2024 Year in Review
2024 news by the numbers
250 Total stories (as of 12/20/2024)
65.9K Site users
106% increase from 2023
96K Site visits
79% increase from 2023
Global reach
Top mednews stories
Top UW Medicine News Room stories
Department of Medicine faculty were included in 6 of the top 10 stories from UW Medicine Newsroom.
- Two Harborview patients test positive for Candida auris (Eric Chow)
- Psilocybin therapy helps clinicians process COVID despair (Anthony Back)
- Emergency medicine legend Dr. Michael Copass passes away
- New drug offers hope to patients with severe liver disease (Rotonya Carr)
- Study finds immune imprinting response to COVID (Helen Chu)
- Nearly all syphilis strains in U.S. resistant to azithromycin (Tara Reid, Chase Cannon, Olusegun Soge, Matthew Golden, Lorenzo Giacani)
hutch News 2024 year in pictures
The past year at Fred Hutch Cancer Center has been marked by exceptional achievements and inspiring moments. They collected pictures and stories throughout 2024 that highlight their commitment to advancing cancer research and patient care. Here are photos that include members from the Department of Medicine:
Top ten most viewed publications
The top-ten most viewed publications from our weekly newsletter:
Prognostic significance of chromosomal genomic array testing in adults with newly-diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma.
Lead author: Noam Kopmar. Senior author: Ryan Cassaday (Hematology and Oncology)
Do nonglycaemic effects such as weight loss account for HbA1c lowering with efpeglenatide?: Insights from the AMPLITUDE-O trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.
Co-author: Kelley Branch (Cardiology)
Noncontractile Stem Cell-Cardiomyocytes Preserve Post-Infarction Heart Function. Circulation Research.
Senior author: Charles Murry (Cardiology)
Interactions of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With the Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 1: JACC State-of-the-Art-Review. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Co-author: Reena Mehra (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
Building supportive networks: Insights from a division mentorship workshop. Medical Education.
Lead author: Tracy Tylee. Senior author: Radhika Narla (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition)
Perfusion imaging metrics after acute traumatic spinal cord injury are associated with injury severity in rats and humans. Science Translational Medicine.
Co-author: Robb Glenny (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
Rates of strokes in Californians with sickle cell disease in the post-STOP era. Blood.
Lead author: Olubusola Oluwole (Hematology and Oncology)
Co-author: Eugene Yang (Cardiology)
Newer Outpatient Therapies and Treatments. Medical Clinics of North America.
Editor: Doug Paauw (General Internal Medicine)
The Evolution of Internal Medicine Chief Residents: A 20-Year Multicenter Study. The American Journal of Medicine.
Lead author: Tyler Albert. Senior author: Paul Cornia (General Internal Medicine)