Congrats to the University of Washington Husky Coronavirus Testing team for their 2023 Award of Excellence. Over 40,000 students, staff, and faculty had access to SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing over the past 3 years through this study. Brotman Baty UW Medicine washington.edu/facultystaff/2…

Congrats @JimBoonyaratana @TedLinghu!

Only someone as brilliant as Lea Starita could have developed multiple new lab testing methods about 10 times during the course of just one pandemic. She also identified the first SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive community case in the US in her lab, with the original assay.

A reminder of our upcoming seminar - open to the public Trevor Bedford Trevor Bedford SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Update Barney Graham Barney Graham, MD, PhD RSV Vaccines and the Future of Vaccinology A timely talk following first RSV vaccine licensure this week Brotman Baty Fred Hutch Cancer Center UW Medicine

Congratulations to the Husky Coronavirus Testing Team, the 2023 recipient of the University of Washington Distinguished Staff Award, in the Innovation Award category. See DOM recipients on our news site: bit.ly/3Wh8yV6

Thank you for the nomination and award PASCV Esther Babady, PhD, on behalf of the Seattle Flu Alliance team who worked together to develop a pandemic preparedness platform. It has now made its way safely back to Seattle.

Here is the link to the recording for those who missed it: youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0YGY…

Hear Helen Chu discuss the burden of #RSV in older adults in this on-demand webcast. Listen now: bit.ly/3BVxkk5 #IDtwitter

Our Pacific NW Consortium led by ISB Heath Lab in partnership with Jason Goldman Providence Swedish and others. And of course, our work UW Medicine led by Jenni Logue & Dylan McDonald.

Insightful piece by Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 on the development of two new products to prevent RSV in infants - a maternal vaccine and a long-acting monoclonal antibody, and where we go from here. statnews.com/2023/05/24/wel… via STAT

Work by Julia Bennett, UW graduate student extraordinaire. She also received the UW staff award for her work on the Husky Coronavirus Testing Study, and the Washington State Public Health Association award for her research. Congrats @jucbennett!

To @jucbennett, vaccinations are public health’s most powerful tool. A Ph.D. candidate UW Epidemiology, Bennett was part of the Husky Coronavirus Testing Team that received the 2023 University of Washington Award of Excellence in Innovation🏅 Read more about their work ➡️ bit.ly/43Bl5F0

Brotman Baty Husky Coronavirus Testing (HCT) Team will be honored tomorrow by Ana Mari Cauce w/University of Washington 2023 Distinguished Staff Award for Innovation. Ceremony is 3:30 pm in Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater in Meany Hall. washington.edu/facultystaff/2…

So proud of this University of Washington Husky Testing team. Congrats! Brotman Baty Lea Starita Ana Weil

A thoughtful accompanying editorial in AJPH about the impact of Washington state legislation on vaccine uptake, and lessons learned ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.21… @jucbennett University of Washington School of Public Health UW Epidemiology UW Department of Medicine

We are hiring a Lab Manager for our group. Join us to study how well vaccines work against COVID-19, flu, and RSV, and how the pandemic has changed the immune landscape. A great opportunity to be part of the science on community respiratory viruses. uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidates…