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UWSOM welcomes Dr. Erik D. Malmberg as new Assistant Dean for Equity and Medical Student Engagement
July 5, 2023 (Seattle, Wash.) – Erik D. Malmberg, Ph.D., J.D., has been named to the new position of Assistant Dean for Equity & Medical Student Engagement for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). He will join the School in this role on Sept. 1, 2023.
Dr. Malmberg is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine...
Congratulations to our graduates!
There are more than 260 new people in the world who everyone can now properly address as “Doctor.” Congratulations to all our graduates! If you’d like to see the entire Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Physicians Oath Ceremony, you can find the recording online.
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You can see an album of great photos from the event on our Facebook page
The UWSOM Department...
Research and action to help protect children
Noelle Coniglio, MS2, Alaska
Title of the project: Injury Prevention Through School-Based ATV Safety Education in Rural Alaska
Coniglio's background: "I was born and raised in Alaska. I grew up nordic ski racing and in high school I got involved with Skiku, an organization that travels to villages around the state and teaches kids how to ski. Through Skiku, I realized how important access to healthy...
Montana student receives rare grant to pursue lab science
Today’s Scholarly Spotlight is also a news story.
The news: Christopher "CJ" Johnson, an MS2 in Montana, has won the Physician-Scientist Support Foundation (PSSF) Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF) award for 2023-2024. Johnson is one of only five students in the nation selected to receive a one-year fellowship award that will support him for a full year of laboratory research starting in Summer 2023.
The opportunity: The fellowship will...
Scholarly Spotlight: Addressing patient fatigue
Hanna Prakash Ahuja, MS2, Wyoming
Title: Addressing The Increasing Signs of Fatigue Post-Pandemic: A Physical Or Mental Exhaustion?
Summary: "In the Summer of 2022, I completed my Rural Underserved Opportunity Program (RUOP) at Sweetwater Memorial Hospital in Rock Springs, Wyoming with Melinda Poyer, D.D., at Rock Springs Family Practice. I am glad to also have the opportunity to present my RUOP project at the 2023 Western...
Increasing cervical cancer screenings on the Blackfeet Reservation
Emma Every, MS2, Spokane
The challenge: The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is home to about 10,000 members of the Blackfeet Nation, located east of Glacier National Park in Montana. A community health assessment conducted in 2017 listed reducing the high rates of cancer as one of the community’s top health priorities; cancer has historically been the leading cause of death on the reservation.
Notably, only 51...
Commemorating First Gen Day
National First-Generation Day is a time to recognize the challenges and celebrate the successes of first-generation students, faculty and staff and other individuals whose parents did not receive a baccalaureate degree.
Nine members of the UW Medicine community shared their thoughts about being a first-generation student or graduate in The Huddle. Hear from students Brayden Crowley, Erica Crittendon, Justin Lo, Sheva Mozafari, Jamie Ritter and Ysabella...
UW Medicine commemorates Native American Heritage Month
"During Native American Heritage Month, we recognize the rich and diverse cultures of our staff, faculty, trainees and students from American Indian and Alaska Native communities. We also have an opportunity to learn about their challenges and the need for culturally appropriate healthcare to help eliminate health disparities."
See this message about Native American Heritage Month from Timothy Dellit, M.D, interim CEO of UW Medicine and interim...