Department news | June 30, 2016
The American Psychological Association selected Kari Stephens as an innovative early career psychologist, and her work on Data QUEST will be highlighted in an upcoming issue of the Monitor. Congratulations!
Honors & Awards
Tom Soeprono receives teaching award
Department news | April 30, 2016
Congratulations to Tom Soeprono, a consultation-liaison and inpatient psychiatry attending at UWMC and Harborview, for receiving a competitive small grant award to integrate interactive, innovative learning methods into clinical care. Tom received the award from CLIME (Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education), and will focus his project on medical students doing their core psychiatry clerkship. His project is titled "The Layered Teaching Model: A Novel Psychiatric Curriculum Integrating ‘Just-in-Time’ Teaching into Clinical Experience from a Practical and Adult Learning Theoretical Foundation."
UW Psychiatrists among Seattle’s Top Docs!
Department news | April 30, 2016
Last month, we congratulated our faculty members who were honored in Seattle Magazine's Top Doctors yearly list recognizing the most outstanding physicians in the region. This month, we congratulate our faculty members with courtesy appointments. Each doctor on the list was nominated by a colleague and then evaluated for inclusion. Congratulations to Steven Juergens (addiction psychiatry), Kenneth Melman (psychiatry) and John Wynn (psychiatry) for their exceptional work! Accidentally omitted last month was Carol Rockhill (child and adolescent psychiatry). Congratulations to Dr. Rockhill as well!
K. Warner Schaie Receives honorary doctorate
Department news | April 30, 2016
Affiliate Professor Warner Schaie received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich for his lifetime studies of cognitive development from young adulthood to advanced old age, exemplified by the ongoing Seattle Longitudinal Study conducted since 1956. Currently, the study is focused on examining midlife cognition for early signs of cognitive decline in old age.
Kevin Hallgren receives Early Career Investigator (K) Award
Department news | April 30, 2016
The Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Mechanisms of Behavior Change (MOBC) Satellite presented Kevin Hallgren with an Early Career Investigator Award. The award includes money for travel and an invitation to speak at this year’s MOBC meeting in June.
UW psychiatrists among Seattle’s Top Docs!
Department news | March 31, 2016
A number of our faculty were honored in Seattle Magazine's Top Doctors yearly list recognizing the most outstanding physicians in the region. Each doctor on the list was nominated by a colleague and then evaluated for inclusion. Congratulations to Andy Saxon (Addiction Psychiatry), Ray Hsiao (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), Mark Snowden (Geriatric Psychiatry), Jesse Fann (Psychiatry and Psychooncology), Murray Raskind (Psychiatry) and Peter Roy-Byrne (Psychiatry) for their exceptional work!
Rick Ries named Addictions “Champion”
Department news | March 31, 2016
Rick Ries, Director of our Addictions Division, has been appointed the Addictions “Champion” by Dean Ramsey to lead the ACO process of developing consistent alcohol/drug approaches starting with developing consistent alcohol use screening practices throughout the UW Medicine Accountable Care Network. He will be working with a team led by David Dugdale, UW Medicine medical director for care management.
ADAI researcher receives Distinguished Dissertation Award
Department news | February 29, 2016
Kudos to Dennis Wendt on receiving the Distinguished Dissertation Award in Qualitative Inquiry from Division 5 of the American Psychological Association. Dennis is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral fellow in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. His postdoctoral work is with the UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute and his mentor is ADAI Director Dennis Donovan.
Aaron Lyon receives 2016 DIS SIG Early Career Award
Department news | January 31, 2016
Assistant Professor Aaron Lyon has recently been awarded the DIS SIG Early Career Award that is presented to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the science of dissemination and implementation through research, practice, and leadership. Congratulations Aaron!
Will French and Ian Kodish recognized for educational excellence
Department news | January 31, 2016
Each year, the Outstanding Junior Clinician Teacher Faculty Award honors an outstanding clinician teacher faculty member in our department who is at the instructor or assistant professor level. The award recognizes outstanding teaching, curriculum development, educational research and scholarship, and/or educational administration.
The first four recipients of this award were Suzanne Murray (2011), Heidi Combs (2012), Ray Hsiao (2013), and Anna Ratzliff (2014). We are pleased to announce that the 2015 recipients of this award were Will French and Ian Kodish! The award will be presented at Graduation in June.
