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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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

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 of Medicine </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:amyf@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">amyf@uw.edu</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ASTDA awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Members from the Department of Medicine received 3 of the 4 awards presented this year by the

 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Connie Celum</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) received the Distinguished Career Award, recognizing a long and extraordinary career in the field of sexually transmitted diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

Lorenzo Giacani, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) received the Achievement Award, recognizing an outstanding body of work in sexually transmitted diseases.

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<b>Roxanne Kerani</b>, research associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) received the Jack N. Spencer Award, recognizing a long and extraordinary career in sexually transmitted diseases prevention characterized primarily by outstanding commitment

 to program science. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Laura Evans</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the recipient of the CHEST 2024 Roger C. Bone Memorial Lecture in Critical Care. This lecture was established in 1997 to honor Dr. Roger C. Bone, a leader in critical care, sepsis,

 and sepsis research. CHEST Honor and Memorial Lectures recognize physicians and clinicians who have made significant and meritorious contributions in chest medicine. Dr. Evans will present at the CHEST 2024 Conference in Boston in October.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lactation support resources

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the rollout of a new program for parents seeking lactation support.

 The Department of Medicine, in conjunction with the Gender Equity Council, now has small coolers and ice packs available for portable breast milk storage. These coolers may be reserved for up to a year or as needed. If you are interested in borrowing a cooler

 please email </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:domadmin@medicine.washington.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">domadmin@medicine.washington.edu</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 to facilitate a pickup. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We would also like to share our

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://medicine.uw.edu/diversity/gender-equity/resources"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">lactation

 support page</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 where you can find locations of all available lactation rooms at each of our sites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 practice providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and certified nurse midwives (CNMs), are integral healthcare professionals in medical centers across the country.<b>

</b>There are almost 200 PAs practicing at UW Medicine and PA teaching associates are academic faculty in many of the UW School of Medicine’s academic departments.<b>

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 teaching associate (Gastroenterology) helped pass a new bill in WA that more accurately reflects the evolving role of physician assistants: House Bill 2041: Establishing Collaborative Practice for Experienced PAs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 Leppig</b>, clinical professor (Medical Genetics), spoke last week on prenatal genetic testing to faculty, residents, and medical students at the Vietnam National Children's Hospital in Hanoi. This visit was Dr. Leppig's 15th visit to Vietnam to work with

 colleagues in pediatrics to provide genetic diagnoses for children with severe congenital disorders.

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 to be healthy. On this trip, Dr. Leppig was accompanied by Dr. Mary-Claire King, whose laboratory carries out the genomic sequencing and analysis, and genetic counselor Darci Sternen. Drs. Gail Jarvik, Peter Byers, and Virginia Sybert have previously traveled

 to Vietnam as part of this program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 diagnosis and care of dementia, whose U.S. incidence is forecast to more than double by 2050, is far beyond what could be managed by specialists in this area, typically neurologists and geriatricians.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Barak Gaster</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is building a program to help healthcare systems meet this colossal need. While maintaining a busy primary-care practice, he has spent the past seven years learning all he can about dementia: red flags,

 diagnostics, how to talk with patients and families, and treatment options.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://familymedicine.uw.edu/cpc/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Cognition

 in Primary Care program</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 which blends brief education modules with easy-to-use electronic health record tools to put the training into practice.

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 the country, nearly 9 million people identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, and many call the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WWAMI) region home. According to Indian Health Services, there’s a physician shortage ― a health-professional

 vacancy rate of 25% ― among doctors who care for this population.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 immersive training at local reservations, the Indian Health Pathway and expanding graduate medical education opportunities, the UW School of Medicine and GME are working to improve those statistics and increase the number of physicians in American Indian and

 Alaska Native communities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 new study using genetic testing of preoperative patient microbiomes shows that most surgical-site infections that emerge after major spine surgery come from bacteria already on the patients’ bodies before they enter the hospital.

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The findings expand upon those of older, more limited studies and counter conventional thinking

 about the source of surgical infections.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Researchers from several UW departments teamed up on the study. Using genetic tests, they found

 that 86% of infections in patients who had surgical implants installed in their spines started from strains of bacteria carried by the patient prior to surgery. Most of these bacteria were resistant to the antibiotic administered during the procedure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The study was published this week in

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3vLFAnq"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Science

Translational Medicine<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drs.

Chloe Bryson-Cahn, associate professor, and John Lynch, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors.

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read the full story from

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3JfSXPR"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Rozenn Lemaitre</b>, research professor (General Internal Medicine), Dr. <b>Nona Sotoodehnia</b>, professor (Cardiology),

Colleen Sitlani, research scientist (General Internal Medicine), Dr. Nisha Bansal, professor (Nephrology) and Dr.

<b>Bruce Psaty</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Ud0Ewk"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">The

 Gut Microbial Metabolite Trimethylamine N-oxide, Incident CKD, and Kidney Function Decline</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Ganesh Raghu</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-senior author of “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4cUtHMr"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">The

 Role of Inflammation and Fibrosis in ILD Treatment Decisions</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">” 

 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chloe Bryson-Cahn</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 associate professor</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) co-wrote “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3vQMisf"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Infections

 after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 for the Conversation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Christopher Damman</b>, clinical associate professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://nyti.ms/3Ub0mpU"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Is

 Apple Cider Vinegar Really a Cure-All?</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in the New York Times. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Paul Pottinger</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3TTSyrl"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">8

 Things You Might Not Know About Rabies</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in Right as Rain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr.

<b>Adrienne Shapiro</b>, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) was quoted in

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4aKEmrb"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">“How

 climate change is changing vaccination planning</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”

 in BMJ. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Neena Abraham (Mayo Clinic) will present the Volwiler lecture “Antithrombotic-Related GI

 Bleeding and Peri-Endoscopic Drug Management – The Good, The Bad, and the GRADE” at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday,

<b>April 19</b>, 12-1pm, </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">via

zoom<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><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:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Community Conversations: Management of Chronic Kidney Disease<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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<b>Anita Chopra</b>, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine), <b>

Abbal Koriala, clinical assistant professor (Nephrology) and Bessie Young, professor (Nephrology) to learn about the management of chronic kidney disease.

<b>April 19</b>, 12-1pm, </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/97382162683"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">via

zoom<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3TVPYko"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Learn

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 reconnection event: Seattle Reign FC match</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Department of Medicine is proud to sponsor a Seattle Reign FC match on Sunday,

<b>April 21</b>, at 3pm at Lumen Field in downtown Seattle. </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 for you and your friends and family on a first come, first-served basis. A mixer is being planned prior to the match at 2pm in loft spaces inside the stadium. Detailed directions will be sent to those who purchase tickets.

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 Equity Lunch Series: Building a career as a woman physician-scientist</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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 on <b>May 10</b>, 12-1pm, </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/98808173252"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">via

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 Panel: <b>Nisha Bansal</b>, professor, Nephrology; <b>Geetanjali Chander</b>, professor and head, General Internal Medicine;

<b>Jill Johnsen</b>, associate professor, Hematology and Oncology; <b>Ellen Schur</b>, professor, General Internal Medicine</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

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