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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Department news | December 31, 2015
The UW School of Medicine’s addictions programs have done it again. For the fourth year in a row, US News and World Report ranked UW Medicine as a top 10 medical school for drug and alcohol abuse programs, coming in at #10. Four west coast schools made the top ten list with Harvard University ranking first. The Drug and Alcohol Abuse training program was one of eight programs at UW medicine to receive a top 10 ranking. The other UW Medicine programs are Family Medicine (#1), Rural Medicine (#1), AIDS (#4), Geriatrics (#8), Pediatrics (#8), Internal Medicine (#8) and Women’s Health (hidden ranking).
Richard Ries, Director of the Addictions Division and the Addictions Services at Harborview, is proud of the fact that we are the only psychiatry department in the country that offers an Addictions Track as an entry option for residents. Addiction graduates function as clinical and research faculty at various departmental sites and occupy key positions in regional hospitals and treatment centers. The national ranking is just one indicator of the strength of our Addictions Division. An innovative leader in such areas as wrap-around care and opioid treatment, the Addictions Division has a large number of faculty members who engage in research, patient care, and education including Dennis Donovan’s group at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Mary Larimer’s team at the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Therese Grant’s work at the Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Andy Saxon’s research on opioid addiction treatment at the Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, Ray Hsiao’s efforts at The Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Murray Raskind and colleague at the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers , John Neumaier’s group in Psychiatric Neurosciences and Mark Sullivan’s work to study and intervene in the prescription opioid epidemic.
Department news | November 30, 2015
The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) selected Amritha Bhat, MD, as the recipient of a 2015 William Webb Fellowship, a nationally competitive program. This fellowship fosters the career development and leadership potential of outstanding trainees with an interest in consultation liaison psychiatry. As a Webb Fellow, Dr. Bhat will serve on pivotal task forces and working groups as part of the APM leadership team. Congratulations, Amritha!
Department news | November 30, 2015
Resident Vivek Datta, MD, MPH, has recently been awarded the Rappeport Fellowship presented to outstanding residents with a particular interest in the relationship between psychiatry and the law. The fellowship seeks to award those who will make a significant contribution to this field. Congratulations Vivek!
