Department news | June 27, 2024
The Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions (GIBHS) is launching a new round of innovation grants focused on projects in applications of artificial intelligence for behavioral health and innovations in discharge as well as community integration after inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
UW Medicine newsroom | May 15, 2024
UW Medicine's Center for Behavioral Health and Learning addresses the state’s need for increased hospital care and workforce training. Media coverage in The Seattle Times, KUOW, and others.
Department news | April 30, 2024
On April 16, the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning on the UWMC-Northwest campus opened the doors to the new Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation and a new campus cafeteria, both located on the first floor of the building.
Department news | January 31, 2024
The new Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation will dramatically improve our ability to improve access to treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and other novel therapeutics in one convenient location.
Department news | January 31, 2024
The Garvey Institute annual meeting provided an overview of the Garvey Institute’s work over the past four years in two broad categories: inspiring and supporting the next generation of scientists and health care professionals to work together on improving mental health, and developing better solutions for tomorrow.
PR Newswire | January 30, 2024
With funding from Premera Blue Cross, the AIMS Center will help three clinics in western Washington implement Collaborative Care. Diane Powers, MBA, MA, is quoted.
Department news | November 30, 2023
Nicholas Ward, MD, a long-time faculty member and an outstanding teacher, inspired Joan “Mutt” Dickson, MD, during her medical training at UW to pursue mental health. With his encouragement, Dickson did a combined residency in family medicine and psychiatry at West Virginia University. She eventually brought her two passions together when she moved to Glendive, […]
Department news | November 30, 2023
The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is funding 12 new partnerships that will develop and test innovative ways to extend the impact of mental health professionals in Washington.
UW Medicine | November 13, 2023
The Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS) led by K. Warner Schaie, PhD, and Sherry Willis, PhD, followed participants from 1956 to 2012 to track cognitive changes over the adult lifespan. Jeff Iliff, PhD, uses data from the SLS to investigate the relationship between sleep and cognitive impairment or dementia.
Department news | October 31, 2023
Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural holder of the Many Minds Collaborative Endowed Professorship in Behavioral Health to support her work with underserved populations.
