Department News | March 15, 2025
Congratulations to Diane Powers, MBA, MA and Athena Wong, MHA who have both been nominated for UW Distinguished Staff Awards in the Career Achievement category!
Faculty Staff News & Spotlights
Jesse Fann elected president of the APOS Board of Directors
Department News | March 15, 2025
The American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) Board of Directors has elected Jesse Fann, MD, MPH to fill the role of president on the APOS Board of Directors.
Myra Parker receives Distinguished Staff Award at MLK tribute event
Department News | January 30, 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD is the School of Medicine’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award Recipient! This award honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by recognizing employees and students who exemplify his call to serve others.
WA State Governor Jay Inslee appoints new chair for Liquor and Cannabis Board
WA State LCB | January 6, 2025
The new chair, Jim Vollendroff, MPA, served as director of the UW Medicine Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) at Harborview Medical Center until early 2021.
Administrative teams expanding to support department growth
Department News | December 30, 2024
As our department has grown to include more than 1,400 faculty, staff, and trainees, our HR Team, Finance Team, and Research Operations Team have all been growing and evolving to meet the increased demand.
Milestones for the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Track
Department News | October 31, 2024
The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Track of the UW School of Medicine’s Psychology Internship Program was established in 2020. After expanding from one to two residents annually in 2022, we have welcomed and trained eight psychology residents since our launch and we are delighted to welcome the first resident from our track, Daina Tagavi, PhD, to become faculty in our department!
Heidi Combs named president-elect for AAP
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.
Seattle magazine and Seattle Met’s top doctors 2024
Department News | September 30, 2024
We’re proud to report that once again Seattle Magazine’s annual list of top doctors in the Puget Sound region features a number of faculty and courtesy faculty members from our department.
Announcing our newest endowed professors – Randall Espinoza and Rebecca Hendrickson
Department News | September 3, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural holder of the Garvey Family Endowed Professorship for Technology and Brain Health and is serving as the Medical Director of the Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation located in CBHL. We are also pleased to announce that Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural holder of the Denise L. Tabbutt Endowed Professorship for Trauma and Brain Health. Dr. Hendrickson cares for patients in the VA Puget Sound's outpatient posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinic.
CSTP awards over $140K in research funding to trainees
Department news | June 27, 2024
We are pleased to announce our second year of Trainee Research Awards. Part of the Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP). These awards support the development of clinician scientists and provide funding and faculty support for trainees to participate in mentored research.
