Next Generation Medicine Lectures

Health care is complex and dynamic. As a result, we are continuously searching for new ways to serve the needs of our students and patients in our region. Through a balance of tradition and innovation, and a commitment to improvement, we remain at the forefront of health and medical education. The Next Generation Medicine lecture series is an extension of this promise and was founded by the Health Partnership in 2017. The event is managed by the Next Generation Medicine Committee, a group of communications and events directors and managers, faculty and staff from UWSOM, GU and UW. The Committee handles all logistics for the lectures. Several of our healthcare partners in Spokane sponsor the lectures and have visibility at the events including Inland Northwest Behavioral Health, MultiCare, Providence Health Care, the Spokane County Medical Society, and the Spokane Regional Health District. As information about the next lecture is developed it will be added to this page.


How Close Are We to a Breast Cancer Vaccine?

October 17, 2024


Nora Disis, MD, a physician-scientist at the UW School of Medicine, was the featured speaker for the Fall 2024 Next Generation Medicine lecture series in Spokane, WA. During her presentation, Dr. Disis shared the latest in her research to develop a breast cancer vaccine that teaches the body’s immune system to recognize and destroy breast cancer cells. Having dedicated her career to learning how the body fights cancer and to developing a breast cancer vaccine, Dr. Disis is confident that such vaccines will become a standard treatment for cancer within the next decade.



Past Lectures and Webinars

Winter 2023 — Webinar

Diabetes Types 1 and 2: What You Need to Know

Irl B. Hirsch, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair, UW School of Medicine

Panelist: Dr. Carol Weisham, Endocrinologist

 

Fall 2022 — Live Lecture

Caleb Banta-Green, Ph.D., Acting Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences at the UW School of Medicine, Affiliate Professor at the UW School of Public Health

Panelists: Dr. Amy Burns, Psychiatry at Providence Sacred Heart, Misty Challinor, Director, Treatment Services, Spokane Regional Health District, and Dr. Caleb Holzer, Providence Chewelah Family Medicine Clinic, and Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Chewelah


Spring 2022 — Webinar

Monica Vavilala, M.D., Director for the Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center (HIPRC), Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics

Kushang Patel, Ph.D., MPH, HIPRC Research Core Director, Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Adjunct Professor in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

 

Summer 2021 — Webinar

Paula Nurius, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington

Megan Kennedy, Director, UW Resilience Lab

Panelist: Dr. Amy Burns, Associate Program Director for the Psychiatry Residency program at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Spokane


Spring 2021 — Webinar

COVID-19 Vaccines & Variants: What You Need to Know to Help End the Pandemic

Vin Gupta, M.D., Affiliate Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation


Winter 2021 — Webinar

Deborah Fuller, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, UW School of Medicine

Panelists: Dr. Gretchen LaSalle, Family Physician at MultiCare in Spokane and vaccine proponent, and Dr. Dan Getz, Chief Medical Officer for Providence Health Care in Spokane

 

Fall 2020 — Webinar

John Lynch, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine, and Head of the UW Medicine COVID-19 Response Team

Panelists: Christa Arguinchona, RN, Program Manager and Coordinator for the Providence Special Pathogens Unit in Spokane, and Dr. Bob Lutz, Health Officer for the Spokane Regional Health District


Spring 2020 — Webinar

Ann Browning, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Well-Being, UW School of Medicine, and Founding Director, UW Resilience Lab

 

Spring 2019 — Live Lecture

Christine Mac Donald, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery


Fall 2019 — Live Lecture

Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., Professor, Global Health, and Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

 

Spring 2018 — Live Lecture

David Tauben, M.D., Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and Chief of Pain Medicine at the UW


Fall 2018 — Live Lecture

Matt Kaeberlein, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology

 

Fall 2017 — Live Lecture

Nora Disis, M.D., Associate Dean, Translational Health Science, Professor of Medicine