April 9, 2021
Sam Regalado Working to Improve Healthcare Equity
Sam Regalado (MSTP entry 2016) describes how he has overcome challenges and is bringing scientific discovery in Genome Sciences to bear on social determinants of health.
March 23, 2021
David Spencer’s New Research on the Clinical Application of Whole Genome Sequencing in Leukemia
2010 UW MSTP and Genome Sciences alum, David Spencer, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of the Genome Center at Washington University in St. Louis. He is senior author on a new paper in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating that whole genome sequencing for acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic…
February 10, 2021
ARCS Foundation National Recognizes Jesse Salk
2012 UW MSTP alum Jesse Salk was recently featured in the ARCS national monthly newsletter, focusing on his achievements during and after graduate school.
October 28, 2020
Violet Zuvela Primary Care IM Scholarship Award
Rini Kasinathan (MSTP entry 2013) was one of three UW senior medical students to win the “Violet Zuvela Primary Care Internal Medicine Scholarship,” proving that outstanding patient care and scientific acumen go hand-in-hand.
October 12, 2020
NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
2015 UW MSTP alumni Andrew Stergachis received the prestigious NIH Director’s Early Independence Award for 2020. Dr. Stergachis graduated from the MSTP in 2015 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Washington.
August 27, 2020
UW MSTP Endorses the UW Medicine Pledge Against Racism
Respect for our students and our communities is critical to our mission. In this context, we support the June 4, 2020, UW Medicine Pledge Against Racism and the statement of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue, on which the UW statement is based.
August 24, 2020
New Nature Communications Publication
Jack Rose and Nick Popp are first and second authors on a paper in which they collaboratively developed a clever new approach for improving the specificity of CRISPR-based genome editing.
August 21, 2020
New Science Publication
Alex Salter (E-12) is co-first author on a paper describing molecular computers to more specifically target cellular immunotherapy.
Research Featured at Democratic National Convention
UW MSTP student Alex Salter’s (E-12) research was featured at the 2020 Democratic National Convention
August 3, 2020
Dr. Johnnie Orozco
Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most common — and aggressive — types of blood cancer that strike adults. A bone marrow transplant can offer a potential cure. But older patients often can’t handle the heavy rounds of radiation and/or chemotherapy required before the procedure. And many patients — especially those from racial and ethnic minorities…
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