Department news | February 29, 2016
Kudos to Dennis Wendt on receiving the Distinguished Dissertation Award in Qualitative Inquiry from Division 5 of the American Psychological Association. Dennis is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral fellow in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. His postdoctoral work is with the UW Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute and his mentor is ADAI Director Dennis Donovan.
Department news | February 29, 2016
Nina de Lacy, MD, MBA, a fellow in our UW Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is one of three investigators selected this year to participate in the Institute of Translational Health Sciences’ KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program. The KL2 program is a rigorous, three-year, interdisciplinary research program that involves intensive mentoring experience in […]
NIMH Science News | February 19, 2016
A team led by Patricia Areán, MD, showed that research via smartphone app can work.
KUOW | February 11, 2016
Jack McClellan, MD, discusses the challenges faced in accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of psychotic disorders in children and adolescents.
KIRO 7 | February 10, 2016
David Avery, MD, explains how light therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) can help all Seattle residents through dark winters.
UW Medicine | February 4, 2016
Deborah Cowley, MD, and Amritha Bhat, MBBS, MD, are spearheading new programs that help moms receive the most effective and successful treatment for mental health conditions.
Seattle Magazine | February 1, 2016
Congratulations to Jesse Fann, MD; Ray Hsiao, MD; Murray Raskind, MD; Carol Rockhill, MD, PhD; Peter Roy-Byrne, MD; Andy Saxon, MD; and Mark Snowden, MD, and for being included in Seattle Magazine’s Top Doctors yearly list recognizing the most outstanding physicians in the region.
Department news | January 31, 2016
Assistant Professor Aaron Lyon has recently been awarded the DIS SIG Early Career Award that is presented to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the science of dissemination and implementation through research, practice, and leadership. Congratulations Aaron!
Department news | January 31, 2016
Each year, the Outstanding Junior Clinician Teacher Faculty Award honors an outstanding clinician teacher faculty member in our department who is at the instructor or assistant professor level. The award recognizes outstanding teaching, curriculum development, educational research and scholarship, and/or educational administration. The first four recipients of this award were Suzanne Murray (2011), Heidi Combs […]
Department news | January 31, 2016
Cecilia Breinbauer, MD, MPH and Amritha Bhat, MD have been awarded seed money for a Global Parent Child Mental Health Initiative. This initiative is a collaboration between UW Faculty and colleagues from China, Peru, Kenya, and Chile to train care providers, educators, and students on how to work with and talk about mental health issues. In order to […]
