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 Department of Medicine Diversity Council is proud to sponsor the </span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3AZ12Es"><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">Grand

 Rounds lecture</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">

 on <b>May 19</b>, 12-1pm, </span></span></span></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730"><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">via

zoom<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk127894052"></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">.

 Dr. Deidra Crews will present: “Centering the Margins to Achieve Kidney Health Equity.” Dr. Crews is a professor of medicine (Nephrology) and deputy director of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity. She is also president-elect of the American Society of

 Nephrology. <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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women Faculty Day<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">Save the date: Women Faculty Day will be held on

<b>June 5</b>, 9am-4pm, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. It will focus on the experiences of and building community between women faculty in academic medicine but UW Medicine community members of all genders are welcome to join. The annual Women Faculty

 Day is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of School of Medicine faculty who identify as women or non-binary, as well as come together with colleagues of any gender to promote equity and inclusion in our work environments. Dr. Grace Farris (University

 of Texas at Austin) will give the keynote: “Building Community for Women in Medicine & Science.”

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<b>John Amory</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) will be the new director of the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), effective February 2024. ITHS is one of more than 50 Clinical and Translational Science Award sites nationwide working

 to change how biomedical research and training is performed. Amory has served as section head of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center since 2011, and as interim GIM Division Head from 2021-2022. He is currently deputy director

 and assistant PI of ITHS. He is also the faculty co-director of the ITHS KL2 Program. He will take the helm from Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis who has directed ITHS since 2007.

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<b>Philip Greenberg</b>, professor (Medical Oncology) has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence

 in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Greenberg is an internationally-recognized expert in cancer immunotherapy, a form of therapy that aims to harness the power of immune cells to eliminate cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Dr. Peter Nelson M.D." style='position:absolute;margin-left:-14.35pt;margin-top:-636.6pt;width:38.9pt;height:46.75pt;z-index:251667456;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>

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 Peter Nelson</b>,<b> </b>professor (Medical Oncology)<b> </b>has been named vice president of Precision Oncology and director of the Sloan Precision Oncology Institute. He will also become the inaugural holder of the Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology

 Institute Endowed Chair.<b> </b>The Sloan Precision Oncology Institute was made possible by a transformational gift by Stuart and Molly Sloan, the largest single gift in Fred Hutch’s 47-year history. Learn more from

</span></span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Rw80Yf"><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">Hutch

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 group led by Dr. <b>William Weppner</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and section head at the Boise VA, planted a mature red oak between the residency offices, back entrance to hospital and entrance to the resident teaching clinic, so faculty

 can walk by it on a regular basis.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 support from the VA groundskeepers, City of Boise Arborist and representatives of the Treasure Valley Canopy Network, who attended the first part of the reconnection event, read an Arbor Day proclamation from the Mayor, and answered questions about the urban

 heat island effect and efforts locally to address climate change through projects like these. 

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<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Drs. Alam & Crimp " style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:5.95pt;width:86.8pt;height:48.9pt;z-index:251661312;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:margin;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>

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 residents <b>Mariam Alam</b> and <b>Caitlin Crimp</b> are organizing patient panels as part of their collaborative research project, “Mitigating Bias and Burnout Through Patient-Centered Narrative Medicine.” In June 2022, they received a grant through the

 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Back to Bedside program to develop a narrative medicine curriculum for dermatology residents, with the goal to improve residents' understanding and connection to patients and mitigate both bias

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 to enhance listening and observation skills. By exploring patient stories, context, and background related to illness, health care professionals can better understand each patient’s unique life experience, beliefs and values. Understanding a patient’s story

 can illustrate how they became ill, what caused them to look for care, and what challenges they face to get better.

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 and the Arts Pathway inaugural art show<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 Humanities and the Arts Pathway (HAP), first established in 2020 by Dr.

<b>Andrea Kalus</b>, associate professor (Dermatology), is now showcasing its inaugural Graduate Art Show at the UWMC-Montlake Sky Gallery through May 25. The new exhibit features projects by fourth-year medical students Kathryn Franke and Mary Mathison<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 students to thoughtfully and creatively engage with patient stories and the experience of becoming a physician using specialized modules, clinical experiences, reflection, and creative expression.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Teal Hallstrand</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), along with a group of investigators from the UW DOM, Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the Benaroya Research Institute, was awarded a new NIAID U19 Asthma & Allergic Diseases

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