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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">DOM Week

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August 16, 2024</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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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",serif;color:#39275B">Department of Medicine

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">(If you have items for DOM week, please email

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

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/40TQbXJ"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">Outstanding Staff Award</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">

 aims to recognize and celebrate exceptional staff members who are dedicated to supporting our organization’s mission of teaching, healing, discovery, and diversity, and upholding core values.

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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Congratulations to this year’s recipients:

<b>Mackenzie Keyse</b>, communications specialist (DOM central staff), <b>Emily Lamont</b>, assistant director of operations (DOM central staff), and

<b>Mary Webb</b>, research study coordinator (General Internal Medicine). <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",serif">Learn more about the 2024 recipients on our

<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><a href="https://bit.ly/3Ma0PUw"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">news site<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">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",serif">Nominate a colleague to be featured during Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="134" height="67" style="width:1.3958in;height:.6979in" src="cid:image004.jpg@01DAEFF4.CF37A4C0" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://huddle.uwmedicine.org/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">The

 Huddle</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif"> is asking for nominations of colleagues to be featured during Hispanic and Latinx Heritage

 Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). UW Medicine’s </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Qzo0rp"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">Cultural Observances

 and Implementation Subcommittee</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif"> (COIS) partners with The Huddle to create content celebrating

 cultural observances, including feature articles that give employees from the culture being celebrated a chance to share their perspectives and experiences. Do you know someone they should feature? Please send their name and contact info (<i>with their permission</i>)

 to the </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="mailto:thehuddle@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">Huddle Editorial team</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">

 by <b>Aug. 30</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></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",serif;color:#39275B">Education 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",serif;background:white">GME Professionals Day</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 we celebrate GME Professionals Day! The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) established this day to recognize program coordinators and GME administrators who work to help make residency and fellowship training programs successful. Thank you to

 all the program managers, administrators and coordinators who work tirelessly on behalf of our residents and fellows.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Faculty spotlight: Lawrence Fong<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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<b>Lawrence Fong</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is the new scientific director of the

</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/research/institutes-networks-ircs/immunotherapy-integrated-research-center.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">Immunotherapy

 Integrated Research Center</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif"> and Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar in Immunotherapy at Fred Hutch

 Cancer Center. His research has focused on immunotherapy for more than 30 years. Fong completed his internship and residency at the University of Washington, before joining UCSF, where he founded and led their immunotherapy program, and contributed to the

 pre-clinical and clinical development of several FDA-approved immunotherapies including immune checkpoint inhibitors. In 2021, he received a seven-year, $4.2 million National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award for his project, “</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span><a href="https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10299968"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif;color:#39275B">Determinants

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 clinical assistant professor (WWAMI Spokane)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Andrew Graustein</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

 assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Joshua Hill</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

 associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Margaret Isaac</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

 associate professor (General Internal Medicine)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Jeffrey Jacobs</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

 clinical assistant professor (Gastroenterology) <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">Lorena Wright</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

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 teaching associate (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">David Zhen</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">,

 associate professor (Hematology and Oncology)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">A quarter century of lifesaving discoveries in prostate cancer<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 of prostate cancer biology, and supported drug discovery worldwide</span></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Peter Nelson" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.1pt;width:43.25pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:251660288;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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",serif">“Twenty-five years of continued funding is a testament to the consistently excellent science conducted by PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE researchers,”

 said Dr. <b>Peter Nelson</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology), who heads the PNW Prostate Cancer SPORE. “Our scientists have made practice-changing breakthroughs and widened the scope of treatment and screening options available to prostate cancer patients.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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