Department News | October 31, 2024
Please congratulate Heidi Combs, MD, MS, our department’s amazing vice chair for education, on her election as the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) president-elect.
Education & Workforce Development
Mental Health Technology Center Network comes to an end
Department News | October 31, 2024
The Northwest MHTTC which was part of a national Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network ended on September 29. The MHTTC network, funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), aimed to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions for mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery.
2025 PRITE Fellowship Awardee
Department News | September 30, 2024
Congratulations to Megan Lee, MD on being awarded the 2025 PRITE Fellowship! This two-year fellowship from the American College of Psychiatrists is awarded to only two residents per year. Megan will serve on the PRITE Editorial Board and participate in the question writing process for the annual PRITE exam.
Return of the global mental health track
Department News | September 30, 2024
Residents once again have the opportunity to pursue global mental health research and interdisciplinary collaboration. Ian Bennett, MD, PhD, who has projects in Vietnam, Nigeria, and the Phillipines, has agreed to be the faculty advisor with help from Leah Nguyen, MSW, BFA who has been managing the program on an interim basis.
AIMS Center 20th Anniversary Celebration
Department News | September 30, 2024
At the AIMS Center, we were thrilled to celebrate our 20th Anniversary with friends and colleagues in September. For the past two decades, we’ve supported diverse healthcare organizations in integrating behavioral health services into medical settings.
A new behavioral health center from UW Medicine delivers much needed care and training
UW Magazine | September 12, 2024
With a $244 million investment from the state, CBHL adds 150 psychiatric hospital beds and is part of an ambitious new approach to caring for individuals living with mental illness.
Why your primary care doctor might ask about your mental health
Seattle Times | August 24, 2024
UW has been training clinics to integrate primary and behavioral health care services for 20 years through the AIMS Center co-directed by Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD and Diane Powers, MBA.
2024 Jeremy Clark Fellowship recipients
Department news | June 27, 2024
To honor the memory and contributions of our colleague and friend, Jeremy Clark, PhD, each summer we award research fellowships to UW undergraduate students to work on a ten-week research project in the lab of a Division of Psychiatric Neurosciences faculty member. Congratulations to our three new fellows!
Welcome to our advanced nurse practitioner fellows
Department news | June 27, 2024
This summer, we’re welcoming the second cohort of the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Provider Fellowship Program. The one-year training program provides the new Fellows an opportunity to further develop their clinical expertise in mental health care and serve as psychiatric consultants through the Collaborative Care Model.
Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship welcomes first fellows
Department news | June 27, 2024
We’re excited to welcome the first fellows into our new Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Program in July. The program's goal is to improve clinical care for our patients, improve the educational experience for trainees, and create new opportunities to advance knowledge in clinical neurosciences.
