Department news | December 28, 2021
A group of researchers and staff across multiple UW research centers coordinate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Q&A: Psychiatry Visiting Scholars Program
Department news | October 29, 2021
Started in 2015, the Psychiatry Visiting Scholars Program is designed to give fourth-year medical students from historically underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to experience the exceptional education in psychiatry offered by the University of Washington and to consider training in our department.
Lummi Tribal Health Center Rotation for Psychiatry Residents
Department news | September 30, 2021
With philanthropic support, the AIMS Center and the University of Washington have partnered with the Lummi Tribal Health Center (LTHC) to develop an integrated care rotation for senior psychiatry residents that focuses on delivering care via telepsychiatry to a rural, Coast Salish indigenous population in northwestern Washington state.
Diversity supplement awarded to HaRRT Center
Department news | September 30, 2021
Mx. Taurmini Fentress, a fourth year PhD student in Social Welfare in the School of Social Work, in partnership with HaRRT Center directors Seema Clifasefi, PhD, and Susan Collins, PhD, has secured an NIAAA Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research to explore resilience in managing and negotiating adverse circumstances in communities that have experienced homelessness and alcohol use disorder.
