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to Dr. Leah Haseley, clinical professor (Nephrology), this year’s recipient of the Marvin Turck Outstanding Teaching Award.

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 departmental standards for patient care and teaching and made the University of Washington an outstanding educational institution.</span></span></span><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"><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></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

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

 Council</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">

 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></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">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.

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">submit your information to

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:seang151@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">Sean

Greenlee<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">.

 If you have any questions, please contact co-chairs </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:disharoo@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">Stephen

 Disharoon</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">

 or </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:devshen@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">Devin

Shen<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">Staff spotlight: Monica Fawthrop<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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latest staff spotlight is on Monica Fawthrop, administrator for the Divisions of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

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 to Dr. <b>Jessica Hawley</b>, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology) on being named an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Advocacy Champion. Hawley is recognized for her ongoing work to improve access to care for all patients with cancer.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064">

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Advocacy Champions are ASCO volunteers who have made meaningful contributions to advocacy activities

 throughout the year to ensure that every patient with cancer has access to high-quality, high-value cancer care, no matter who they are or where they live.<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><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Save the Date: Women Faculty Day<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">The annual Women Faculty Day is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of School of Medicine

 faculty who identify as women or non-binary, as well as come together with colleagues of any gender to promote equity and inclusion in our work environments. This year’s theme is “Thriving in Academic Medicine.”

<b>May 13</b>, 9am-3pm, Center for Urban Horticulture. </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4aWgKQE"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Register

 for this event</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">.<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">Research news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">New class of antimicrobials discovered

 in soil bacteria<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as <i>Streptomyces</i> secrete to squelch competitors, especially others of their own species. Scientists have mined Streptomyces for antibiotics for nearly a century,

 but the newly identified umbrella toxin escaped notice.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The discovery of the umbrella toxin particles and related information about their structures, composition and mode

of action were published April 17 in <span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://go.nature.com/49J3Vs3"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Nature<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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The study was supported by the </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/44bPqvG"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;background:white">Microbial

 Interactions & Microbiome Center</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:#212121;background:white">,

 directed by Dr. <b>Joseph Mougous</b>, adjunct professor (Gastroenterology) and holder of the Lynn M. and Michael D. Garvey Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 to Dr. <b>Benjamin Lidgard</b>, acting assistant professor (Nephrology) who has joined the

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3w17FqT"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk163228170"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;letter-spacing:-.2pt">2024

 cohort of scholars</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:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">

 for the ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program. His research focuses on lipid molecule metabolism as a cardiovascular risk factor in patients with kidney disease. The support of the KL2 program will allow him to further develop

 the essential skills in translational science required for his career goal of investigating cardiovascular disease in patients with kidney disease as an independent physician-scientist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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