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 top doctors</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/living-with-aging-mind"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Living

 with an aging mind: Personal, philosophical and practical considerations</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">

 (Barak Gaster)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-melissa-robinson"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Faculty

 Spotlight: Melissa Robinson</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/uw-msm-mstp"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">A

 partnership to train physician scientists</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">

 (Mary-Claire King, Marshall Horwitz, Robb MacLellan)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/faculty-spotlight-basak-coruh"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Faculty

 Spotlight: Ba�ak �oruh</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/faculty-spotlight/carr"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Faculty

 Spotlight: Rotonya Carr</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/staff-spotlight-kelsey-griffin"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Staff

 Spotlight: Kelsey Griffin</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/staff-spotlight-ayushi-gupta"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Staff

 Spotlight: Ayushi Gupta</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/blog/2022"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Ringing

 in 2022</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">

 (Barbara Jung)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ol>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><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"><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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Most viewed Newsroom stories<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">Members of the Department of Medicine are included in over half (14 of 22) of the top  news stories

 in 2022 from UW Medicine Newsroom: <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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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/breast-cancer-vaccine-safely-generates-anti-tumor-immunity"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Breast

 cancer vaccine safely generates anti-tumor immunity</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">

 (Nora Disis)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/patients-rare-skin-cancer-face-40-recurrence-rate"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Patients

 with rare skin cancer face 40% recurrence rate</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">

 (Paul Nghiem)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/viral-shedding-ebbs-over-time-hsv-1-genital-infections"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Viral

 shedding ebbs over time with HSV-1 genital infections</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">

 (Christine Johnston, Sarah Gunby, Lichen Jing, Victoria Campbell, David Koelle and Anna Wald)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/memoriam-deborah-nickerson-genome-pioneer"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">In

 memoriam: Deborah Nickerson, genome pioneer</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">

 (Mary-Claire King and Gail Jarvik are two of the co-authors who wrote this tribute)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/postscript/2nd-opinion-lets-ex-husky-qb-bypass-open-heart-surgery"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">2nd

 opinion lets ex-Husky QB bypass open heart surgery</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">

 (Bill Lombardi)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/home-based-flu-tests-comparable-clinical-testing"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Home-based

 flu tests comparable to clinical testing</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">

 (Helen Chu is co-author on the paper related to this story)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/study-mix-and-match-booster-strategy-safe-effective"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Study:

 ‘Mix-and-match’ booster strategy is safe, effective</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">

 (Christine Johnston, Tia Babu, Julie McElrath)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/postscript/adding-key-foods-diet-will-help-restore-gut-health"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Adding

 key foods to a diet will help restore gut health</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">

 (Chris Damman)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/postscript/rapid-antigen-tests-accurately-detect-covid-variants"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Rapid

 antigen tests accurately detect COVID variants</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">

(Paul Drain)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/resource/paxlovid-evusheld-discussing-covid-therapeutics"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Paxlovid?

 Evusheld? Discussing COVID therapeutics</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">

 (Shireesha Dhannireddy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/postscript/butyrate-microbiome-abates-host-ills-studies-find"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Butyrate

 in microbiome abates a host of ills, studies find</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">

 (Chris Damman)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/cardiologists-are-1st-use-tool-remove-tumor-heart"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Cardiologists

 are 1st to use tool to remove tumor from heart</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">

 (James McCabe, Zachary Steinberg, and David Elison)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/second-generation-covid-19-vaccine-clinical-trial-starts"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Second-generation

 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial starts</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">

 (Anna Wald and Tia Babu)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/patient-receives-regions-1st-dcd-heart-transplant"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Patient

 receives region’s 1st DCD heart transplant</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">

 (Dan Fishbein)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

<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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Most viewed Hutch News Stories<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">We are featured in three of the ten top-read scientific news articles published in 2022 from Hutch

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

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2022/03/hiv-cure-cord-blood.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Testing

 cord blood transplants as a cure for leukemia — and HIV</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">

 (Filippo Milano and Hans-Peter Kiem)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2022/05/hiv-vaccine-germline-stamatatos.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Test

 of a new 'germline-targeting' HIV vaccine prepares to launch</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">

 (Larry Corey and Julie McElrath)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://www.seattlecca.org/story/at-fred-hutch-a-novel-approach-to-immunotherapy-is-helping-keith-lang-beat-back-merkel-cell"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">At

 Fred Hutch, a Novel Approach to Immunotherapy Is Helping Keith Lang Beat Back Merkel Cell Carcinoma</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">

 (Shailender Bhatia)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

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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">Popular Huddle stories of 2022<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">We are featured in two of the top ten most viewed stories from the Huddle:

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

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3NCrBUM"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Get

 to Know: Anneliese Schleyer, Interim Chief Medical Officer</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></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3we1NrS"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Gaining

 perspective on Life During the Pandemic From Astrophotography</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">

 (Sina Gharib)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ul>

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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">Call for applications<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 VA Puget Sound Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered

 and Value-Driven Care Post-Doctoral (MD) Fellowship is accepting applications through

<b>Feb. 1, 2023</b>. The two-year fellowship combines a mentored research experience with professional development and didactic training in Learning Health System research competencies with a goal of training the next generation of VA- and/or University-based

 physician investigators in health services and health disparities research. Interested applicants should email

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:Erica.Tartaglione@va.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Erica

Tartaglione<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">.

 More information can be found on the </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://www.seattledenvercoin.research.va.gov/Fellowship/MDFellowship.asp"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">VA

 website</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">. 

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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">Research 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">Targeting tau, the other protein behind Alzheimer’s disease<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 November, researchers reported the drug lecanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The effect was modest, but it has generated tremendous excitement because it was the first time a drug had been shown to be able to affect the course of this relentless,

 incurable disease. But many researchers believe that for any treatment to have a major impact on the course of Alzheimer’s, they will also have to target a second protein that to date has not received as much attention as beta-amyloid, a protein called tau.<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">“The amyloid plaques start the disease cascade, so it makes sense to try to eliminate them, but

 it’s tau that kills the cells,” said Dr. <b>Brian Kraemer</b>, research professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine). In

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

 article published this week in PNAS</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">,

 researchers report the identification of a protein that appears to be crucial in forming abnormal collections of tau. The scientists showed that by blocking the gene required for the production of the protein it is possible to prevent the accumulation of tau

 in an animal model.<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">Read the full story from

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

Medicine Newsroom<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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></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">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">Dr.

<b>Alwiya Ahmed</b>, R3, is co-author of “</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk114234236"></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3C8qAjv"><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">Trends

 in Labor Unionization Among US Health Care Workers, 2009-2021</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.

</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">James Andrews</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">,

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

 Lean Mass, Grip Strength, and the Incidence of Dementia among Older Adults in the Health ABC Study</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 Journals of Gerontology. DOM co-authors are May Reed, Jose Garcia and Paul Crane.

<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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joshua Bis</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">,

<b>Jennifer Brody</b>, Dr. <b>Bruce Psaty</b>, and <b>Colleen Sitlani</b> (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://go.nature.com/3vot5u9"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Powerful,

 scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies</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 Genetics</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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