Department news | January 31, 2019
Suicide is a growing health problem in our country and the WWAMI region which we serve has particularly high suicide rates. Medical professionals can make an enormous impact on preventing suicides. They play an important role in educating all patients to proactively make homes safer to prevent suicide, accidents, and overdose/addiction. To address suicide as […]
Department news | January 31, 2019
Our psychiatry residency program offers a variety of Career Enrichment Pathways to help residents explore different areas of psychiatry and promote their career development. The latest addition is focused on Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry. Pamela Collins, MD, MPH, and Deepa Rao, PhD, serve as faculty coordinators for the new pathway and Manal Khan, MD, and Ritika Batajoo, MD, […]
CMHPL News | March 29, 2023
When Sarah Forslund had the opportunity to pick a topic for a month-long immersive learning experience, she chose forensic mental health and reached out to Jennifer Piel, MD, JD, director of the Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law.
Department news | December 31, 2018
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and its Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning selected Heidi Combs, MD, as a recipient of the 2018-2019 Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education. The certificate is awarded annually to APA members who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education. […]
Department news | November 30, 2018
The UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference (UW PACC) wrapped up its ninth quarter in September, 2018. This free, weekly videoconference series expands the mental health and addictions care capacity of health care professionals across Washington State through educational presentations and case review. It also helps train our ICTP and Addiction Fellows who participate regularly, make at […]
Department news | October 31, 2018
The UW Psychology Internship Program directed by Ty Lostutter, PhD, is happy to announce the development of two new training tracks for 2019-2020. The Integrated Primary Care track, co-led by Kari Stephens, PhD, and Dan Evans, PhD, in partnership with Family Medicine and the Northgate Clinic, will train psychology residents to practice in increasingly complex situations, preparing them to […]
Department news | October 31, 2018
Psychiatry is becoming a more competitive specialty in the residency Match nationally, a trend that has spanned the last six years with dramatic increases over the last three. According to Psychiatric News, a total of 982 U.S. senior medical school students matched with a psychiatry residency in this year’s National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), up from 923 […]
Department news | September 30, 2018
Congratulations to acting assistant professors Thomas Soeprono, MD, and Ramanpreet Toor, MD, for being accepted into the UW Teaching Scholars Program (TSP) for academic year 2018-19. The TSP is a one-year professional development program for educators in the health professions who have a passion for teaching and a desire to become academic leaders. The program provides an […]
Department news | September 30, 2018
Our department was incredibly well represented at the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) meeting in Milwaukee, WI last month with nearly 20 faculty members and trainees presenting workshops and a number of Huskies winning awards. The AAP Meeting is for psychiatrists who are interested in learning about academic development, teaching psychiatry, and research on psychiatry […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
Elizabeth McCauley, PhD, ABPP, who has been serving as the Training Director of the University of Washington’s Psychology Internship Program since 2013, will be officially stepping down on June 30, 2018. We are pleased to announce that Ty Lostutter, PhD, Assistant Professor, will be the incoming Training Director and Charles Bombardier, PhD, ABPP, Professor from the Department […]
