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<b>Helen Chu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) has been elected to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. 

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 should be given, number of doses, time between doses, and precautions and contraindications.

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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">Chu will serve a four-year term from July 2024 - June 2028.<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">Senior IM Resident Scholarship 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">Please join us in celebrating the graduating IM residents’ scholarship. With DOM support, we

 will host this year’s Senior Scholarship Day <b>June 6</b>, 2024 at Harborview’s R&T Building, Room 109. We will feature 30 scholars work with oral presentations 9-9:45AM and poster discussion groups 10-10:45AM.<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">Enhancing diversity in cancer clinical trials<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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Shaveta Vinayak, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) leads the RADIANT program, a new initiative aimed to increase diversity among participants of cancer clinical trials.

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 equitable cancer research practices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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