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New nephrology services opened this week at UW Medical Center – Northwest, expanding outpatient clinic access and bringing all the Northwest campus’ kidney care under the supervision of UW Medicine physicians.
Drs. Sylvia LaCourse and Thomas Hawn co-lead a UW partnership with the University of Nairobi and Kenya Medical Research Institute to advance TB research training in Kenya.
Dr. Ian DeBoer has received funding to determine how advanced noninvasive retinal imaging can be used to understand the mechanisms, subtypes, and outcomes of CKD that are common among people with diabetes and hypertension.
Drs. Teal Hallstrand and William Altemeier have received funding to look into the role of key enzyme that serves as a regulator of inflammatory pathways in asthma, with the long-term goal of developing a novel approach to inflammation in asthma.
Deshpande has accepted the role of director of Medicine Student Programs and clerkship director, effective Nov. 1.
We are in the process of searching for many new leaders in the UW DOM and I encourage many of you to apply and join our team. Choosing the right leaders is one of the most important things any large academic department can do.