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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"><a name="_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call for nominations: Minority Faculty Mentoring Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nominations are now open for

 the UW School of Medicine 2023 Minority Faculty Mentoring Award. This award recognizes the need for excellence in mentoring of underrepresented faculty groups to achieve diversity and inclusion, key elements that can unleash creativity and innovation so that

 we can meet the health care needs of our region. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 the mentoring achievements of senior faculty. Nominees need not be a member of an underrepresented group. This award is supported through the Office of the Dean, Office of Academic Affairs, the Office of Healthcare Equity and the Committee on Minority Faculty

 Advancement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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for more information. <span style="color:black">Nominations are due April 17.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">EDI news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meet the new members of the Gender Equity Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Welcome to the new members who have joined our Gender

 Equity Council in 2023: <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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jocelyn James</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 assistant professor (General Internal Medicine)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Leah Marcotte</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 assistant professor (General Internal Medicine)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lisa Perdue</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 administrative assistant (Gastroenterology)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Namrata Singh</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 assistant professor (Rheumatology)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth Vig</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 associate professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></li></ul>

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 ex-officio members. More information about the council and a full list of members may be found on

</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/40cvpC1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">our</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">

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 also welcome Dr. <b>Nisha Bansal</b>, professor (Nephrology) as our incoming co-chair, effective July 2023 (working with Kelsey Griffin who has been co-chair since 2022). Dr. Bansal joined the council last year and was a

</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3l88dpH"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">gender

 equity ambassador</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 before that. <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:_Hlk127894052"><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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A special thanks to those moving on from the council,

 including Dr. <b>Michelle Erickson</b>, who chaired our Retention and Career Advancement subcommittee in 2022,

<b>Michelle Lynch</b>, who was instrumental in developing the GEC’s LIFT initiative and was on the Gender Equity Awards review committee,

</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/staff/timm"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Steph

 Timm</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 who was an inaugural co-chair, and Dr. </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-katherine-wysham"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Katherine

 Wysham</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 who chaired our Retention and Career Advancement subcommittee in 2021.   <o:p></o:p></span></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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Last but not least, we thank inaugural co-chair Dr.

</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-susan-merel"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Susan

 Merel</span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 for her leadership over the past two years. This council has been extremely productive and Dr. Merel has been instrumental in the progress we have made. Dr. Merel will continue as co-chair through July and will be staying on as an ex-officio member of the

 council. <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:_Hlk127894052"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Staff news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New Cardiology Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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 department welcomes <b>Brian Washburn</b> as our new administrator in the Division of Cardiology, effective May 1, 2023. Brian comes to the UW with many years of progressive healthcare management and consulting experience

</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">in both<span style="color:#4472C4">

</span>academic and rural medical centers, </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and

 a comprehensive knowledge of healthcare delivery, operations, and financial management practices. For the last two years he been the Executive Director of Operations at Humboldt General Hospital in Winnemucca, Nevada.

<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:_Hlk127894052"><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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">He has an MHA from the University of Pittsburgh and is

 currently working towards a Doctor of Healthcare Administration from the University of Mississippi Medical Center (expected May 2023).<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:_Hlk127894052"><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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alyssa Williamson will continue to serve as cardiology

 administrator through the upcoming weeks and support Brian in his transition into this role. Following this transition period, Alyssa is remaining on in her departmental role as senior director of clinical programs.

<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:_Hlk127894052"><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:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please join us in welcoming Brian to the department and

 thanking Alyssa for her outstanding work as cardiology administrator.<o:p></o:p></span></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:_Hlk127894052"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Faculty news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">40 under 40<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Congratulations to Dr.

Joshua Liao, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair for health systems, and Dr.

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 (Medical Genetics) who have been selected by the Puget Sound Business Journal as two of its<b>

</b>40 under 40 most important and influential young leaders in the Puget Sound region. They will be profiled in the April issue of the journal and honored at a special reception event.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) and incoming co-chair of the DOM Gender Equity Council.

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In memoriam: Philip Fleckman<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Philip Fleckman</b>, professor (Dermatology) passed away on March 19 after a courageous fight against mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma). He was 77. He was a pioneer in the treatment of nail disease, autoimmune blistering diseases, and ichthyoses

 (inherited scaling skin diseases), and PI of the National Registry for Ichthyosis and Related Disorders, an NIH-sponsored research registry for individuals with disorders of keratinization.

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 Dr. Fleckman’s warm, gentlemanly approach to teaching helped generations of young dermatologists reach their potential. His abilities and research advances impacted the study and practice of dermatology around the world and improved the lives of countless

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 aimed at supporting people & groups in DOM interested in improving health through systems of care. The Collective seeks to do so by providing a set of resources and services to DOM members including access to data assets that can be used to answer important

 care delivery and systems questions. We've recently added another dataset. To learn more, visit the Health Systems

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 to better predict who is at greatest risk for checkpoint inhibitor-induced hepatitis, Dr.

Erica Storm, R3, and colleagues conducted a retrospective case-control study of adults who newly received checkpoint inhibitor therapies for a variety of solid organ malignancies between 2016 and 2020 at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

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 that could contribute to risk of hepatitis, a liver cirrhosis was found to be associated with lower risk of immune-related hepatitis. In contrast, the presence of cancer metastases within the liver was associated with higher risk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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