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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">March 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) Society of Federal Health Professionals has honored Dr.
<b>Jason Dominitz</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) with the 2025 Physician Award and Dr.
<b>Stephen Hunt</b>, clinical professor, with the Lifetime Achievement Award. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Physician Award recognizes the accomplishments of a federal physician who has made outstanding contributions as a clinician, researcher, educator, or healthcare
manager. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a distinguished career of excellence in development, invention, and innovation in healthcare that is recognized
internationally and makes significant fundamental contributions of lasting impact to better health outcomes in federal healthcare.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">As a forum for interagency collaboration, AMSUS honors the legacy of federal medicine’s tremendous impact in advancing and improving health for all Americans
and our international partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Commensality groups<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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part of our focus on well-being, we are facilitating <a href="https://bit.ly/4gDgmc4">
<span style="color:#39275B">commensality groups</span></a> to strengthen community, collegiality, and social connection amongst faculty. Groups consist of 6 to 8 participants meeting monthly to discuss questions relevant to their professional obligations, personal
lives, and work-life integration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Feedback from commensality groups formed in fall 2023 was positive, with participants feeling the groups were helpful in building engagement, connections and
community while reducing distress. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please
<a href="https://redcap.link/qb9qapt7"><span style="color:#39275B">sign up</span></a> if you are interested in joining a group!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Karin Bornfeldt" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:8pt;width:44.65pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:251661312;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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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) <a href="https://bit.ly/3QMNqnH">
<span style="color:#39275B">announced</span></a> that Dr. <b>Karin Bornfeldt</b>, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) has been named among its 2025 class of fellows. Designation as a fellow recognizes commitment to the ASBMB through a history
of exceptional and sustained service to the society as well as impactful accomplishments in research, education, mentorship, and service to the scientific community. Twenty-four fellows were selected this year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Staff news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professional development for research coordinators</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Registration is now open for the Networking to Enhance Development (NED) Conference, an annual professional development conference for research coordinators.
Participants will expand their knowledge and skills and get a chance to develop contacts, share ideas, and learn from peers. This free event will be held in person on
<b>April 11</b>, 10am-3:30pm, South Lake Union. Learn more and register on the <a href="https://bit.ly/4i497vu">
<span style="color:#39275B">ITHS website.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Research news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">AI technology to help analyze colonoscopies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="David Hockenbery" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.35pt;width:39.5pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:251663360;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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who perform colonoscopies are trained to zoom in on the nooks and crannies of the colon, the glossy pink five-foot-long tunnel that snakes through the abdomen. They are on the prowl for polyps, small clumps of cells that may turn cancerous if not removed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">They are more likely to miss polyps that are flat and don't stick up into the middle of the colon, increasing the chance that an undetected polyp may develop
into colon cancer. These stealth polyps are a perfect match for <a href="https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-ca/products/gastrointestinal-artificial-intelligence/gi-genius-intelligent-endoscopy.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#39275B">GI Genius</span></a>,
a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that Fred Hutch is using to read colonoscopy scans. It works by analyzing every image projected on a screen during a colonoscopy. If something appears elevated or depressed, it will put a green square around what
it thinks is a polyp. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">"We are early adopters, and we are already seeing that AI can really help," said Dr.
<b>David Hockenbery</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) and medical director of the procedure suite and head of gastroenterology and hepatology at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Read the full story from
<a href="https://bit.ly/43nBf8c"><span style="color:#39275B">Hutch News</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Global Innovation Research Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Susan Wong" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:47.5pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:251659264;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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to Dr. <b>Susan Wong</b>, associate professor (Nephrology) who has received a tier 2 research award from the UW Global Innovation Fund for her project “Building robust models of conservative kidney management.” Dr. Wong will conduct an ethnographic study and
realist evaluation of exemplar models of conservative kidney management (CKM) for patients with kidney failure who forgo kidney replacement therapy in the United Kingdom. The overarching goal of this work is to assess the feasibility of adopting UK models
of CKM for implementation in the US. The Global Innovation Fund provides $20,000 of seed funding for transformative, cross-disciplinary, cross-continent research collaborations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Robert Lee" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.35pt;width:42.2pt;height:50.4pt;z-index:251664384;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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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="56" height="67" style="width:.5833in;height:.6979in" src="cid:image012.jpg@01DB8F7B.BAA6E210" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Robert Lee" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The
Harborview Patient Safety Team has recognized Dr. <b>Robert Lee</b>, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) as a Patient Safety Partner for his outstanding commitment to patient safety. His dedication and exemplary practices are
a testament to our shared mission of ensuring a reliable and robust safety culture at Harborview.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Rachel Bender Ignacio</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4h8OQDC"><span style="color:#39275B">Tixagevimab/cilgavimab or placebo for COVID-19 in ACTIV-2: Safety, pharmacokinetics and neutralizing
and anti-drug antibodies</span></a>” in iScience. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Jim Boonyaratanakornkit</b>, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4irniKW"><span style="color:#39275B">Efficacy and safety of sipavibart for prevention of COVID-19 in individuals who are immunocompromised
(SUPERNOVA): a randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 3 trial</span></a>” in Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drs.
<b>Edward Boyko</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) and <b>George Ioannou</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) are co-authors of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3XvWZer"><span style="color:#39275B">Veterans at High Risk for Post-COVID-19 Suicide Attempts or Other
Self-Directed Violence</span></a>” in JAMA Network Open. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Mengyang Di</b>, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3Xq0i6Y"><span style="color:#39275B">End points and Outcomes in Follicular Lymphoma: What should we measure, how, and why?</span></a>” in Blood.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Jason Dominitz</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4hdKMSu"><span style="color:#39275B">Optimizing Bowel Preparation Quality for Colonoscopy: Consensus Recommendations by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal
Cancer</span></a>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Ajay Gopal</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4kvqkiY"><span style="color:#39275B">Nivolumab plus relatlimab in patients with relapsed or progressed B-cell malignancies in RELATIVITY-022</span></a>” in Blood
Advances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Joshua Hill</b>, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4irmRQJ"><span style="color:#39275B">T cell immune response to influenza vaccination when administered prior to and following autologous CAR-T
cell therapy</span></a>” in Transplant Cellular Therapy. DOM co-authors are Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, Steven Pergam, and Helen Chu.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drs.
<b>Sarah Leyde</b>, assistant professor, and <b>Judith Tsui</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3QOYEYO"><span style="color:#39275B">Primary Care Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Safer Use Strategies for
Opioids and/or Stimulants: A Mixed-Method Study</span></a>” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Graham Nichol</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4iwV1T2"><span style="color:#39275B">A Framework for Exception From Informed Consent in Trials Enrolling Patients With ST</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#39275B">‐</span><span style="color:#39275B">Segment</span><span style="color:#39275B">–</span><span style="color:#39275B">Elevation
Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock</span></a>” in the Journal of the American Heart Association. DOM co-author is Karen Adams.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Bruce Psaty</b>, professor, and <b>Kerri Wiggins</b>, research coordinator (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “<a href="https://go.nature.com/4bueyRM"><span style="color:#39275B">Genome-wide association study meta-analysis provides insights into
the etiology of heart failure and its subtypes</span></a>” in Nature Genetics. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Claire Quinlan</b>, R1, is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4hYpWIb"><span style="color:#39275B">Comparative Bleeding Risk in Older Patients With HIV and Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Oral Anticoagulants</span></a>” in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drs.
<b>Coralynn Sack</b>, assistant professor, and <b>Joel Kaufman</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4iuDf2H"><span style="color:#39275B">Indoor Air Pollution, CT Airway-to-Lung Ratio and Lung Function Decline:
Analyses from SPIROMICS AIR</span></a>” in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Linnaea Schuttner,</b> assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3XTpbIz"><span style="color:#39275B">Perceived Connections Between Personal Values and Health in High-Risk Patients with Multimorbidity: A Qualitative
Study</span></a>” in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Karin Nelson, Scott Hagan, and Katherine Ritchey.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Olusegun Soge</b>, associate professor, is lead author and Dr. <b>Matthew Golden</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3QK3lmL"><span style="color:#39275B">Potential Impact of Doxycycline Post-Exposure
Prophylaxis on Tetracycline Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Colonization with Tetracycline-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus</span></a>” in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Chase Cannon, Stephanie McLaughlin,
Tim Menza, Julia Dombrowski and Ferric Fang. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Seth Cohen</b>, associate professor of clinical practice (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/3QGNHs7"><span style="color:#39275B">Do I need a measles booster shot?</span></a>” from KING 5 news.
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<b>Sara Hurvitz</b>, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/4bvSnus"><span style="color:#39275B">HER2+ Early Breast Cancer: Tailoring Therapy in the Era of Expanding Options</span></a>” in OncLive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Paul Pottinger</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/41Ceexc"><span style="color:#39275B">11 Ways Psychologists Plan to Stay Happy and Healthy This Winter</span></a>” from Everyday Health.
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<b>Ana Weil</b>, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/3F9aBWQ"><span style="color:#39275B">Flu deaths on the rise in King County</span></a>” from KIRO 7 News.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://bit.ly/3EBVMM0"><span style="color:#39275B">Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">including a Q&A with the filmmakers. This is short film documenting the journey of two transmasculine people, their families, and their communities, as they navigate breast
cancer and ovarian cancer within the medical system. <b>March</b> <b>14</b>, 3:30pm, Health Sciences Turner Auditorium (D209). Accessible seating in the front or rear of the auditorium. Please
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