Jesse Fann, MD, MPH
Personal Statement
I am a consultation-liaison psychiatrist and health services researcher in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Epidemiology. I am also Medical Director of the Department of Psychosocial Oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. My research interests are in psychiatric epidemiology, health services research, psychiatric oncology, and neuropsychiatry. In my clinical practice, I use a comprehensive, multifaceted approach that may include medications or counseling to help patients achieve their goals. My primary interest is helping people who are coping with medical illness. I am particularly interested in developing better approaches to delivering person-centered psychiatric care to these populations.Education
Stanford University, BS, Electrical Engineering, 1985
Northwestern University Medical School, MD, 1989
Columbus Hospital (Chicago), Transitional Internship, 1990
University of Washington Affil. Hosps. Residency, Psychiatry, 1993
University of Washington Affil. Hosps. Fellowship, Psychiatry Research, 1995
University of Washington School of Public Health, MPH, Epidemiology, 1996
Department Affiliations
Centers/Programs
Training Programs
Other Affiliations
Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Investigator, UW Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
Associate Member, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Member, UW Center for Cannabis Research
Scholarly Expertise
- Access to health care
- Adult Psychiatry/Psychology
- Anxiety disorders
- Collaborative Care / Integrated Care
- Consult psychiatry/psychology
- Depression
- Evidence-based practice
- Health services and health policy
- Human-centered design
- Measurement-based care
- Medically complex
- Medication management
- Neuropsychiatry
- Outpatient psychiatry/psychology
- Patient-centered outcomes
- Pragmatic clinical trials
- Psychosocial outcomes
- Psychotherapies
- Randomized controlled trial
- Research methods
- Telepsychiatry/psychology
- Telepsychiatry/telepsychology
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Psychiatric Oncology
Clinical Expertise
Teaching Philosophy
The privilege of sharing my clinical and research knowledge with the next generation of clinicians and researchers is an important component of my own ongoing professional growth and academic mission at the University of Washington. I have learned that by respectfully partnering with students and trainees to help them achieve their educational and professional goals, they learn to work in a collegial framework that will serve them in their future professional careers. I believe that one of the most important challenges as a mentor is teaching scientific rigor while simultaneously stimulating individual creativity.
Recent Publications
(2025 Dec 1)
JAMA Netw Open 8(12): e2547954
Mac Donald CL, Barber J, Hunt D, Andre JB, Fann JR, Dams-O'Connor K, Temkin NR
(2025 Sep 17)
J Neurotrauma
Hoffman JM, Obata T, Ciol MA, Humbert A, Bogner J, Corrigan JD, Dams-O'Connor K, Driver S, Dubiel R, Hammond FM, Hart T, Kajankova M, Moore M, Watanabe TK, Whyte J, Fann JR
(2025)
Front Neurol 16(): 1594748
Fann JR, Hart T, Bell KR, Cole W, Jain S, Raman R, Barber J, Dikmen S, Richardson J, Stein MB, Temkin N
(2025 May)
Proc ACM Hum Comput Interact 9(2):
Mittal A, Jones T, Karkar R, Suh J, Williams S, Zheng Y, Andris LM, Bates N, Bauer AM, Lostutter TW, Fann JR, Fogarty J, Hsieh G
(2025 Sep-Oct 01)
J Head Trauma Rehabil 40(5): E340-E348
Bombardier CH, Mistretta EG, Altschuler R, Barber J, Fann JR
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