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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">DOM Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">January 9, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(if you have items for DOM Week, please email
<a href="mailto:amyf@uw.edu"><span style="color:#39275B">amyf@uw.edu</span></a>) <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Tisha Wang will be the new chair of the Department of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="66" height="67" style="width:.6833in;height:.7in" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DC8189.4B4380D0" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Tisha Wang" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
Tisha Wang will become the seventh chair of the Department of Medicine on June 1, 2026. She is currently professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and senior executive clinical vice chair in the Department
of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Wang received her medical degree in 2002 with highest honors from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed her residency and pulmonary/critical
care medicine fellowship at UCLA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In her current role as senior executive clinical vice chair, she leads the UCLA Department of Medicine’s expansive clinical practice, managing staffing, improving productivity
and quality metrics, and driving operational efficiency and strategic growth across the enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">She is an internationally recognized expert in a rare lung disease, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis<b>
</b>(PAP), and has served as principal investigator on numerous NIH- and industry-funded clinical and translational trials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In addition to her role as UW DOM chair, she will also join the UW Medicine executive leadership team as associate vice president of clinical transformation. Dr. Wang views
this role as a way to positively influence the system in a way that makes it easier for the Department of Medicine to successfully expand its clinical footprint.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“I’m thrilled to join this incredible community as your next chair,” she says. “Even more importantly, I cannot wait to meet everyone and learn about the work that drives and
inspires you—whether in clinical care, research, education, or community engagement. My commitment is to listen, learn, and collaborate with you to develop shared goals that will make our department an even better place to work and enable us to deliver exceptional
care to the communities we serve across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. I’m excited to get started and look forward to all we will accomplish together!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Learn more about her on our
<a href="https://bit.ly/49rtuPV"><span style="color:#39275B">news site</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Awards<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Reminder: John R. Pettit Endowed Leadership Award<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Nominations are being accepted until noon on
<b>Jan. 31</b> for the annual <a href="https://give.uwmedicine.org/pettit-award/">
<span style="color:#39275B">John R. Pettit Endowed Leadership Award</span></a>, which honors the long and varied service of its namesake. The Pettit Award is open to professional staff members who are currently employed by UW Medicine. Preferred recipients
will have five or more years of service at UW Medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk187329218"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">DEIB news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">MLK Day rally and march
<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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recognition of Martin Luther King Day, the Department of Medicine Diversity Council, in partnership with UW Medicine, welcomes support and participation in the
</span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3oMah3a"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">MLK Day rally and march</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
on <b>Jan. 19</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The event will commence at Garfield High School, and DOM participants will meet at the bottom of the stairs in front of the Garfield
High School auditorium at 12:30pm for the march (additional workshops are also available earlier in the day).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please let
</span></span><a href="mailto:seang151@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Sean Greenlee</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
or </span></span><a href="mailto:dnorne@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Dave Horne</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk187329218"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
know if you are thinking of attending or have any questions. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Dabin Yeum</b>, postdoctoral scholar (General Internal Medicine) has been awarded an American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, which targets early career scientists. The title of her project is: “Hypothalamic gliosis and genetic risk as early
indicators of cardiometabolic risk.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Learn more on our
<a href="https://bit.ly/451Dluy"><span style="color:#39275B">news site</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Research Mentor Education (RME) course<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The UW School of Medicine Office of Research & Graduate Education has partnered with the SOM Office of Faculty Affairs and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Office of Education
and Training (OET) in offering a formal research mentor education program. This program teaches mentors how to improve mentorship relationships at all research career stages and promote cultural change that values diversifying the research workforce.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Several in-person (single-day) and virtual (two half-day) sessions will be offered from January through May.
<a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0hjF7BnGasdNvSWPV_b8_plURUJBRkY0RlM5UFdYOVowOVVTMFJNVzYwMi4u&route=shorturl">
<span style="color:#39275B">View session dates and register</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Education news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Call for applications: Invent Clinical Scholars Program (T32)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Applications are now being accepted for Invent Clinical Scholars, a new NIH-funded T32 training program at Seattle Children’s. This program is designed to prepare physician-scientists
to become global leaders in the clinical pharmacology of biotherapeutics. Candidates must be MD or DO physicians (with or without a PhD) who are in their first year of clinical fellowship training in an ACGME-accredited program. Applications are due
<b>Feb. 6</b>. More information about the program can be found on their <a href="https://bit.ly/3Nbs9FH">
<span style="color:#39275B">website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Clinical news<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">UW Medical Center Recognized in ‘100 Great Hospitals’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">UW Medical Center has received national recognition in the annual list of “100 great hospitals in America” by Becker’s Hospital Review. The publication describes UW Medical
Center as a regional and national referral hub for advanced care in such fields as solid organ transplantation, cancer care through our relationship with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, cardiac care, stroke, multiple sclerosis, robotics-assisted surgery and
Level 4 neonatal intensive care. It also highlights UW Medical Center’s historical achievement as the first hospital in the world to earn the Magnet designation for nursing leadership.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B;mso-ligatures:none">Recent publications<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Aude Chapuis</b>, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of “<a href="https://go.nature.com/3Z1Hn2v"><span style="color:#39275B">A CD8αβ co-receptor modified to contain an intracellular CD28 signaling tail enhances TCR-engineered
T cell function independent of solid-tumor-associated co-stimulatory ligands</span></a>” in Nature Communications. DOM co-authors are Michael Schweizer and Phillip Greenberg.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Helen Chu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4suRavJ"><span style="color:#39275B">Estimated Burden of COVID-19 Illnesses, Medical Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths in the US From October 2022 to September
2024</span></a>” in JAMA Internal Medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Taylor Coston</b>, fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/49Lb660"><span style="color:#39275B">Pre-Referral Antibiotics and Mortality Among Adults With Sepsis in Southeast Asia: A Secondary Analysis
of a Prospective Cohort Study</span></a>” in Critical Care Medicine. DOM co-author is T. Eoin West.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Barak Gaster</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4q9Jayx"><span style="color:#39275B">Acceptable standards for clinic-based digital cognitive assessments: Recommendations from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's
Disease</span></a>” in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drs.
<b>Jenny Kanter</b>, research associate professor, and <b>Karin Bornfeldt</b>, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) are co-authors of “<a href="https://go.nature.com/4stFARk"><span style="color:#39275B">Non-remnant triglyceride-rich lipoproteins
due to lipoprotein lipase deficiency increase atherosclerosis in mice</span></a>” in Nature Communications.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Catherine Liu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3L3EF9E"><span style="color:#39275B">Tackling antimicrobial resistance in people who are immunocompromised: leveraging diagnostic and antimicrobial
stewardship</span></a>” in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. DOM co-author is Emily Rosen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. <b>Graham Nichol</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/49LGAJd"><span style="color:#39275B">The ADVANCE Clinical Research Network Past, Present, and Future: Accelerating Partnerships for Patient-Centered Research
in Community-based Primary Care Settings</span></a>” in Medical Care. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Drs.
<b>Warren Phipps</b>, associate professor, and <b>Jim Boonyaratanakornkit</b>, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are co-authors of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4qgiNXQ"><span style="color:#39275B">Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies elicited
by infection with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus reveal critical sites of vulnerability on gH/gL</span></a>” in PLoS Pathogens.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Londyn Robinson</b>, fellow (Rheumatology) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4aVL8hr"><span style="color:#39275B">Corticosteroid Therapy and Long-Term Outcomes of Post-Infectious Inflammatory Syndrome in Non-HIV Immunosuppressed Cryptococcal Meningitis:
A Multicenter Case Series</span></a>” in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Michael Schwartz</b>, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of “<a href="https://go.nature.com/4qvAdjv"><span style="color:#39275B">Chewing the fat: a novel mechanism for lipolysis</span></a>” in Nature Metabolism.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Andrew White</b>, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/4psNJCY"><span style="color:#39275B">Nudges to Clinicians and Patients for Influenza Vaccines During Visits: The BE IMMUNE Randomized Clinical Trial</span></a>”
in JAMA Internal Medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Eugene Yang</b>, professor of clinical practice (Cardiology) is co-author of “<a href="https://bit.ly/3N0mFxx"><span style="color:#39275B">Increasing cardiovascular mortality in young adults with diabetes mellitus as a contributing cause in the United States</span></a>”
in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, and “<a href="https://go.nature.com/45081ML"><span style="color:#39275B">Associations between neighborhood socioeconomic status with depressive symptoms, and psychological distress among Asian American adults in New York
City</span></a>” in Scientific Reports. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Helen Chu</b>, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in “<a href="https://bit.ly/49piT86"><span style="color:#39275B">RFK Jr. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark's in unprecedented move</span></a>” from NBC News.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr.
<b>Rajnish Mehrotra</b>, professor and head (Nephrology) wrote a <a href="https://bit.ly/4qB87md">
<span style="color:#39275B">new year’s message</span></a> as president of the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Medicine Grand Rounds<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Dorrie Rhoads (Univ. of Oklahoma) will present “Building Academic-Tribal Partnerships to Advance Implementation Research and Improve Cancer Outcomes” at Medicine Grand
Rounds on <b>Jan. 16</b>, 12-1pm, Turner Conference room and </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730"><span style="color:#39275B">via zoom</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Jan. 20</b>, 4pm, <a href="https://washington.zoom.us/j/98151483608"><span style="color:#39275B">via zoom</span></a></span><span style="display:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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