Yakima Herald-Republic | January 25, 2024
The CREATIV Lab’s Do More Feel Better program focuses on personalized interventions and connecting underserved populations with mental health services.
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Premera Blue Cross, UW Medicine collaborate on behavioral health integration for Black communities
PR Newswire | January 30, 2024
With funding from Premera Blue Cross, the AIMS Center will help three clinics in western Washington implement Collaborative Care. Diane Powers, MBA, MA, is quoted.
Department Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council
Department news | November 30, 2023
We are pleased to announce the formation of a new department-wide Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council in line with and in support of the efforts of the UW Medicine Office of Healthcare Equity and UW's Diversity Council.
Jonathan Orrala selected for Peer Trainer Program
Department news | November 30, 2023
Congratulations to Jonathan Orrala for being selected to participate in the Peer Trainer Program to become an EDI Peer Trainer.
Staff EDI Action Plan
Department news | October 31, 2023
The Staff Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee has created a 2023-24 Action Plan based on the Staff EDI Insight Survey distributed in August 2022.
Underdiagnosed and undertreated, young Black males with ADHD get left behind
CBS News | November 7, 2023
Courtney Zulauf-McCurdy, PhD, says Black children with ADHD symptoms are more likely to be expelled and less likely to receive appropriate treatment than their white peers.
OPINION: Seattle Public Schools and City Government must support safe walk, bike, and bus routes for South Seattle
South Seattle Emerald | October 16, 2023
Katherine Hoerster, PhD, MPH, co-authored an op-ed advocating for equitable, healthy routes to school drawing upon personal experience and an observational study funded by the UW Population Health Initiative.
Staff Scholarship Awards
Department news | September 28, 2023
Congratulations to the recipients of our latest round of Staff Scholarship Awards! Funded by department and philanthropic funds, these awards support professional development of classified and professional staff who work in our department.
A shuttered clinic raises questions about anti-racism work in the medical field
KUOW | July 10, 2023
Ben Danielson, MD, spoke to KUOW about his time as medical director at the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic and why he left in the wake of George Floyd's death.
New neuroscience mentorship program aims to improve the quality and diversity of science
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.
