Department news | May 31, 2017
The Psychiatry and Psychology Service at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), directed by Jesse Fann, MD, MPH, and staffed by faculty in our department, has received approval to expand in order to provide increased on-site mental health care for patients undergoing cancer treatment. As the SCCA continues to grow – planning for the addition of a new […]
Department news | May 31, 2017
Rashad Hardaway, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, and Seon Kum, MD, a 2016 graduate of our residency program, have papers that will be published in a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health on LGBTQ People of Color. The special issue is being guest edited by Vivek Datta, MD, MPH, a […]
Department news | May 31, 2017
Congratulations to Heidi Combs, MD, for being elected into the University of Washington Undergraduate Medical Education chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. The Gold Humanism Honor Society recognizes students, residents and faculty who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. GHHS members are the ones that […]
Department news | May 31, 2017
Jeff Clark, MD, a psychiatry resident, received the Grand Prize for his work on Slumber Camp at the Psychiatry Innovation Lab held during the recent American Psychiatric Association meeting. Slumber Camp is an affordable, direct-to-consumer online course that teaches cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) skills. He noticed that many patients weren’t able to access CBT-I in […]
Department news | May 31, 2017
At the recent VA Puget Sound Research Week Symposium, the Northwest Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America presented Andrew Saxon, MD, with the 2017 Jack Michaels Award for Excellence in VA Research, and Elaine Peskind, MD, with the 2017 Larry Searle Lifetime Achievement Award. Presenters at the symposium included Keren Lehavot, PhD (career development awardee), Stephen Thielke, MD (seed grant awardee) […]
Spectrum News | May 30, 2017
Zoran Brkanac, MD, and his colleagues are using new bioinformatics approaches to research the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and autism.
H&HN | May 24, 2017
Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, talks about the importance of Collaborative Care to reach more people in need of mental health care, despite a shortage of behavioral health specialists.
KIRO 7 | May 21, 2017
Jeff Dubois from KIRO 7 interviews Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD, MS, about what pre-clinical research suggests about the effect of marijuana on PTSD sufferers.
NEJM Catalyst | May 18, 2017
Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, writes about what is needed to achieve true patient-centered care in the context of chronic pain.
The Pharmaceutical Journal | May 15, 2017
William Banks, MD, discusses the current methods of getting drugs through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat central nervous system disorders and the need to better understand how the BBB works.
