Nisqually Valley News | January 8, 2020
The Washington state Legislature convenes on January 13 for this year’s session. 2nd Legislative District Sen. Randi Becker, R-Olympia says there are a number of high priority telemedicine and transportation bills in the works.
Crosscut | January 6, 2020
A collaboration between UW Medicine’s AIMS Center and Dayton, WA (population 2,500), is changing how Washington brings mental health care to rural communities.
UW Medicine Newsroom | December 31, 2019
Seattle community hospital integrates under a single license with the University of Washington Medical Center.
Department news | December 31, 2019
We’re excited to welcome Michael Schrift, DO, MA, FANPA, in his new position as Medical Director of Neuropsychiatry and Brain Health starting January 2, 2020. He joins us from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago where he was the Division Director of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. […]
UW Medicine Newsroom | December 30, 2019
The software program ‘DeepSqueak’ is listed as one of the most-viewed items of 2019 on the UW Medicine news site. John Neumaier, MD, PhD, Kevin Coffey, PhD, and Russell Marx talk about how the program can help develop treatments for withdrawal from alcohol or opioids.
Department news | December 30, 2019
Katherine Jardine joined our department in September in the role of Communications Manager. Katherine is a Seattle native who recently moved back to the Pacific Northwest after spending the last decade in New Orleans and San Francisco. Katherine has a background in public relations, marketing, outreach and event production. She has a BA in communications from […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
Joan Russo, PhD, who has shared her statistical prowess with our department since 1980, is transitioning from professor to emeritus faculty. Her unique analytic skills have had a tremendous impact on our research efforts and have strengthened our department as a whole. For many years, Dr. Russo worked closely with Wayne Katon providing statistical and […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
The Molecular Basis of Drug Abuse Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program, previously housed in the Department of Pharmacology, now lives in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences under the leadership of Paul Philips, PhD. The fellowship is designed to provide training in molecular and cellular aspects of drug abuse research and has dramatically facilitated the coordination […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
Our residency program is growing and we are making substantial investments to strengthen its administrative and faculty support. We are reviewing our curriculum and evaluation processes and anticipate significant modernization to meet the challenge of training psychiatrists for the future of psychiatry. We are also adding a new structure and additional support for our residency […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
We are pleased to announce the launch of the UW Medicine Behavioral Health Strategic Oversight Committee and the appointment of Jim Vollendroff, MPA, as the Behavioral Health Service Line Administrator for UW Medicine. The new Behavioral Health Service Line will support quality, coordinated services across our existing behavioral health programming and provide input on the future expansion […]
