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2025 Year in Review
The top stories and readership stats for Department of Medicine news in 2025.
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Icons of medical tools, research equipment and books with "2025" overlaid
Icons of medical tools, research equipment and books with "2025" overlaid
December 30
2025 Year in Review
Faculty, In the News
Julie Gralow
Julie Gralow
December 26
Julie Gralow named one of the 100 most influential people in oncology
Awards, Faculty
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
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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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Top Stories

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
Everything is Tuberculosis book cover
Everything is Tuberculosis book cover
Events, Faculty, Research
Everything is Tuberculosis
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Vector-style image of a patient undergoing dialysis. It shows the patient seated in a chair with tubing connected to a dialysis machine, which includes a monitor, dialyzer, and fluid bags.
Faculty, Research
Alarming blood-sugar levels seen among dialysis patients
Dr. Brad Anawalt Dr. Al Matsumoto
Dr. Brad Anawalt
Dr. Al Matsumoto
Diversity, Research
Sex hormones and athletes
Tom Martin
Tom Martin
Faculty
In memoriam: Thomas Martin
Rachel Issaka
Rachel Issaka
Clinical, Faculty, Research
Colorectal cancer incidence increases in people under 50
Dr. Christine Johnston Dr. Anna Wald
Dr. Christine Johnston
Dr. Anna Wald
Faculty, Research
Viral shedding declines during the first year
James Kirkpatrick
James Kirkpatrick
Faculty
In memoriam: James Kirkpatrick
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