Department News | November 26, 2025
As CMHIS enters its second year, the Pacific West Hub team met to reflect on lessons learned and set priorities for the year ahead.
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Morgan Liu and Nikitha Pothireddy win poster award at ACLP meeting
Department News | November 26, 2025
Congratulations to psychiatry residents Nikitha Pothireddy, MD and Morgan Liu, MD who won second place for the Best Trainee Poster award at the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting in San Antonio, TX.
Farzaneh Faradi receives Austin Riggs Award
Department News | November 26, 2025
We’re thrilled to share that Farzaneh Farhadi, MD, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Austen Riggs Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy.
New faculty to focus on digital innovation and artificial intelligence
Department News | November 26, 2025
We’re happy to announce that Devon Sandel-Fernandez, PhD and Adam Kuczynski, PhD have been selected to lead our department’s efforts in digital innovation and artificial intelligence.
Jeremy Rudoler receives 2025 Joseph Becker Research Award
Department News | October 30, 2025
Jeremy is part of the General Adult Track and his research examines the effectiveness of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Next Steps group skills intervention in reducing perfectionism.
New video series for providers who are not mental health professionals
Department News | September 30, 2025
In July, the SOR team released a new video series – Mental Health Topics for Non-Therapist Professionals – to help educate providers who are not trained as mental health therapists.
Madison Reichelt receives the Margaret O’Donnell Prize in Psychiatry
Department News | September 30, 2025
Congratulations to fourth year medical student Madison Reichelt, this year’s recipient of the Margaret O’Donnell Prize in Psychiatry. We award this prize to a senior medical student who has been highly involved in behavioral health issues and done outstanding academic work in psychiatry.
Implementation tools in action at WA Behavioral Healthcare Conference
Department News | September 30, 2025
At the 2025 Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference in Kennewick, WA, the Pacific West Hub for Mental Health Implementation Support team hosted a workshop titled “Making it Stick: Tools to Support the ‘How’ of Practice Change.”
Rob Chen selected for Outstanding Resident Award Program
Department News | September 30, 2025
We’re excited to share that Rob Chen, MD, PhD has been selected for the prestigious Outstanding Resident Award Program by the National Institute of Mental Health.
New eLearning workshop for debriefing after adverse events
Department News | September 30, 2025
We are excited to announce the arrival of Debriefing with the RECover Framework, a one-hour online learning module designed to teach providers how to debrief trainees and peers after adverse events. This module was created by Hai-Uyen Nguyen, MD (Residency class of 2025) in collaboration with Laurel Pellegrino, MD, Thomas Soeprono, MD, and Sara Ochoa, MEd.
