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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We are sharing our top 10 most viewed stories from our

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/in-memoriam/james-kirkpatrick"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">In

 Memoriam: James Kirkpatrick</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/koelle-wrf-grant"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">David

 Koelle receives grant to support herpes simplex virus vaccine development</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/AI-symposium"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Department

 of Medicine AI symposium</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">I</span></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/in-memoriam/holmes-king"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">n

 memoriam: King Holmes</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> (this was also in the

</span></span><a href="https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/newsrooms-most-viewed-items-and-videos-in-2025"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">top ten most viewed UW Medicine

 Newsroom stories</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/in-memoriam-njau"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">In

 memoriam: Stephen Njau</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/2025-IDF-diabetes-atlas"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Over

 250 million people worldwide unaware they have diabetes</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/in-memoriam/thomas-martin"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">In

 memoriam: Thomas Martin</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/we-speak-your-language"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">We

 speak your language</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/2025/seattle-met-top-docs"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">2025

 Top Doctors, Physician Assistants and Nurses</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://mednews.uw.edu/news/2026-27-chief-residents"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Chief

 Residents announced</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ol>

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Medicine faculty were featured in 3 of the top 5 most read articles in 2025 from Fred Hutch News:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2025/04/multiple-myeloma-is-treatable-not-curable-is-that-set-to-change.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Multiple

 myeloma is treatable, not curable. Is that set to change?</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2025/01/fred-hutch-50th-anniversary.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">50

 years of doing hard things</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2025/08/rainer-storb-retirement.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Two

 lifetimes’ worth of bone marrow transplant breakthroughs</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">

<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ol>

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

</span></span><a href="https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2025/12/2025-year-in-pictures.html"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Fred Hutch 2025 Year in Pictures</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The article “</span></span><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2832857"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Cuffless

 Blood Pressure Measurement Devices—International Perspectives on Accuracy and Clinical Use: A Narrative Review</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">”

 was one of the most viewed articles in JAMA Cardiology in 2025. Dr. <b>Eugene Yang</b>, professor of clinical practice (Cardiology) is lead author.<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">See more readership statistics, and our top-ten most viewed publications from DOM Week on our

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

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

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Applications are now being accepted for the CRISP (Clinical Research Intensive Summer Program) held July 6-24, 2026, on the Fred Hutch

 Campus. The goal of this 3-week, full-time program is to help jump start your clinical research career. Topics include biostatistics and epidemiology with electives in quality improvement, clinical trials, R programming and mining the EMR. Enrichment lectures

 address grant writing, giving talks, time management and leadership. Learn more and apply on the

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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">Recent publications<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>

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

<b>Thomas Austin</b>, research scientist, <b>Joshua Bis</b>, research scientist, and

<b>Bruce Psaty</b>, professor emeritus (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/44Uy3RA"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Human

plasma proteomic profile of clonal hematopoiesis<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk199516542"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">” in Nature Communications.

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