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.
Faculty Staff News & Spotlights
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.
Anna Ratzliff to serve as Vice Chair for Faculty Development
Department news | June 27, 2024
Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, has agreed to serve as our new Vice Chair for Faculty Development to support activities such as faculty onboarding and orientation, mentorship, promotions, and support of faculty from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine.
CBHL is staffing up
Department news | February 29, 2024
We have made significant progress in our hiring efforts to staff the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning including hiring Dr. Randall Espinoza (Medical Director, Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation) and Dr. Jay Augsburger (Medical Director, Long-term Civil Commitment Unit).
Mark Snowden stepping down as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC
Department news | February 29, 2024
For the past twelve years, Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, has been a driving force behind mental health services at Harborview Medical Center in his role as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC.
Ben Danielson receives Endowed Chair
Department news | May 31, 2023
Ben Danielson, MD, has been appointed the holder of the Barton Distinguished Endowed Chair for Youth Justice and Health Equity by the UW Board of Regents. The endowed chair is made possible by a generous gift from UW Medicine donors Sarah and Rich Barton.
Welcome to Michelle Lynch, our new Vice Chair for Finance and Administration
Department news | January 31, 2023
We are happy to announce that Michelle Lynch, MPA, will be joining the department as our next Vice Chair for Finance and Administration on March 1, 2023.
Debra Morrison retiring in 2022
Department news | December 31, 2022
Debra Morrison, Senior Project Manager and Practice Coach at the AIMS Center is retiring after seven years of work at the AIMS Center and a wonderful career in community health care that spanned over three decades.
