Cheers to our colleagues as they start new roles at UW Medicine and as they move on to new chapters in their careers or retirement.
Here’s who is on the move:
Andrés Barría
Andrés Barría, PhD, has been named the first assistant dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research and Graduate Education for the UW School of Medicine as of August 2023.
His work as assistant dean will develop and support relationships between the Office of Health Care Equity and biomedical research departments. Barría will also work on equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives with impacts to faculty recruitment, training programs, and other collaborative projects across the School.
Read more about Barría from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
Janna Friedly
Janna Friedly, MD, MPH, was appointed chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in the UW School of Medicine as of August 2023.
Friedly succeeds Peter Esselman, MD, MPT, who has served as department chair for 17 years.
Read more about Friedly from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Erik Malmberg
Erik Malmberg, PhD, JD, has been named to the new position of assistant dean for Equity & Medical Student Engagement for the UW School of Medicine, as of September 2023. The School created this position to maximize student support within the Office of Student Affairs, which provides a wide variety of services to students during medical school.
Prior to accepting this position, Malmberg was an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.
Read more about Malmberg from the UW School of Medicine.
Laura Quinnan-Hostein
Ramesh Rengan
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center launched a new Division of Radiation Oncology in July 2023 led by Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD, senior vice president and Professor in the Clinical Research Division.
Rengan will continue in his current role as department chair of Radiation Oncology at UW School of Medicine as he oversees the new Fred Hutch division.
Read more about Rengan at Hutch News Stories.
