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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Faculty spotlight: Joyce Wipf<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. <b>Joyce Wipf</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine), who is retiring from the University of Washington at the end of December after 37 years of service. A retirement party will be held on

<b>Dec. 14</b>, 4:30-6:30pm, VA Seattle campus, Bldg 101, rooms 80 and 90.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

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 fellowship match!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jonathan Avery<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Osayd Assad<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Andrea Diaz<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt Wu<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, U Arizona-Tucson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anthony Lee<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Critical Care Medicine, NIH<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Endocrinology, Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maria Cassera<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gastroenterology, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Brian Ko<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gastroenterology, UW <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karen Rico<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gastroenterology, U Arizona-Tucson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Erica Storm<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gastroenterology, UCSF<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Edwin Wang<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gastroenterology, Cook County Health<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reema Navalurkar<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Geriatrics, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">George Mo<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hematology-Oncology, U Penn<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Olivia Lin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hematology-Oncology, UCSF<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Khushboo Pal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hematology-Oncology, UTSW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liem Nguyen <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hematology-Oncology, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nick DesLauriers<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Infectious Diseases, UCSF<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Luke Brandenberger<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Infectious Diseases, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ayodale Braimah<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nephrology, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lily Jeong<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nephrology, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Allan Fonseca Badilla<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pulmonary Critical Care, UW<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kristine Cueva<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pulmonary Critical Care, Harbor-UCLA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ayesha Khader<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pulmonary Critical Care, OHSU<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teddy Curran (’21)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, UCSD<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kellen Hirsch (’23)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, U Utah<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Benjamin Ross (’22)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cardiology, VM Franciscan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Xaviera Ortiz (’13)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Infectious Diseases, UT San Antonio<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nic Baddour (’22)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pulmonary Critical Care, UCLA<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Katherine Fair (’22)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pulmonary Critical Care, BU<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rebecca Gold: Social Justice Frontliner<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) is honoring members at the front lines of Social Justice with their member highlight series, “Frontliners: Social Justice.” Dr.

<b>Rebecca Gold</b>, R3, is highlighted this month.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">She recently presented a poster in collaboration with UW’s Breast Health Equity group on the inequities of breast cancer care along racial lines, particularly

 for Somali and Ethiopian immigrants living in Seattle. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/41i7x1D"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Read

 the challenges</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in conducting her research and how she hopes this research will help address

 inequities in breast cancer care in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Internal Medicine Residency Program is looking for volunteers to help interview this year’s applicants for the 2024-25 intern year.

 If interested, please sign up </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040D49AAAE29A2FE3-imresidency4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">to

 volunteer</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Once signed up, you’ll receive an Outlook invitation and information regarding

 the interview day. For questions or additional information, please contact </span>

</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="mailto:medres@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Andr�a Campbell</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Practitioner Leads in Quality & Safety

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In recognition of their substantial contributions to local healthcare quality and safety, Drs.

<b>Gwen Bernacki</b>, clinical assistant professor (Cardiology), <b>Medhavi Bole</b>, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases),

<b>Jurjen de Jong</b>, chief resident, <b>Soloman Graf</b>, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology), and

<b>Sarah Sanghavi</b>, clinical associate professor (Nephrology) have been awarded the title of Practitioner Lead in Quality & Safety (PLQS) within the Hospital & Specialty Medicine service line at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. PLQS titles are</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">based on contributions made over the previous year to achieving safer, higher quality care for our Veterans.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Breathing highway air increases blood pressure<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 more than a century, American cities have been sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways. Interstate highways and wide arterials are now a defining feature of most metropolitan areas, their constant flow of cars spewing pollution into nearby neighborhoods. 

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Researchers have only just begun to understand the health risks posed by all that pollution. Long-term exposure to traffic-related air

 pollution — a complex mixture of exhaust from tailpipes, brake and tire wear, and road dust — has been linked to increased rates of cardiovascular disease, asthma, lung cancer and death. 

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New research from the University of Washington suggests those health risks are also seen in people traveling busy roads. A study published

 Nov. 28 in the </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3GhVlEa"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Annals of Internal Medicine</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 found that unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic significantly increased passengers’ blood pressure, both while in the car and up to 24 hours later. The study was led by Dr.

<b>Joel Kaufman</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New pacemaker recharges its battery with energy from natural heartbeats<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 batteries for typical “transvenous” pacemakers last 6-15 years before they must be replaced, newer “leadless” pacemakers (which fully reside within the right lower chamber of the heart) do not have replaceable batteries. New proof-of-principle research shows

 that an experimental pacemaker housing is able to partially-recharge its battery using power generated from natural heartbeats.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The study was recently presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia by lead study author Dr.

<b>Babak Nazer</b>, associate professor, Cardiology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spotlight on resident scholarship: Kristine Cueva<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 is evidence that Black patients nearing the end of life have greater symptom burden, worse quality of life, and receive more intense clinical care.  The methods historically used to elucidate drivers apply the assumption that mistrust is an inherent personal

 quality rather than result of lived experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the latest resident scholarship spotlight, “Medical Mistrust Among Black Patients with Serious Illness,” Dr.

<b>Kristine Cueva</b> designed and led a mixed methods study to better understand patient perspectives. With collaborators, she enrolled a prospective cohort of Black patients with a 2-year or less predicted life expectancy. The average numeric survey-based

 measures of mistrust were higher in this study sample than other published populations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 I research mentor award<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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

Helen Jack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) who received a Triple I Research Mentor Award for her contributions guiding UW medical students with research projects.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yu-Hua Chow</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 research scientist, is lead author, and Dr. <b>Chi Hung</b>, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3N9qy05"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Toll-interacting

 protein inhibits transforming growth factor beta signaling in mouse lung fibroblasts</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">” in

 FASEB Bio Advances. DOM co-authors are W. Conrad Liles, William Altemeier and Sina Gharib.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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