UW Medicine Newsroom | February 12, 2020
Michael Pullman, PhD, is one of several scientists and physicians from the UW School of Medicine who is presenting at the annual meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, this year held at the UW. He will be discussing ways to prevent the commercial sex trafficking of children and teens.
UW Medicine Huddle | February 3, 2020
Medical research has shown that there is a strong connection between heart disease and depression; People with depression are at greater risk for heart problems, and people with heart problems are at greater risk for depression. Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, is quoted.
UW School of Public Health | February 1, 2020
Theresa Hoeft, PhD, is co-author of a study about a new intervention that may help break the cycle of opioid use disorder among people transitioning from jail or prison back into the community.
Department news | January 31, 2020
In response to our growing telehealth and digital health programs across many sections of the department, Brad Felker, MD, has been asked to lead a one-year initiative to examine our current involvement in Telehealth / Digital health care and to recommend some future directions in this area. A professor in the department with extensive expertise in […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
Congratulations to Jesse Markman, MD, MBA, for becoming the new Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health, VA Puget Sound Health Care System! Dr. Markman has served as Acting Associate Chief of Staff—Mental Health since June, 2018. During that time, the Mental Health Service has engaged in a number of different initiatives including the activation of […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
The UW School Mental Health Assessment Research and Training (SMART) Center has recently received a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health ($3.6M) to simultaneously (1) conduct the first school-based effectiveness trial of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) in schools and (2) test an innovative implementation strategy to promote consistent, high-quality delivery of TF-CBT […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration recently launched a new journal titled Implementation Research and Practice (IRaP) with SAGE publications. The journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication of interdisciplinary research that advances the implementation in diverse contexts of effective approaches to assess, prevent, and treat mental health, substance use, or other […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
Every year, faculty in our department teach a classroom course for UW medical students titled Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Marcella Pascualy, MD, has served as the Course Chair for the past 20 years and has now decided to step down from this role. She has done a sensational job in this position, displaying unwavering dedication, creativity, high standards […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
Three out of every hundred people in the world will at some time in their life experience a psychotic episode, experiencing hallucinations and / or delusions and disorganization of thought that can be frightening and seriously interfere with a person’s ability to function. This is often a frightening experience and a time of tremendous uncertainty […]
UW Medicine Newsroom | January 30, 2020
An ancestral African population reveals clues to the genetic origins of schizophrenia. The project was led by Jon McClellan, MD, and Mary-Claire King (genome sciences and medicine), among others.
