July 2007

CONFERENCES/TALKS DURING JULY

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P R O M O T I O N S :   Congratulations to David Koelle, Professor; Anna Wald, Professor; Robert Ernst,
    Research Associate Professor; and to David Fredricks, Associate Professor, effective July 1^st.

N E W    A P P O I N T M E N T S :   Congratulations to Geoff Gottlieb, Assistant Professor; Paul Pottinger,
    Assistant Professor; and to Joanne Stekler, Acting Assistant Professor, effective July 1^st.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S :   to Lynn Connolly on the birth of her daughter Javier Eoin de la Torre,
    born May 30^th.

N E W    F E L L O W S :  Special welcome to the new Fellows joining our program.  We look forward to meeting
    everyone at the picnic.

Name                                                      MD                      Residency                          Anticipated Mentor/s

Julia Dombrowski,  MD, MPH                     Duke                    UCSF                                 Golden, Holmes
Obinna Nnedu, MD, MPH                          Alabama               Tulane                                  Van Voorhis, Duffy, Sibley
Christian Ramers, MD                                 UCSD                  Duke                                    John Stewart
Florence Roan, MD, PhD                            Emory                  Barnes-Jewish Hosp             Hawn, McElrath
Alison Roxby, MD, MSc                             U N Carolina       Stanford                                Farquhar, John Stewart
Devika Singh, MD, MPH                             Rochester            UW                                      Marrazzo

 

A N N U A L    I D    P I C N I C :   The annual ID picnic will be held at Magnuson Park, Sand Point Way NE
    and 65^th, at shelter #1.  Festivities will begin at 5:00pm.  The ID division will provide drinks, hot dogs, sausages,
    hamburgers, veggie burgers and chips.  If your last name begins with A-M, please bring desert; N-Z please bring
    salads.  See you there!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  to David Koelle who recently received a $75,000 malaria award from Puget
    Sound Partners for Global Health for the pilot projected  entitled, “Identification of Novel Plasmodium falciparum
    liver-stage CD8 T-cell antigens for vaccines.”  Congratulations to Wesley Van Voorhis, Matt Golden, and Carey
    Farquhar, who each received Royalty Research funds.  Wes’ project is entitled, “Trypanosoma brucei Tbrukin1:
    Role of a possible farnesylated kinesin in cellular function.”  Matt’s project is entitled, “A preliminary cohort study
    of sexually inexperienced men who have sex with men.”  And Carey’s project is entitled, “ HSV-2 suppression
    among HIV-1 infected pregnant women to reduce plasma and genital HIV-1 levels and vertical transmission
    HIV-1.”  A total of 143 proposals were submitted to the Office of Reseach requesting support this year.  Of
    these, only 32 were funded.  Competition was thus intense and we congratulate Wes, Matt and Carey!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  to four of our fellows who recently were recommended for the National
    Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program and are expected to receive them.  They are Chad Achenbach,
    William Berrington, Taylor Sandison, and Judd Walson.

M A T C H    D A Y    N E W S :  We matched six excellent fellows this year for 2008-2009:

Name                                       Degree                 Residency                           Possible Mentor

Christopher Baliga                      MBBS                   Case Western Reserve          McElrath
Michael Bolton                           MD, PhD               Emory U                              Corey, McElrath
Helen Chu                                  MD                        Beth Israel Deaconess          McClelland
Reena Gulati                              MD                        Stanford U                           Golden, Wald
Shevin Jacob                             MD, MPH              U of Virginia                        Celum, Lingappa, Holmes
                                                                                                                            McClelland,Fredricks

Douglas Krakower                      MD                        Harvard Assoc Med-Peds       Kitahata

 S T D / H I V    P T C :  The Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center has been launched, see website:
     www.seattlestdhivptc.org for STD training opportunities, information on STDs and STD resources, important
    conferences and events, and links to other training resources around the country.

S A G E :  Do’s and Don’ts of attaching documents to eGC1s in SAGE classes are being offer throughout the summer. 
        See http://www.washington.edu/research/oris/sage/training_details.php to find a class that fits your schedule, or
        email ORIStraining@u.washington.edu to arrange onsite training for your group.  For more information, please
        contact Toyin Akisanya, ORIS Training Specialist at 206-616-9096.

R E S E A R C H    F E L L O W S :  The Department of Medicine will present Survival Skills for the Research
        Years:  Research Fellows’ Orientation Course, Wednesday, July 25 through Friday, July 27, 8:30am to 3:00pm
        in South Campus Center (July 25-26 Room 348; July 27 Room 254).  The course is open to all interested fellows
        and junior faculty.  For more information and to register, please contact Maryanne Enslow at 206-543-7430 or
        email ensl@u.washington.edu.

R E C Y L I N G :  Used ink cartridges for printers and copies will now be recycled by UW Recycling (instead of
        University Stores).  See:  http://www.washington.edu/admin/recycling/procedures.html@Cartridges.  Put your
        old cartridge into the box that your new cartridge came in and send it to UW Surplus, Toner Recycling, Box
        355210.  For large quantities, send a request (see website for form).  Do NOT put cartridges in the hall. 

M A R K    Y O U R    C A L E N D A R S :
        July 2, 3, 5, 6:   New ID Fellows Orientation
        July 5:   Annual ID Picnic
        July 16-27:  2007 Principles of STD/HIV Research Course

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