Department news | September 30, 2017
Psychiatry faculty participated in 21 of 60 applications submitted to the inaugural UW Population Health Initiative (PHI) call for pilot proposals, either as lead investigator or co-investigator. Of the five proposals selected for funding, two involved Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty. The PHI provides up to $50,000 per pilot, augmented by matching funds from some […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
Elaine Peskind, MD, and Murray Raskind, MD, received a $4.8 million award from the National Institute on Aging (through the UCSD-based Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study) to lead a randomized controlled multicenter trial of prazosin for disruptive agitation in Alzheimer’s disease. Agitation is extremely common among patients with Alzheimer’s and leads to distress of both the patient […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to fund a study that uses smartphone technology to better understand why experiencing auditory verbal hallucinations – hearing voices – can lead to significant distress, impairment, and need for care in some people, but not all.
Department news | September 30, 2017
Using multiple drugs simultaneously to treat a single ailment or condition, also known as polypharmacy, has increased over the past two decades among Veterans, exposing them to risks for drug-drug interactions and adverse side effects. Optimizing a Veteran’s medication regimen using a pharmacogenetic decision support tool – one based on how an individual’s genotype influences […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
Christine Lee, PhD, Research Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, received a five year grant to develop and test a mobile app for college students that aims to reduce high-risk alcohol use and associated negative consequences. Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) held their 4th biennial conference at the University of Washington September 7-9. Over 30 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty and staff participated in planning the conference and/or presenting their research. Several department faculty and staff serve as officers for SIRC, including Kate Comtois, PhD, Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD, Aaron Lyon, PhD, Andria Pierson, Doyanne […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
The Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research (SIBCR) awarded Greg Reger, PhD, an intramural grant titled ‘Innovative Technologies to Support Service Member and Veteran Psychological Health.’ This grant will support a pilot randomized trial evaluating clinical outcomes related to the use of the PE Coach, a VA/DoD mobile application used during psychotherapy for PTSD. The […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
Congratulations to Paul Phillips, PhD, for being appointed Co-Chair of the UW Graduate School’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group and Co-Director of the UW Graduate Program in Neuroscience for a five year term beginning September, 2017. The Neuroscience program draws faculty from departments across campus and from affiliated institutes across Seattle to give researchers the opportunity to be trained across a wide […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
The Harborview Mental Health and Addiction Services (HMHAS) at Harborview Medical Center received funding from King County Public Health, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division to develop a clinical model for integrated physical-behavioral healthcare with the goal of reducing cardio-metabolic risk. Cardio-metabolic risk factors (obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes) are more than twice as common […]
Department news | September 30, 2017
Medical providers can fulfill the new state law requiring health professionals to complete a one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management with All Patients Safe: Suicide Prevention for Medical Professionals. All Patients Safe is a highly interactive, suicide prevention training developed by UW Medicine and Forefront Suicide Prevention in partnership with Seattle Children’s, CoMotion […]
