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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In memoriam: Kayoko Ogimoto<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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Kayoko Ogimoto, research scientist (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) recently passed away. She retired from the UW in 2023 after 22 years of service.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">After earning her PhD in Exercise Physiology at Oregon State University, Kayoko

 joined the UW’s NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center Energy Balance Core. For over two decades she served as manager of the core’s day-to-day operations and played a crucial role in its expansion, success and the establishment of its nationally renowned

 reputation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Her dedication, commitment and expertise were central to the success of numerous

 research programs, and her contributions have left a lasting impact on the field of nutrition and obesity research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Feb. 8</b>, 6:30pm, at the Kadampa Meditation Center Washington. Donations in her honor may be made to the

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/40X2Uv6"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Kadampa

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latest staff spotlight is on Niambi Kanye, human resources manager in the Division of Nephrology and an active member of various university-wide and departmental initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and professional development.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Election to American Society of Clinical Investigation

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 to Dr. <b>Chetan Seshadri</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 The society is an honor society of physician-scientists, who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. He will be inducted at the annual meeting on April 25.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Smith Family Endowed Chair in Women’s Health<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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Sara Hurvitz, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology) is the inaugural recipient of the Smith Family Endowed Chair in Women’s Health.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The new endowed chair, established by Kathy Surace-Smith, a former life sciences

 industry executive, and Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, will provide an enduring source of flexible funding to help fuel efforts to improve survivorship and quality of life for women with cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 an endowed chair and invest in this research,” Hurvitz said. “It is also a tremendous acknowledgement of the importance of this work on behalf of women. So, it is an honor and a great responsibility.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 2024, over half a million visits to UW Medicine were by patients who preferred to communicate about their healthcare in a language other than English.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">DOM providers care for people from all over the world with a wide range of

 cultures and many different communication needs. To support equal access to comprehensive care, we offer many resources that help to communicate clinical information to patients in their native or preferred language.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 more personal and individualized,” said Dr. <b>Amineta Sy</b>, an internal medicine resident who is certified to provide care in French, Wolof and Fulani.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 in languages other than English can become certified as </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4jME094"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Bilingual

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<b>Joshua Benditt</b>, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Clinician award from the Washington, Hawaii, Alaska Thoracic Society (WHATS), a local chapter of the American Thoracic Society. The Outstanding

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

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 shows that oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a feasible and safe addition to preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation for blood cancers.

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