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Miriam Shelef

Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD, receives patent for rheumatoid factor-binding peptides

August 3, 2023
Jenna Brink, PA, Critical Care Medicine, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine; Amy Chybowski, APNP, Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Department of Medicine. Credit: Treena Fischer/BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine.

Department of Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine APPs launch successful critical care partnership

November 10, 2022
Infectious disease fellows practice in the SIM Center

UW Department of Medicine Infectious Disease Fellowship selected for IDSA/CDC pilot program

June 1, 2022
Matthew Churpek

Factors driving interhospital variations in mortality rates for critically ill COVID-19 patients

September 16, 2021
Dr. Alan Bridges, winner of the VHA John D. Chase Award

Dr. Alan Bridges wins prestigious Veterans Health Administration award

November 24, 2020
Dr. Miriam Shelef

Dr. Miriam Shelef: Banking on patient samples to advance COVID-19 research

November 20, 2020
COVID-19 virus

Tracking virus mutations reveals success of stay-at-home orders

November 6, 2020
COVID-19 virus

Recent study with Drs. Matthew Churpek and Nasia Safdar quantifies impact of region-specific COVID-19 social distancing orders

October 27, 2020
Infectious Disease lab

UW study looks at new protections for frontline health care workers during COVID-19; recruitment open now

July 29, 2020
Dr. Amy Kind with a display of the Neighborhood Atlas map. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine

Dr. Amy Kind’s research influences policy on COVID-19 medication allocation

June 24, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Variation in false-negative rate of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-based SARS-CoV-2 tests by time since exposure (review of previous studies)

June 15, 2020

Dr. Christopher Crnich and collaborators receive ICTR COVID-19 Response Grant Award

June 9, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: SARS-CoV-2 rates in BCG-vaccinated and unvaccinated young adults confirmed cases of coronavirus disease

May 27, 2020
Dr. Mariah Quinn leads a 2018 internal medicine residency empathy course

Staying well: Dr. Mariah Quinn leads well-being initiatives during COVID-19

May 27, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Use of prone positioning in nonintubated patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemic acute respiratory failure

May 27, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Cardiovascular disease, drug therapy and mortality in COVID-19

May 27, 2020
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Dr. Alan Bridges advises on Veterans Health Administration post-COVID-19 planning

May 20, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

May 20, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: No evidence that ACE inhibitors and ARBs increase risk of COVID-19 in two large studies from Italy and New York

May 20, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Characteristics of hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in an integrated health care system in California

May 20, 2020
Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD, at University Hospital

Department of Medicine faculty lead patient care innovations during COVID-19 pandemic

May 14, 2020
Dr. Mark Micek at work.

New toolkit helps organizations, clinicians rapidly integrate telemedicine into primary care

May 13, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Effective treatment of severe COVID-19 patients with Tocilizumab

May 13, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Alterations in smell or taste in mildly symptomatic outpatients with SARS-CoV2 infection

May 13, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Interim guidance by CDC for reopening

May 13, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Presenting characteristics, comorbidities, and outcomes among 5,700 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the New York City area

May 13, 2020
Briana Jelenc, MD, clinical assistant professor, General Internal Medicine, in the clinic with internal medicine resident Johanna Poterala, MD, and medical assistant Kathy Coppens.

Internal medicine residency leaders, learners take on the COVID-19 challenge

May 7, 2020
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Four Department of Medicine faculty awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Research Grants to address COVID-19 challenges

May 6, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Effect of high vs low doses of chloroquine diphosphate as adjunctive therapy for patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection

May 6, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Pilot study suggests trials of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 are feasible

May 6, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Protecting workers aged 60-69 years from COVID-19

May 6, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Establishing a monkey model of SARS-CoV2 infection that recapitulates key features of COVID-19

May 6, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Neurologic manifestations of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China

April 29, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Association of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors with severity or risk of death in patients with hypertension hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in Wuhan, China

April 29, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei Province, China: A descriptive and modeling study

April 29, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Variation in aerosol production across oxygen delivery devices in spontaneously breathing human subjects

April 29, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Study suggests peak virus shedding in the upper respiratory tract occurs before COVID-19 symptoms are apparent

April 22, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Study suggests a potential continuation of COVID-19 after initial wave

April 22, 2020
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DOM COVID-19 Journal Club: Studies suggest contradictory evidence on the use of cloth and surgical masks to prevent spread of COVID-19

April 15, 2020
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