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Nora Disis honored as Seahawks’ Delta Community Captain
She has received the Delta Community Captain award for her groundbreaking work developing cancer vaccines that harness the body's immune system to fight disease.
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Drs. Babak Nazer, Eric Krieger and Jill Steiner, and psychologist Tracy Herring. They cofounded the Cardiac Reslience program at the UW Medicine Heart Institute. Image by Blair Sweeney/UW Medicine.
Drs. Babak Nazer, Eric Krieger and Jill Steiner, and psychologist Tracy Herring. They cofounded the Cardiac Reslience program at the UW Medicine Heart Institute. Image by Blair Sweeney/UW Medicine.
December 23
Building resilience into care of chronic heart conditions
Clinical, Faculty
Shawn Skerrett Eoin West
Shawn Skerrett
Eoin West
December 17
Drug turns lung cells into slow-release antibiotic depots
Faculty, Research
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Yellow heart on a purple background with an image of an award in the middle of the yellow heart/UW Medicine Cares Award logo
December 16
Fall 2025 Cares Awards
Awards, Clinical
Nora Disis with Seattle Seahawks mascot and cheerleaders. Photo credit: Edwin Hooper/Seattle Seahawks
Nora Disis with Seattle Seahawks mascot and cheerleaders. Photo credit: Edwin Hooper/Seattle Seahawks
December 8
Nora Disis honored as Seahawks’ Delta Community Captain
Awards, Events, Faculty
Kelli Corning Kelli and her daughter, Mackenzie, in Amsterdam Kelli and her husband, Eric, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (2025)
Kelli Corning
Kelli and her daughter, Mackenzie, in Amsterdam
Kelli and her husband, Eric, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (2025)
December 5
Staff spotlight: Kelli Corning
Education, Staff
Doctor For a Day logo students practicing with blood pressure cuffs Student practicing biopsy on eggplants
Doctor For a Day logo
students practicing with blood pressure cuffs
Student practicing biopsy on eggplants
December 1
Doctor for a Day
Clinical, Diversity, Education, Faculty
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Faculty and staff around a table drinking tea
Hands forming a circle
November 26
Building connection and community through deep listening
Diversity, Education, Staff
Gina Kim ABIM Foundation logo Ruru Wang
Gina Kim
ABIM Foundation logo
Ruru Wang
November 26
A Voice They Understand: How Translation Devices Build Trust and Transform Patient Care
Clinical, Faculty, Research
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Laura J. den Hartigh
Laura J. den Hartigh
Clinical, Faculty
The truth about body fat? It's not all the same
Dr. Babak Nazer <a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/red-medical-heartbeat-line-vector-heart-shape-graphic-health-charity-concept_16262020.htm#query=heart%20beat&position=2&from_view=keyword&track=ais&uuid=c246286d-a668-4749-b1a8-536f4e1aca41">Image by rawpixel.com</a> on Freepik
Dr. Babak Nazer
<a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/red-medical-heartbeat-line-vector-heart-shape-graphic-health-charity-concept_16262020.htm#query=heart%20beat&position=2&from_view=keyword&track=ais&uuid=c246286d-a668-4749-b1a8-536f4e1aca41">Image by rawpixel.com</a> on Freepik
Faculty, In the News, Research
New pacemaker recharges its battery with energy from natural heartbeats
David Koelle Washington Research Foundation logo
David Koelle
Washington Research Foundation logo
Faculty, Research
David Koelle receives grant to support herpes simplex virus vaccine development
SHE Clinic logo Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD
SHE Clinic logo
Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD
Clinical, Faculty
SHE Clinic provides essential healthcare for underserved women
Drs. Babak Nazer, Eric Krieger and Jill Steiner, and psychologist Tracy Herring. They cofounded the Cardiac Reslience program at the UW Medicine Heart Institute. Image by Blair Sweeney/UW Medicine.
Drs. Babak Nazer, Eric Krieger and Jill Steiner, and psychologist Tracy Herring. They cofounded the Cardiac Reslience program at the UW Medicine Heart Institute. Image by Blair Sweeney/UW Medicine.
Clinical, Faculty
Building resilience into care of chronic heart conditions
Doctor For a Day logo students practicing with blood pressure cuffs Student practicing biopsy on eggplants
Doctor For a Day logo
students practicing with blood pressure cuffs
Student practicing biopsy on eggplants
Clinical, Diversity, Education, Faculty
Doctor for a Day
James Kirkpatrick
James Kirkpatrick
Faculty
In memoriam: James Kirkpatrick
PNW UDN investigators Undiagnosed diseases network
PNW UDN investigators
Undiagnosed diseases network
Clinical, Research
Pacific Northwest Undiagnosed Diseases Network is accepting applications
Dr. Tom Fitzpatrick Needle stock image.
Dr. Tom Fitzpatrick
Needle stock image.
Faculty, Research
Can smoking heroin be less risky than injecting?
Khumjung, Tibet, Nepal. A man in winter lothes hiking a snow covered mountain. Courtesy Infinity Adventure Nepal.
Khumjung, Tibet, Nepal. A man in winter lothes hiking a snow covered mountain. Courtesy Infinity Adventure Nepal.
Faculty, In the News, Research
Xenon gas does not help elite climbers
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