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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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</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

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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>

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 Gender Equity 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">There is still time to nominate a colleague for the Department of Medicine Gender Equity Awards. Awards will be presented in two categories:

 Mentorship and Trailblazer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<b>April 15</b>. Please visit </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3semEZN"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">our website</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 more information. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p> </o:p></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">DEI 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">Seeking new members for the LGBTQ+ Council<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

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

 is seeking motivated faculty, staff and trainees to join the council. As a member of the LGBTQ+ Council you will advise the department chair on matters related gender identity and sexual orientation equity, make recommendations to ensure an equitable and inclusive

 environment in the department, and plan and implement activities that promote sexual orientation and gender identity equity.<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">Your term would begin July 1, 2024 and last 1-3 years. The time commitment includes at least 3 full LGBTQ+ Council meetings annually along

 with additional subcommittee meetings as needed. <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">If you are interested, please</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">submit your information to

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

 If you have any questions, please contact co-chairs </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="mailto:disharoo@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Stephen

 Disharoon</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 style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="mailto:devshen@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Devin Shen<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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 spotlight: Farah Khan<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr.

Farah Khan, clinical associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) and diabetes care physician.

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to Dr. Reena Mehra, professor and head (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) who was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Election to the ASCI is a milestone in the physician-scientist career path.

 The society is an honor society of physician-scientists, who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. She will be inducted at the annual meeting on April 5.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Charles Murry</b>, professor (Cardiology) and director of the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"></span></span><a href="https://iscrm.uw.edu/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">ISCRM</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">),

 has been appointed to lead stem-cell research at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. He will start there in August.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk159826836"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In 2006, Murry, with cancer specialist Dr. Tony Blau and developmental biologist Randy Moon,

founded ISCRM, whose scientists are exploring stem cell-based therapies for heart disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and other conditions<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">New faculty voting system<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 department is now using Qualtrics to send out DOM faculty votes for appointments and promotions. The emails that eligible voting faculty

 receive from the new system should largely look the same as they did from the previous system, but there are a few changes to note:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 open the survey on the Qualtrics site where <b>you will need to scroll down and click the green arrow to submit your vote.<o:p></o:p></b></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">The emails will still come from DOM Vote, but the email address is

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="mailto:noreply@qemailserver.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">noreply@qemailserver.com<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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</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="mailto:noreply@qemailserver.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">noreply@qemailserver.com</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">

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

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<b>Darrell Owens</b>, clinical associate professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is passionate about expanding palliative care services in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As associate medical director/section head of palliative care at UW Medical Center-Northwest, he has been providing palliative care to seriously ill

 patients and teaching trainees for over 20 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">Over 5 years ago, Owens began volunteering his time teaching palliative care to medical providers in Vietnam. Resources for palliative

 care education are limited in many areas of Vietnam, and there is significant work to be done to improve care at the end of life, particularly for oncology patients. Owens provides the only formalized, consistent palliative care training to date in Hue, and

 is only one of two providers in Hanoi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 (CLIME) Clinical Teaching Certificate 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">. This program is designed to strengthen teaching

 skills, foster a shared mental model of excellent teaching, and increase professional satisfaction for faculty who teach in the clinical setting. All faculty who teach are encouraged to register, whether they are new faculty or have decades of experience.

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 with rheumatologic diseases often receive conflicting advice about family planning from physicians. Inspired by her family’s and patient’s experiences, Dr. Karlsen and collaborators surveyed IM residents to determine their understanding on the safety of using

 immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory medications in pregnancy.<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, “Improving preconception & contraceptive counseling for people with rheumatologic diseases,”

Dr. Leah Karlsen designed a framework providers can use for reviewing medications and ordering lab work during preconception visits. The framework also helps providers determine the safety of various contraceptive options in this patient population.

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<b>Vid Yogeswaran</b>, fellow (Cardiology) has received a Research Fellowship Award from the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) to study atrial myopathy, atrial fibrillation and stroke outcomes. This competitive post-doctoral research fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology

 encourages and supports research training in basic or clinical electrophysiology and assists awardees in initiating careers in electrophysiology research while obtaining significant research results.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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