“This was a cool event to kind of give back to my own community that I come from. I want to be an ally in a way for students to just kind of learn more in high school & get exposed,” said first-year medical student Maxey Cherel. University of Washington School of Medicine UW Medicine tinyurl.com/4kvdvkj9

See webinar next Wed., 4/24 on climate change and healthcare.Public Health - Seattle & King County UW Medicine Seattle Children's Northwest Healthcare Response Network Washington State Health Care Authority

- Mary L. (Nora) Disis
UW Medicine has spent her career working to convince our bodies to fight cancer UW Cancer Vaccine Institute. She says a breast cancer vaccine may be on the horizon. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Story by Ranji Sinha tinyurl.com/3tfanmr4

Bianca Frogner, UW Medicine said sometimes women make up to 60% of the level of wages that men are making in high-level education jobs in the health care industry. Kelly Koopmans tinyurl.com/mr27ez6k

Not needing to remember to take a daily pill to treat #HIV is 'earth-changing' for patients,” said Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio (Rachel Ann Bender Ignacio, MD MPH). shorturl.at/insP2 UW Positive Research UW Department of Medicine UW Medicine

Bravo to the players SeattleChamberMusic! Thanks for your gifts of energy and kindness.

Northwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury System offers a travel wellness summit May 18 for people with SCI, their friends & family, healthcare providers & health professions students. Registration is free. Takes place at the University of Washington Waterfront Activities Center.

Vancouver, Wash. newspaper The Columbian profiles Spokane #WWAMI University of Washington School of Medicine medical school graduates Caitlin Quaempts & Lili Szabo. Caitlin will enter a family medicine residency this summer & Lili an internal medicine residency. tinyurl.com/5ffpaw6b

Luminaries who project AI as catastrophic to humankind do a disservice to the public by distracting from societal problems that AI is causing today, says a new journal paper led by Nancy Jecker (Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D.) UWbioethics. Read>>tinyurl.com/2vnt5crc

“It's important people know about the WWAMI program, and part of that is to try to get these kids wanting to come back into a rural area,' says Dr. Jean Thomas, of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, of the University of Washington School of Medicine program. Read: tinyurl.com/3mfw44f5

Adults under age 50 are part of a large wave of #colorectalcancer , which is on track to become the leading cause of cancer deaths for the age group by 2030. 'Diet appears to be an influential factor,' says UW Medicine's Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS. UWGASTRO

Dr. Stacey Ma tells Christine Pae 'I think a lot of what we do is telling people to start ahead of the allergy season, start your medications two to four weeks before the season starts.' UW Medicine UW Department of Medicine tinyurl.com/mvw69rm9