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 to <b>Brandi Mitchell</b>, a recipient of the 2024 MLK Community Service Award. Brandi is the business operations supervisor for the Harborview Pioneer Square Clinic and other downtown programs.
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 where individuals can empower themselves, a commitment to addressing community needs, particularly communities of color and low income; development, support and implementation of programs to improve the human condition; and protecting and empowering all individuals.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">
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 of justice.<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">Seeking new members for the Gender Equity Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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 Gender Equity Council (GEC) is seeking motivated faculty and staff to join the council. As a member of the GEC you will advise the department chair on matters related to gender equity, make recommendations to ensure an equitable and inclusive environment in
 the department, and plan and implement activities that promote gender equity. <o:p>
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 subcommittee meetings as needed. <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 program manager for strategic initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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 are happy to announce that <b>Deangela Brown</b> will be joining the department as our new program manager for strategic initiatives, effective Feb. 1. Deangela comes to us from Amazon, where she worked for 10 years in progressively complex program management
 roles. She will be managing all six of our strategic plan work groups, providing high-level project planning, support and coordination.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Immune cells vs. metastasis: ‘It’s a numbers game’
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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3NXhnjK"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">research published this week</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">
 cracked an important code in the quest to prevent metastatic cancer. Co-led by Fred Hutch metastasis researcher Dr. Cyrus Ghajar and immunotherapy expert Dr.
<b>Stanley Riddell</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology), the research explains why the body’s natural immune system doesn’t eliminate disseminated tumor cells lying dormant in bone marrow or other sites and offers three potential T-cell immunotherapies
 that actually do.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"> <o:p></o:p></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">Somewhere between 20% to 30% of early-stage breast cancer patients go on to develop metastasis, or stage 4 disease, after early-stage
 treatment (others, known as de novo metastatic patients, are diagnosed stage 4 from the start). And while metastatic cancer is treatable — sometimes giving patients many extra years — it is still not curable. Ghajar, Riddell and other researchers are engineering
 a handful of immunological workarounds to basically smother tumor cells in their sleep.<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">Read the full story from
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/48tTQzb"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Hutch News</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">.<o:p></o:p></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">Recent publications<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Crystal Brown</b>, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author and Dr.
<b>Bessie Young</b>, professor (Nephrology) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/42aOkzn"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Discriminatory
 healthcare experiences and medical mistrust in patients with serious illness</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 the Journal
 of Pain and Symptom Management. DOM co-author is Kristine Cueva. <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.
<b>Ermias Diro</b>, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4aPD0fP"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Chronic
 high level parasitemia in HIV-infected individuals with or without visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in North-West Ethiopia: potential superspreaders?</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 Clinical Infectious Diseases. <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">Dr.
<b>George McDonald</b>, emeritus professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3tWr8I6"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Allogeneic
 bone marrow transplantation for patients with treatment-refractory Crohn’s Disease</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 Heliyon.
 DOM co-authors are George Georges and Timothy Zisman. <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">Dr.
<b>Rajnish Mehrotra</b>, professor and head (Nephrology) is co-author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3tSk7bp"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Social
 Risk and Dialysis Facility Performance in the First Year of the ESRD Treatment Choices Model</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 JAMA.<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">Dr.
<b>Christina Surawicz</b>, professor emeritus (Gastroenterology) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3vsMXiV"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">From
 Glass Slippers to Glass Ceilings: Will We Ever Stop Walking on Broken Glass?</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 the American
 Journal of Gastroenterology. <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">Dr.
<b>Judith Tsui</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author and Dr. <b>
Sara Glick</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3vuz5ot"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Pilot
 study of a community pharmacist led program to treat hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs</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 Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. DOM co-authors are Alex Gojic, Nancy Connolly, John Scott and Joanne Stekler.<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">Dr.
<b>Philip Vutien</b>, assistant professor, is lead author, and Dr. <b>George Ioannou</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3SeNe2b"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Hepatocellular
 carcinoma risk decreases over time following hepatitis C virus eradication</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 Aliment Pharmacology
 and Therapeutics. DOM co-authors are Nicole Kim and Kay Johnson. <o:p></o:p></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">In the news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Helen Chu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/41VliU0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Rising
 concerns — JN.1 COVID variant sparks worry as school and work resume in WA</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 Northwest
 Asian Weekly and “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://nbcnews.to/3Sg23kU"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">With Covid and flu surging
 at the same time, how big is the risk of coinfection?</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">” from NBC News.<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.
<b>Kevin Duan</b>, affiliate instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/48NPHFU"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Inhaled
 corticosteroids increasingly used for COPD outside recommended indications</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 Healio.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Leslie Enzian</b>, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/48RX8fr"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Homeless
 people are getting older, but age-appropriate help is limited</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 the Seattle Times.
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<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.
<b>Farah Khan</b>, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) wrote “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4aPVRay"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Why
 are drugs that help battle obesity and diabetes so hard to get?</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 the Seattle Times.
<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" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Thomas Martin</b>, emeritus professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4aW4PD0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">How
 scientists are uncovering the mysteries of ARDS</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">” from MD Edge.
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<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.
<b>Ryan Murphy</b>, acting instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3RZsn1g"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Concerned
 about asthma drug’s side effects? Ask a doctor.</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">” from UW Medicine Newsroom.<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.
<b>Ellen Schur</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://nyti.ms/48VjrRz"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Can
 Dieting Actually Lead to Long-Term Weight Loss?</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 the New York Times.
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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">Events of Interest<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">Medicine Grand Rounds<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">Dr. James Stoller from the Cleveland Clinic<b>
</b>will present the John Butler lecture, “Developing Healthcare Leaders” at<b> </b>
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://medicine.uw.edu/grand-rounds"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Medicine Grand Rounds</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 Friday, <b>Jan. 19</b>, 2024,12-1pm, </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">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">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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">MLK Day rally and march</span></b></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">In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. 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>. The event will commence at Garfield High School, and DOM participants will meet at the bottom of the stairs in front of the Garfield High School auditorium at 12:15pm for the march (additional workshops are also available earlier in the day).
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://equity.uwmedicine.org/event/seattle-martin-luther-king-jr-coalition-rally-march/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Please
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Immunology of Long COVID<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">Dr.
<b>Helen Chu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is hosting the next Viruses and Vaccines Seminar on
<b>Jan. 16</b>, 9-10am (</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.zoom.us/j/98887083788?pwd=TFZJQzNKU1RJOTRtQUovTkdlRkorUT09__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!glsYdK095c5KEBgVzXF35R6suHIJsrsYP0mvQdGKZ9oFBCEXqGKcPNNVOC-Mc4aM503eTA9yYnV3H0WjtsU$"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">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">) where Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Yale University) will present “Immunology of Long Covid.”
 There will also be an update on SARS-CoV-2 genomics. <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">Gender Equity Lunch Series: Advocacy</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Wednesday, <b>Jan. 24</b>, 12-1pm, our panel of moderators will discuss non-linear career paths, focusing on  advocacy work.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</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>
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