<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">

<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">

<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}

o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}

w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}

.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}

</style><![endif]--><style><!--

/* Font Definitions */

@font-face

        {font-family:Wingdings;

        panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}

@font-face

        {font-family:"Cambria Math";

        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}

@font-face

        {font-family:Calibri;

        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}

/* Style Definitions */

p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal

        {margin:0in;

        margin-bottom:.0001pt;

        font-size:11.0pt;

        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}

a:link, span.MsoHyperlink

        {mso-style-priority:99;

        color:#0563C1;

        text-decoration:underline;}

a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed

        {mso-style-priority:99;

        color:#954F72;

        text-decoration:underline;}

span.EmailStyle17

        {mso-style-type:personal-compose;

        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;

        color:windowtext;}

.MsoChpDefault

        {mso-style-type:export-only;

        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}

@page WordSection1

        {size:8.5in 11.0in;

        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}

div.WordSection1

        {page:WordSection1;}

/* List Definitions */

@list l0

        {mso-list-id:1342048401;

        mso-list-type:hybrid;

        mso-list-template-ids:-1979965862 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}

@list l0:level1

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0B7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Symbol;}

@list l0:level2

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:o;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:"Courier New";}

@list l0:level3

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0A7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Wingdings;}

@list l0:level4

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0B7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Symbol;}

@list l0:level5

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:o;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:"Courier New";}

@list l0:level6

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0A7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Wingdings;}

@list l0:level7

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0B7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Symbol;}

@list l0:level8

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:o;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:"Courier New";}

@list l0:level9

        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;

        mso-level-text:\F0A7;

        mso-level-tab-stop:none;

        mso-level-number-position:left;

        text-indent:-.25in;

        font-family:Wingdings;}

ol

        {margin-bottom:0in;}

ul

        {margin-bottom:0in;}

--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>

<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1029" />

</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>

<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">

<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />

</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->

</head>

<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">

<div class="WordSection1">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img width="209" height="51" style="width:2.177in;height:.5312in" id="Picture_x0020_40" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk22564813"></a><a name="_Hlk40361261"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

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

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

<br>

December 22, 2023</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">News, information, and events of interest from the

</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="http://bit.ly/1TemKEY"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Department of Medicine

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

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">(If you have items for DOM week, please email

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

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

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Well-being 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">Reconnection Fund<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">For a second year, the Department of Medicine has funded the Well-being Strategic Plan Workgroup’s Reconnection Fund, which facilitates

 community-building and connection amongst our colleagues. For more information and to apply for funds, please visit our

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

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

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

<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

<hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" style="color:#39275B" align="center">

</span></span></div>

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

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

</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 25-29, 2023</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As we continue to rebuild resilience and focus on mental health, we would like to preserve department-wide quiet weeks throughout the

 year. During these weeks, we hope that individuals can limit non-essential meetings to recharge and reflect, as well as thoughtfully minimize emails. We realize that this will not be possible for everyone, but encourage all to take breaks when they are able.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2024 quiet weeks:

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

<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">

<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February 19-23<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 8-12<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 5-9<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 25-29<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 23-27<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk145003586"></a><a name="_Hlk145003443"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk145003586"><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></a></span></p>

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk145003586"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk145003443"></span>

<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">Breaking boundaries for better aortic care<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">

<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />

<v:formulas>

<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />

<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />

<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />

<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />

<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />

<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />

<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />

<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />

<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />

<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />

<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />

<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />

</v:formulas>

<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />

<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />

</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:5.15pt;width:80.55pt;height:105.75pt;z-index:251660288;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'>

<v:imagedata src="cid:image002.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" o:title="" />

<w:wrap type="square" anchorx="margin"/>

</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="107" height="141" style="width:1.1145in;height:1.4687in" src="cid:image003.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Because

 it extends into the body’s upper and lower regions, the aorta crosses into the domains of several different medical specialists, including surgeons, cardiologists and medical geneticists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">From a surgical perspective, conditions affecting the aorta below the diaphragm have traditionally been known as vascular surgeon territory.

 Cardiac surgeons lead aortic repair around the heart and into the top of the aorta — also known as the aortic arch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A team at UW Medicine is intentionally breaking down these long-standing care boundaries. They’ve created the

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/uwmtap"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Multidisciplinary Thoracic Aortic Program</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">

 (MTAP) to provide holistic, team-based care for complex aortic disease. With a team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinic staff, genetic counselors, medical geneticists and vascular surgeons, the MTAP team discusses 250 to 300 patient cases annually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Team members from the Department of Medicine include Drs.

<b>Catherine Otto</b>, professor, <b>Yonatan Buber</b>, associate professor, and <b>

James Kirkpatrick</b>, professor (Cardiology) and <b>Peter Byers</b>, professor (Medical Genetics).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read the full story from

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://bit.ly/3NEyJ4R"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">The Huddle<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><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></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Outsize benefit seen in trial of drug for kidney disease<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.05pt;width:46.85pt;height:57.6pt;z-index:251659264;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'>

<v:imagedata src="cid:image004.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" o:title="" croptop="5248f" cropbottom="15189f" cropleft="8530f" cropright="11159f" />

<w:wrap type="square"/>

</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="62" height="77" style="width:.6458in;height:.802in" src="cid:image005.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In

 a clinical trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, an experimental drug significantly reduced albuminuria — albumin in urine, a sign of kidney damage — for 50% of participants. When the experimental drug was paired with a standard-care medication, 70%

 of participants reportedly experienced a significant reduction in albuminuria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The findings were published Dec. 15 in

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

The paper’s lead author is Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) and executive director for research at Providence Inland Northwest Health in Spokane. She is also the clinical trial’s principal investigator.

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

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read the full story from

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://bit.ly/3TNRUNJ"><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:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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

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

<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

<hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" style="color:#39275B" align="center">

</span></span></div>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="A person smiling at the camera

Description automatically generated" style='position:absolute;margin-left:2.25pt;margin-top:11.2pt;width:38.8pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:-251655168;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:margin;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:margin;mso-height-relative:margin'>

<v:imagedata src="cid:image006.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" o:title="A person smiling at the camera

Description automatically generated" croptop="6256f" cropleft="17524f" />

<w:wrap type="tight" anchorx="margin"/>

</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="52" height="67" style="width:.5416in;height:.6979in" src="cid:image007.jpg@01DA34EA.E2C8C110" align="left" hspace="12" alt="A person smiling at the camera

Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Congratulations

 to Dr. <b>Karolline May</b>, postdoctoral scholar (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) who has been awarded a UW Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Research ADVANCE Award, which targets early career scientists from underrepresented

 groups. The title of her project is: “SCFA serve as a direct link between gut microbiota and adipocyte metabolism via FFAR2 signaling, thereby beneficially regulating whole-body homeostasis.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Vitor Oliveira from the UW School of Nursing also received an ADVANCE award for his project, “Relationship between Myosteatosis, Sarcopenia,

 Physical Activity, and Diet Among Adults With HIV.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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

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

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