Washington State Governor's Office | December 9, 2022
Gov. Jay Inslee visited the University of Washington today to tour the first-of-its-kind behavioral health teaching hospital currently under construction. Inslee proposed the hospital in 2018 as part of a larger effort to transform and expand the state’s behavioral health system.
Department news | January 31, 2023
Practicing clinicians who are also engaged in research and discovery are central to the development of new solutions, but only a small number of our medical students and psychiatry residents actively participate in research during their training. To bridge this gap, we are launching a new Clinician Scientist Training Program.
Department news | January 31, 2023
Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, and Bill O’Connell, EdD, traveled to Olympia earlier this month to testify in support of Senate Bill 5189 to credential a Behavioral Health Support Specialist (BHSS) in Washington.
Department news | January 31, 2023
Generous philanthropic donors created the Ventura Endowed Fellowship for Autism Research to support training and education in the field of autism and ultimately increase clinical capacity for the diagnosis and treatment of autism.
Department news | December 29, 2022
We are excited to announce that Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPA, CMQ, has been selected as the new Program Director for the Psychiatry Residency Training Program after a comprehensive national search!
UW Medicine newsroom | December 8, 2022
Premera Blue Cross will invest $6.6 million to train advanced nurse practitioners in a psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. The fellowship will accept up to four ARNP fellows each year starting in 2023.
Department news | November 30, 2022
A novel one-month elective rotation developed by Ramanpreet Toor, MD, with support from Jennifer Erickson, DO, and Debra Morrison introduces second-year psychiatry residents to concepts of population mental health, health care systems and integrated care models to improve access to mental health care.
The Huddle | June 6, 2022
Kirsten Aaland, MD, program director for the Boise Psychiatry Residency, talks about how the UW School of Medicine and Boise VA work together to create unique opportunities in medical education.
Department news | October 27, 2022
Tom Soeprono, MD, has been selected to become the next Program Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship.
Department news | October 27, 2022
Susan Ferguson, PhD, and Paul Phillips, PhD, are leading the development of the University of Washington Substantial Opportunities in Addiction Research (UW-SOAR) Doctoral Readiness Program.
