Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UW School of Medicine, is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges' newly constituted Task Force on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Research. (Full Story)

Tom M. Martin has been named chief information officer for the UW Academic Medical Center. (Full Story)

The Graduate Program in Biomedical and Health Informatics has announced the selection of its graduate program staff. (Full Story)

Resident publishes book on culture of legalized prostitution

Alexa Albert, a pediatrics resident at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, is publishing a book about the lives and practices of women who work as licensed prostitutes in Nevada's legal brothels, as well as their employers and clients . (Full Story)