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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">September 19, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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</span></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/40TQbXJ"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Outstanding Staff Awards</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

 aim 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Congratulations to this year’s recipients:

<b>Leila Armas-Valencia</b>, fellowship administrator (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and

<a name="_Hlk209162129"><b>Andréa Campell</b></a>, residency program administrator.

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<a href="https://bit.ly/4mmowIY"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">news site<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840652"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 Endocrine Society announced the 12 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious

</span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/bit.ly/4piwe9D__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!g8zIhaiK4iB8dumGQnTxZwRiXxkkRzf2WZqQ4UWvZke0yAqPcFXRuAZq8Co13hq0ll2ND7IXJp4ipjTKX6BdibNrt0wI1g$"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">2026

Laureate Awards<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">, the top honors in the field. Congratulations to Dr.

<b>R. Paul Robertson</b>, clinical professor emeritus (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) who is the recipient of the Sidney H. Ingbar Distinguished Service Award, recognizing distinguished service to the Endocrine Society and the field of endocrinology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Established in 1944, the Society’s Laureate Awards recognize the highest achievements in the endocrinology field, including groundbreaking

 research and innovations in clinical care. The Endocrine Society will present the awards to the winners at ENDO 2026, the Society’s annual meeting in June 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Faculty news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In memoriam: Thomas Martin<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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<b>Thomas Martin</b>, professor emeritus (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) died peacefully on Sept. 14 surrounded by family. He was 77.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Martin received his medical degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1973 and completed his residency

 at the University of Washington, where he also served as a chief resident. <o:p>

</o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">He held many leadership positions over his 40+ year tenure at the UW, including director of the Pulmonary Research Training Program

 from 1993-2000, and vice chair and head of Hospital and Specialty Medicine at VA Puget Sound from 2000-2011. Nationally, he served as president of the American Thoracic Society (starting the ATS Research Program to fund promising new investigators), head of

 the ABIM Pulmonary Disease Board, and scientific director of the Parker B. Francis Pulmonary Fellowship Program.

<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">He loved teaching and was nominated for an Outstanding Teacher Award by the medical students in 1985 and received the Beeson Award

 in 1991. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">He is survived by his wife, their two daughters, three grandchildren, and five siblings. Donations to the

</span></span><a href="https://aeugmntn.donorsupport.co/page/ThomasRMartinM"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">ATS Research Program

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2025/09/shailender-bhatia-endowed-chair-merkel-cell-carcinoma.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk208840617"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none">Lyn

 and Daniel Lerner Endowed Chair in Merkel Cell Carcinoma</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><a name="_Hlk208840617"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 to Dr. <b>Shailender Bhatia</b>, professor (Hematology and Oncology) who is the inaugural holder of the Lyn and Daniel Lerner Endowed Chair in Merkel Cell Carcinoma at Fred Hutch. Bhatia has dedicated his career to providing outstanding clinical care to patients

 with MCC and has led numerous clinical trials to improve outcomes in this life-threatening cancer.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">He collaborates closely with one of the only research teams in the world that focuses on MCC, and which has, within the last decade,

 transformed how advanced MCC is treated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">2025 Distinguished CHEST Educators</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<b>Baºak Çoruh</b>, professor, and <b>Amy Morris</b>, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) were recognized by the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) as 2025 Distinguished CHEST Educators. Distinguished CHEST Educators

 represent the top 3% of CHEST’s international faculty and are recognized for their achievements and long-term contributions to the design and delivery of CHEST education.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">New NIDDK-funded research training program for kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 Northwest Comprehensive Research Training in Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Sciences (NCOR-KUH) program is a new training grant at the University of Washington which aims to train the next generation of scientists in kidney, urologic, and hematologic (KUH)

 diseases. The NCOR-KUH program is part of the NIDDK-funded national U2C/TL1 consortium.

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<b>Nisha Bansal</b>, professor, <b>Bryan Kestenbaum</b>, professor (Nephrology) and

<b>Hunter Wessells</b>, professor (Department of Urology).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This new training grant is unique in that it unites training in three specialties - nephrology, urology and hematology - while supporting

 both pre- and post-doctoral trainees within a single program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cells once viewed as menders may harm the heart <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 cells that repair heart damage, might cause a cycle of stiffening and scarring in certain heart conditions. Dilated cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of heart failure, has been seen as rooted in defective heart muscle cells. But the heart is a complex system

 of interacting cell types. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A study published Sept. 11 in

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 reexamined the role of fibroblasts and found they might be contributing to the disorder. Drs.

Kristi Kooiker, research scientist, and Farid Moussavi-Harami, associate professor (Cardiology) are co-authors.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“Most heart conditions have a fibrotic response that can be harmful,” said Moussavi-Harami. “But we don’t have many therapies to address

 it. The uniqueness of this study is that we show functional improvement by knocking out the p38 pathway that drives fibrosis. I think that this strategy, in combination with other therapies like myosin activators, could be beneficial for patients who have

 genetic cardiomyopathies like DCM.” Moussavi-Harami imagines that patients might someday be classified by fibrosis level —high, medium or low — to guide personalized treatments.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Expanding Lung Cancer Screening to Achieve Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>

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 Matthew Triplette</b>, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is a PI on a new UG3/UH3 grant titled “Expanding Lung Cancer Screening to Achieve Excellence.”

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This 6-year, over $7 million grant supports the design and implementation of a large-scale randomized controlled trial involving over

 60 clinics. The trial will evaluate multi-level strategies aimed at improving lung cancer screening uptake and follow-up within a nationally representative sample of Federally Qualified Health Centers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Part of the broader SUMMIT initiative, this study will fund approximately three investigator-initiated trials focused on lung cancer

 screening and three on tobacco cessation. All studies will incorporate harmonized data elements, with the goal of meaningfully advancing national lung cancer screening metrics and informing policy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Long COVID has impact on Latino communities

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 has been more than five years since COVID-19 was first declared a pandemic in the United States. The lasting effects of long COVID are still being uncovered. A recent

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 is drawing attention to its serious impact on Latino communities. Researchers surveyed over 1,500 patients with confirmed COVID-19 cases and discovered that nearly half reported experiencing long COVID symptoms. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“The community that we surveyed were in frontline positions,” explained Dr.

<b>Leo Morales</b>, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine). “There were high levels of exposure. They were living in group situations, so there was a lot of transmission to vulnerable people, and they had relatively little access to care.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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