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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">News, information, and events of interest from the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">(If you have items for DOM week, please email
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February is Black History Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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invite you to read this excellent article on the </span><a href="https://bit.ly/48VVlqj"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">recent history of black physicians in Seattle</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and on </span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Ss2siW"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Dr. George Counts</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, the first Black professor in the UW Department
of Medicine and an important leader in Public Health and mentor to many.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More Black History Month resources are also available from
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3uqgSYT"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">The Huddle</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Awards</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jeff Chamberlain receives 2024 MDA Legacy Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Jeff Chamberlain</b>, professor (Medical Genetics)<b> </b>is honored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association with the 2024 Legacy Award for Achievement in Research, for his achievements in translational research.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The MDA Legacy Award for Achievement in Research is an annual recognition for outstanding accomplishments in neuromuscular disease research. This is the MDA's highest award for
contributions to the fight against muscular dystrophy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read more on our
<a href="https://bit.ly/3OoQpC4"><span style="color:#39275B">news site</span></a>.<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">DEI news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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></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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your term would begin July 1, 2024 and last 1-3 years. The time commitment includes at least 3 full GEC meetings annually along with additional subcommittee meetings as needed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested, please
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3UrWlOu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">submit your information</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. If you have any questions, please contact
</span><a href="mailto:kgriffin@medicine.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Kelsey Griffin</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or
</span><a href="mailto:nbansal@nephrology.washington.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Nisha Bansal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Faculty news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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Sze commissioned into US Army Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>James Sze</b>, clinical instructor (General Internal Medicine), hospitalist at the VA Puget Sound, was recently sworn in as a captain in the US Army Reserve, assigned to the 7451st Medical Operations Readiness Unit (MORU).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As of Friday, January 26, Sze is now a captain in the US Army Reserve, having taken his Oath of Commissioned Officers at the VA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read more on our
<a href="https://bit.ly/49ok3PX"><span style="color:#39275B">news site</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Suzanne Watnick</b>, professor (Nephrology) has been chosen as the inaugural Scholar in Residence for the American Society of Nephrology. She will spend 2024 advocating for improvements in kidney care, working with national stakeholders such as the US Department
of Health and Human Services, patient care organizations, research entities, and clinician groups. Watnick aims to focus on overdue innovation needed for people with kidney disease.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Staff news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spotlight on staff well-being<span style="color:#39275B"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.15pt;width:59.5pt;height:57.6pt;z-index:251666432;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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the well-being of our community is among the highest priorities of department leadership. As part of our strategic plan, a dedicated working group composed of both staff and faculty was established to lead the department’s efforts to support well-being.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This work group conducted four focus groups in March 2023. A total of 24 staff members participated and represented a variety of divisions, roles, and lengths of service. Some
common themes and areas for improvement emerged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Review the results from the focus groups and our current well-being initiatives on our
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3OkLzWp"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">news site</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<b><u><span style="color:#39275B"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">First TAVR cases performed at VA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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VA Puget Sound TAVR program successfully launched on Monday, January 29 by the VA Cardiology and Cardiac surgery teams. The TAVR team performed two TAVR procedures, and there was an overwhelmingly positive sentiment from the team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Long COVID Interest Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Anita Chopra</b>, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is the physician lead for the Long COVID Interest Group, an effort to share knowledge and experience in managing post-COVID conditions and to explain the latest research in the area.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Long COVID Interest Group welcomes new members interested in getting involved.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nora Disis passes directorship of ITHS to John Amory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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month, after twelve years as founding director, Dr. <b>Mary (Nora) Disis</b>, professor, (Hematology and Oncology) will pass the directorship of the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) to Dr. <b>John Amory</b>, professor (General Internal
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<b>Michelle Zhang</b>, R3, was an invited presenter at the Best of SWOG research webinar on her research, evaluating the relationship between obesity and survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated on the SWOG 1203 clinical trial.
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<b>Kayode K. Ojo</b>, research professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) was awarded a R01 grant by NIH/NIAID for his research study titled “Development of dual effective kinase inhibitors as syndromic treatment of Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis”. The goal
of the project is to discover kinase inhibitors that could be developed as oral multi parasite effective therapeutic against cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis diarrhea with potential usefulness in other intestinal parasitic diseases. The total cost is $3,910719.00.
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Co-investigators include Dr. Wesley C. Van Voorhis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Lauren Beste</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3SIHJcd"><span style="color:#39275B">Success of the US Veterans Health Administration's Hepatitis C Virus Care Continuum in the Direct-acting Antiviral
Era</span></a>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Andrew L. Coveler</b>, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3UqaMmb"><span style="color:#39275B">Biomarkers of pembrolizumab efficacy in advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of a phase II clinical
trial and a cohort of long-term responders - PubMed (nih.gov)</span></a>” in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer and “<a href="https://bit.ly/3UmnzGd"><span style="color:#39275B">Organ Preservation and Survival by Clinical Response Grade in Patients With
Rectal Cancer Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Secondary Analysis of the OPRA Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)</span></a>” in JAMA Open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>David Fredricks</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/49D4owj"><span style="color:#39275B">Gardnerella Species and their Association with Bacterial Vaginosis</span></a>” in Journal of<i>
</i>Infectious Diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whitney Harper</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, program operations specialist (Internal Medicine Residency) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3u87o4I"><span style="color:#39275B">Optimizing
the Internal Medicine Residency Recruitment Process: A National Survey of Program Directors and Next Steps</span></a>” in the American Journal of Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Geoffrey Hill</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/47Wf3kk"><span style="color:#39275B">Regulatory T cells suppress myeloma-specific immunity during autologous stem cell mobilization and transplantation</span></a>v”
in Blood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Barbara Jung</b>, professor and chair is author of the op-ed “</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/48XM4h7"><span style="color:#39275B">Why Are We Letting Insurers Dictate Patient Care?</span></a>”
from MedPage Today. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Sylvia LaCourse</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4817XuH"><span style="color:#39275B">Hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy provides more durable infant antibody responses compared
to natural infection or vaccination alone</span></a>” in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Katherine Tuttle</b>, clinical professor (Nephrology) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3w3slOL"><span style="color:#39275B">Efficacy and safety of aldosterone synthase inhibition with and without empagliflozin for chronic kidney disease: a randomised,
controlled, phase 2 trial</span></a>” in the Lancet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.<b> Lauren Beste</b>, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in</span> “<a href="https://bit.ly/42novMg"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Some
dementia cases could be undiagnosed liver disease</span></a><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">”</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from STAT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Teresa Brentnall</b>, professor (Gastroenterology<i>)</i> is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/4bkA9f4" target="_blank"><span style="color:#39275B">The surprising reason you get constipated when you travel</span></a>” from Daily Mail<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Seth Cohen</b>, clinical associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/3w1SZra" target="_blank"><span style="color:#39275B">Coronavirus FAQ: How long does post-COVID protection last?</span></a>” from NPR<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Mary (Nora) Disis</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology) was featured on the
<a href="https://bit.ly/3w4ou3V"><span style="color:#39275B">Today Show</span></a> featuring breast cancer vaccines, including CVI research.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>Irl Hirsch</b>, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/3vZXB19" target="_blank"><span style="color:#39275B">The value of a continuous glucose monitor</span></a>” from Diatribe<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.
<b>John Lynch</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/42ovfJS"><span style="color:#39275B">More counties in Western Washington see deadly fungus outbreak</span></a>” from KIRO 7<b>.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our events calendar is posted on
</span><a href="https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">our website</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DOM Reconnection, with Birds!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join your colleagues for a morning of birding in the Union Bay Natural Area (UBNA). Led by birders in the department, this recurring (monthly) event is open to all students,
staff and faculty in the DOM and guests as space allows. Our inaugural outing will be Saturday,
<b>Feb. 10</b>. A limited number of binoculars will be available for those who do not have their own. Contact
</span><a href="mailto:tonelli@uw.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Mark Tonelli</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> with questions or to sign up.
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