Department news | March 31, 2017
After 11 years in the position, Heidi Combs, MD, is stepping down as our medical student Psychiatry Clerkship Director and transitioning to taking on educational projects in the Dean’s Office related to the new medical school curriculum. Heidi has done a wonderful job, winning multiple School of Medicine Distinguished Teaching awards and rare recognition as a […]
Department news | January 31, 2017
Each year, our department honors an outstanding junior faculty member in our Clinician Teacher faculty pathway. We are delighted to announce that there are two recipients of this award this year, Jesse Markman, MD, MBA, and Jennifer Piel, MD, JD. Jesse Markman is an irrepressible and exemplary educator. During his psychiatry residency, he co-developed a curriculum for […]
Department news | March 30, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Jesse Fann, MD, MPH, will direct a new departmental Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP) that will identify, engage, and support trainees and junior faculty members who would like a mentored research experience and develop as clinician scientists.
Department news | March 30, 2023
In 2021, the residency program introduced a new Global Mental Health elective for PGY-2s: a 4-week in-depth learning experience with a faculty member from the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health.
Department news | September 30, 2016
A new Alzheimer’s Disease Training Program directed by Elaine Peskind provides interdisciplinary training for basic science, clinical, and translational researchers so they can advance clinical hypotheses about the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of AD and related disorders. The training program is the only formal program at the University of Washington focused on training investigators to carry out […]
Department news | June 30, 2016
We are delighted to announce that Lucy Wang will become our new Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director as of July 1, 2016, taking over for Stephen Thielke. Dr. Wang is a graduate of our Psychiatry Residency and Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship programs. She has done an outstanding job as Associate Program Director for the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship for the past […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
We’ve added two new community rotations for third and fourth year residents to gain experience and knowledge in neurostimulation and eating disorder treatment. The Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center (SeattleNTC) has created a rotation for residents to gain competency in electroconvulsive therapy and in transcranial magnetic stimulation. Supervised by clinical faculty members Kenneth Melman, Suzanne Kerns and Joshua Bess, residents […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
Congratulations to Kirsten Williams on being newly appointed as the Director of our Psychiatry Residency Program’s Idaho Track! Dr. Williams has been a resident, Chief Resident, faculty member, and Associate Director in the Idaho Track, and has served as Interim Director of the track since October 1, 2015. She has an in-depth knowledge of the program as […]
Department news | April 30, 2016
Congratulations to Will Bryson and Brenna Renn, our new Geriatric Mental Health Services Research Fellows! The NIMH-funded T-32 research training program, co-directed by Stephen Thielke and Pat Aréan, focuses on mental health research in geriatrics and aging in diverse community and health care settings.
Department news | April 30, 2016
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Western State Hospital (WSH) will be collaborating on a plan to create a high quality forensic teaching unit. Funded by the Washington State legislature, this project will include an analysis of risks, barriers, and benefits to implementation of a forensic teaching program as well as an […]
