IM Residency Associate Director Position Available
In addition to involvement in resident education and advising, curriculum development, programmatic innovation, and residency recruitment, this position will specifically focus on resident learning and assessment. See full job description in Box. If you are interested in the position, please send an updated CV and statement of intent to Amy Blatt, MD, by Tuesday, May 27.

The Quality Institute Better Teams. Better Care. Symposium
Attend this inspiring symposium on Tuesday, June 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Class of ’62 Auditorium. Engage with bold ideas shaping the future of healthcare and learn from dynamic speakers and visionary leaders, including nationally renowned healthcare expert, David B. Nash, MD, MBA. Register by Tuesday, June 3. 

Beyond the Chart: Reducing Stigma from Patient Care
URMC’s Destigmatizing Language Workgroup improves patient care by fostering respectful communication throughout UR Medicine. Discover how words can heal and learn about their collaborative efforts to update medical terminology, reduce stigma, and enhance patients’ experiences.

Office of Clinical Research Saves Researchers Time and Money
Learn how the Office of Clinical Research (OCR) supports study feasibility, finance, study subjects, and more. Interested in using an OCR service? Be sure to coordinate with your designated research administrator and or clinical research manager first!

Publication: Laura Calvi, MD, of Endocrine/Metabolism, and Jane Liesveld, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored  “Taurine from tumour niche drives glycolysis to promote leukaemogenesis” in Nature. 

Publication: Andrei Seluanov, PhD, and Vera Gorbunova, PhD, of Geriatrics/Aging, coauthored “Limited cell-autonomous anticancer mechanisms in long-lived bats” in Nature Communications.

Publication: Daniel Croft, MD, MPH, and David Rich, ScD, MPH, of Pulmonary & Critical Care, and Angela Branche, MD, Michael Keefer, MD, Edward Walsh, MD, and Ann Falsey, MD, of Infectious Diseases, co-authored “Ambient air pollution exposure and effects on neutralizing antibody titers following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in adults” in PLOS Global Public Health.

Publication: Yumei Feng-Early, MD, PhD, Shiyue Pan, PhD, Himanshu Verma, PhD, and Haifeng Zheng, PhD, of Nephrology, coauthored “Central nervous system mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension” in Physiological Reviews. 

Publication: Dillon Dzikowicz, PhD, RN, Mehmet Aktas, MD, Betty Mykins, Xiaojuan Xia, PhD, Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, Jean-Phillippe Couderc, PhD, MBA, of Cardiology Heart Research, coauthored “Identifying Demographic Factors Affecting the ECG Duration Collected Using a Single-Lead ECG Patch Device” in the Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology.

Publication: Amole Ojo, MD, Mehmet Aktas, MD, MBA, David Huang, MD, of Cardiology, and Scott McNitt, MS, and Ilan Goldenberg, MD, of Cardiology Heart Research, coauthored “Risk factors and outcomes associated with failed implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks” in Heart Rhythm.

Publication: Daniel Croft, MD, MPH, of Pulmonary & Critical Care, was the corresponding author on “Climate Change and Respiratory Health: Opportunities to Contribute to Environmental Justice” in Annals of the American Thoracic Society and discussed the publication on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. He also coauthored “Letting cooler heads prevail: The necessity of occupational regulation of heat and smoke exposure” in the American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care. 

Publication: Brea Lipe, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, co-authored “Comparative efficacy of ciltacabtagene autoleucel versus standard-of-care treatments for patients with previously treated relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: A matching-adjusted indirect comparison” in Advances in Therapy.

Publication: Laura Calvi, MD, of Endocrine/Metabolism, co-authored “Blocking LIF and PD-L1 enhances the antitumor efficacy of SBRT in murine PDAC models” in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 

Publication: Rachel Rodenbach, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored “‘A perfect match’: how hematologists discuss donor options and risks with black and white patients considering allogeneic stem cell transplant” in Leukemia & Lymphoma. 

Publication: Augusto Litonjua, MD, MPH, of Pulmonary & Critical Care, coauthored, “Impact of maternal body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain on offspring's weight and BMI z-scores across the first 8 years of life” in Clinical Obesity and “Associations of APOE variants with sphingomyelin and cholesterol metabolites across the life-course in diverse populations” in Metabolomics.

Publication: Dillon Dzikowicz, PhD, RN, of Cardiology Heart Research, coauthored “Inflammatory Cardiac Disease in a Young Adult with Syncope” in the American Journal of Critical Care.

Publication: Kathi Heffner-Johnson, PhD, of Geriatrics/Aging, coauthored “A scoping review of resilience in adults with cancer based on the NIH resilience concept model” in Supportive Care in Cancer.

Publication: William Valenti, MD, of Infectious Diseases, coauthored “Clinical Outcomes and Perspectives of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Twelve Months After Initiation of Long-acting Cabotegravir and Rilpivirine in an Observational Real-world US Study (BEYOND)” in the Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Publication: Patrick Reagan, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored “Lisocabtagene maraleucel for R/R LBCL in patients not intended for HSCT: final results of the phase 2 PILOT study” in Blood Advances.

Publication: Carla Falkson, MBChB, MMed, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored “A Phase II Randomized Study of Paclitaxel alone or combined with Pelareorep with or without Avelumab in Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer: the BRACELET-01/PrE0113 study” in Clinical Cancer Research.

Publication: Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, of Infectious Diseases, coauthored “Trends in incidence and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, six emerging infections program surveillance sites, 2005-2022” in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The apple didn’t fall far from this tree! At the beginning of May, Paul Bohjanen, MD, PhD, chief of Infectious Diseases, and his family celebrated the graduation of his daughter, Sara, from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His wife, Kimberly, also donned regalia to represent the UM Department of Dermatology in the graduation ceremony. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Sara will begin a combined Internal Medicine/Dermatology Residency at the University of Minnesota in July. PJ, Bohjanen’s son (with the bunny ears), doesn’t plan to reset the family infectious diseases-dermatology balance; he aspires to be an aerospace engineer and will graduate from high school next month. Congratulations all around to the Bohjanen family!