%20Cannot%20See"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Fractal

 Analysis in Myocardial Computed Tomography Perfusion: All That One Cannot See</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Helen Chu</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3fZ86cT"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Estimated

 Global Proportions of Individuals With Persistent Fatigue, Cognitive, and Respiratory Symptom Clusters Following Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Jason Dominitz</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3eiOTCs"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Understanding

 the Results of a Randomized Trial of Screening Colonoscopy</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine. </i>He is also quoted about this in “</span></span></span></span><a href="https://cnn.it/3EwYFM0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">A

 colonoscopy study has some wondering if they should have the procedure. What you should know</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in <i>CNN Health</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

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

 fellow, is lead author, and Dr. <b>Nazem Akoum</b>, professor (Cardiology) is senior author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3rPubx3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Demystifying

 electrophysiology</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>Heart</i>. <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>

<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>George Ioannou</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3CR2HgS"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Effectiveness

 of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Against Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: A Target Trial Emulation in the Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant Era</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 the Annals of Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Ann O’Hare and Edward Boyko.

<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>

<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>Gary Lyman</b>, professor (Medical Oncology) is senior author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://go.nature.com/3MpzWel"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Mitigating

 acute chemotherapy-associated adverse events in patients with cancer</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>Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><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:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Glenda V. Roberts</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,

 director of external relations and patient engagement, Kidney Research Institute (Nephrology), is co-author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3EDM21M"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Patient

 Perspective on Xenotransplantation</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:black">”

 in <i>Kidney360</i>.<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;color:black"><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;color:black">Dr.

<b>Judith Tsui</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Se1NzP"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Acceptability,

 feasibility, and outcomes of a clinical pilot program for video observation of methadone take-home dosing during the COVID-19 pandemic</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:black">”

 in the <i>Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.</i> DOM co-author is James Darnton. Read more in “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3yCQUR5"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Video

 app eases methadone dose-confirmation burden</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:black">”

 from <i>UW Medicine Newsroom</i>.<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;color:black"><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;color:black">Dr.

<b>Katherine Tuttle</b>, clinical professor (Nephrology) is lead author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3rPZ70k"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Incidence

 of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adults with Diabetes, 2015–2020</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:black">”

 in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine. <o:p></o:p></i></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;color:black"><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;color:black">Dr.

<b>Pandora (Luke) Wander</b>, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3SYlH2C"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Cross-sectional

 Associations of Multiracial Identity with Self-Reported Asthma and Poor Health Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults</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:black">”

 in the <i>Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. <o:p></o:p></i></span></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"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<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">In the news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk114234596"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Anthony Back</b>, professor (Medical Oncology) is quoted in “</span></a></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3gaWS52"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234596"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Can

 Psilocybin Challenge Our Pharmaceutical Dependence?</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234596"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234596"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234596"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>