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

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January 5, 2024</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>

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</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>

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<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>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a name="_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department of Medicine faculty were featured in 4 of the 10 most-viewed UW Medicine Newsroom stories in 2023:

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

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 is culprit behind long COVID, study suggests</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 (William Banks, Michelle Erickson)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/expert-science-wont-resolve-debates-about-trans-athletes"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Expert:

 Science won’t resolve debates about trans athletes</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 (Bradley Anawalt)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/in-historic-procedure-donor-liver-protects-heart-transplant"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">In

 historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 (Shin Lin, Daniel Fishbein)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/researchers-identify-most-common-symptoms-long-covid"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Researchers

 identify most common symptoms of long COVID</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk155087367"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 (Helen Chu)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li></ol>

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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">Awards<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">Call for nominations: Turck 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">Nominations are currently open for the Department of Medicine Marvin Turck Outstanding Teaching Award. This is a career achievement award

 to honor individuals whose long-term contributions have defined departmental standards for patient care and teaching.<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">This award celebrates Dr. Marvin Turck, whose energy, enthusiastic teaching, remarkable clinical knowledge, humor, and support for students,

 housestaff, fellows, and faculty inspired learners and faculty for over 50 years.<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">Nominations are due

<b>March 1</b>. For more information, please </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3NSdqwP"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">visit

our website<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><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:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gender Equity Lunch Series: Advocacy</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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 the date! On Wednesday, <b>Jan. 24</b>, 12-1pm, our panel of moderators will discuss non-linear career paths, focusing on  advocacy work.<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">Led by guest moderators, the

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://medicine.uw.edu/diversity/gender-equity/lunch"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Gender Equity Lunch

 Series</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"> focuses on topics related to gender equity and leadership development. This series

 is open to all members of all genders in the Department of Medicine. Please </span>

</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/c9E6YgrLHT"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">register</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">

 for this series. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/91780152673"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Join via zoom</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">

 (Meeting ID: 917 8015 2673). The zoom link is also </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://uwnetid.sharepoint.com/sites/dom_intranet/SitePages/Gender-Equity-Lunch-Series.aspx"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">posted

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 recognition of Martin Luther King Day, the Department of Medicine Diversity Council, in partnership with UW Medicine, welcomes support and participation in the

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3X6PdF8"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">MLK Day rally and march</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">

 on <b>Jan. 15</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 School auditorium at 12:15pm for the march (additional workshops are also available earlier in the day).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 register</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"> and contact

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="mailto:seang151@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Sean Greenlee</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">

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

 if you would like to join us.  <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 nominations: Scholar Awards<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">We are currently accepting nominations for the Chair of Medicine, Diversity Academic Development and Fialkow Scholar Awards. Nomination

 deadline for all awards: <b>April 1, 2024</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 provides support (primarily PI salary support) for promising senior fellow/acting instructors to be appointed as physician-scientists at the rank of assistant professor.

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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3AbPH2J"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Diversity Academic Development Scholar Award</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></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">assists highly qualified and meritorious trainees at the rank of senior fellow/acting instructor and/or acting assistant professor in their transition

 to the roles of clinician-scholar, physician-scientist, research-scientist, and principal investigator (PI) as newly appointed assistant professors.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>

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

 recognizes and supports a junior faculty member (assistant or research assistant professor), with a primary appointment in the Department of Medicine, who shows outstanding promise as a scholar.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fellows interested in clinical research are invited to join a fast-paced comprehensive course in clinical research methods. This 11-week

 course (March 4-May 20) will teach fundamental concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics with direct application of these methods toward the interpretation of contemporary biomedical research. The course will combine out of class reading and video content

 with in-class problem solving sessions and journal article appraisal. Dr. <b>Bryan Kestenbaum</b>, professor (Nephrology) is the course director. For more information, please

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://bit.ly/3DAX5H3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">visit our website<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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