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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
Department News | September 30, 2025
Our department was well represented at the recent Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee where our faculty, fellows, residents, and staff showcased their work and were acknowledged for their dedication to advancing the field of academic psychiatry.
