News & Stories

Lucy Berliner named to Seattle Magazine’s Hall of Fame

Seattle Magazine | November 1, 2016

Lucy Berliner, MSW, HCSATS, director of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, was named to Seattle Magazine’s Hall of Fame in the “Research/Medicine/Science” category for being a trailblazer in the field of child sexual abuse and in training clinicians to assess and treat young sexual assault victims.

Lattemann recognized in special issue of Brain Research

Department news | October 31, 2016

A special issue of Brain Research commemorated its 50th anniversary by including a sampling of the most heavily cited papers from each of the five decades of the journal’s life. Dianne Lattemann’s paper, “Expression of receptors for insulin and leptin in the ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra (VTA/SN) of the rat,” was one of the papers included. It was published […]

BRiTE Center moves forward with automating quality metrics in MI

Department news | October 31, 2016

The BRiTE Center recently received a competitive renewal grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to implement a clinical support software tool that uses speech signal processing and computational models - instead of human judgment - to evaluate motivational interviewing (MI) for alcohol and substance use problems.

Prolonged exposure shown to be effective for soldiers with PTSD

Department news | October 31, 2016

Greg Reger, a VA-based faculty member, led a research team that published a randomized trial of prolonged exposure and virtual reality exposure in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. This study represents the first randomized trial studying the efficacy of an individual evidence-based practice for Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with active duty U.S. military personnel, and […]

New study looks at air pollution, aging brain

Department news | October 31, 2016

A new NIH-funded study led by Gail Li and Leanne Sheppard (Environmental Health) provides an extraordinary opportunity to develop comprehensive new insights into the effects of air pollution on the aging brain using state-of-the-art exposure science and neuropathological biomarkers. Findings from the study will advance understanding of the role of multifactorial time-varying exposures on brain health in […]

Smart on Youth Justice Conference hosted by PBHJP

Department news | October 31, 2016

On October 17, a diverse group of stakeholders convened at the Smart on Youth Justice Conference to share their perspectives on how to improve outcomes for youth who are sentenced to the adult criminal justice system and who are currently serving sentences in juvenile or adult facilities. Legislators, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, child and family […]

Psychiatry mentors in full force at undergraduate research symposium

Department news | October 31, 2016

Faculty and staff from our department served as research mentors on 22 projects presented at the 19th UW Undergraduate Research Symposium held in May. The symposium facilitates research experiences for undergraduates in all academic disciplines and is a chance for undergraduates to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience. […]

Gandhi, Murray recognized by AAP

Department news | October 31, 2016

Jai Gandhi, UWMC Inpatient Chief Psychiatry Resident, received the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Fellowship Award at the organization’s annual meeting this September in Puerto Rico. The award honors psychiatry residents who demonstrate particular promise as educators and scholars in academic psychiatry as shown by their demonstrated ability as a teacher; commitment to an academic […]