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 […]
Department news | February 29, 2016
Nina de Lacy, MD, MBA, a fellow in our UW Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is one of three investigators selected this year to participate in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences’ KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program. The KL2 program is a rigorous, three-year, interdisciplinary research program that involves intensive mentoring experience in […]
Department news | September 30, 2015
The University of Washington was recently awarded $8 million in state funds over the next two biennia for a new integrated evidence-based psychiatry training program to improve access to mental health care in Washington State. As part of this program, our department will offer up to five positions per year for Integrated Care Fellows. These […]
Department news | September 30, 2015
The director of the Psychiatry Residency’s Idaho Advanced Clinician Track for 8 years, Jeralyn Jones, MD, will step down as of September 30. Under her leadership, this regional track has expanded in size and gained in national stature. She has successfully garnered state funding for the program, recruited excellent residents, and been an outstanding and […]
Department news | September 30, 2015
Tom Soeprono, MD, joins our Education team as the UWMC faculty site coordinator for the medical student clerkship and as our UWMC Associate Residency Director. Dr. Soeprono is a graduate of our Psychiatry Residency and Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship Program. He is particularly interested in developing innovative, point-of-care teaching methods for educating students and residents on […]
