Nature | November 26, 2025
Info online connects with some people who have had symptoms but never understood what they were, says Margaret Sibley, PhD. That leads them to seek help, pushing diagnoses up.
News & Stories
Paul Borghesani named Chief of Service for Psychiatry at Harborview
Department News | November 26, 2025
It is with great pleasure we announce that after a committee search, Paul Borghesani, MD, PhD has been approved by the Medical Executive Board and Board of Trustees as the Chief of Service for Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center.
New faculty to focus on digital innovation and artificial intelligence
Department News | November 26, 2025
We’re happy to announce that Devon Sandel-Fernandez, PhD and Adam Kuczynski, PhD have been selected to lead our department’s efforts in digital innovation and artificial intelligence.
Well-Being Grant brings together EDI groups from across the department
Department News | November 26, 2025
With support from a UW Medicine Well-Being Grant, we recently brought together nearly 30 people from around our department for a half-day retreat focused on EDI initiatives.
Population Health Initiative awards early-stage pilot grants
Department News | November 26, 2025
The UW Population Health Initiative has awarded eight, $25,000 Tier 1 pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of UW researchers. These teams collectively represent 10 UW schools and colleges plus several community-based partners, including three projects with investigators from our department.
Farzaneh Faradi receives Austin Riggs Award
Department News | November 26, 2025
We’re thrilled to share that Farzaneh Farhadi, MD, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Austen Riggs Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy.
Morgan Liu and Nikitha Pothireddy win poster award at ACLP meeting
Department News | November 26, 2025
Congratulations to psychiatry residents Nikitha Pothireddy, MD and Morgan Liu, MD who won second place for the Best Trainee Poster award at the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) annual meeting in San Antonio, TX.
CMHIS celebrates first year of mental health implementation support
Department News | November 26, 2025
As CMHIS enters its second year, the Pacific West Hub team met to reflect on lessons learned and set priorities for the year ahead.
Streamlining outpatient behavioral health referrals
Department News | November 26, 2025
Led by Mollie Forrester, MSW, LICSW, and Ryan Kimmel, MD, we have started work on a new access project to create a unified, patient-centered behavioral health referral system across UW Medicine.
Donor support for PES Peers at Harborview is extended
Department News | November 26, 2025
With renewed support from the Hoveida Family Foundation, the PES Peers program is being extended, and additional efforts will be made to share lessons from the pilot project with community partners.
