Department News | June 23, 2025
The University of Washington’s Integrated Care Training Program (ICTP) and Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center Integrated Care Conference was held on June 5 and 6. 2025, in Seattle.
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Faculty and staff department awards
Department News | June 23, 2025
At the department annual meeting on June 11, 2025, we honored several members of our faculty and staff who have contributed in various ways to the success of our department. A big congratulations to each of them!
Recruiting two endowed positions and three early career faculty
Department News | June 23, 2025
We are now happy to begin recruiting for two new endowed positions supported by generous philanthropic support, one with a focus on addiction psychiatry and another with a focus on adult cognitive aging. We are also searching for three new acting assistant professors, psychiatrists and/or psychologists with interest in neuromodulation, mental health and the law, or digital innovation and artificial intelligence (AI).
Jurassic World Rebirth director on why we love the franchise so much
NBC | June 16, 2025
People love scaring themselves silly, especially when those thrills occur "in a space that we know is actually not objectively dangerous," says Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD.
Baby boomer’s luck is running out
The Atlantic | June 13, 2025
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable. “Going forward, you'll find less treatments reaching fruition,” says Thomas Grabowski, MD.
U.S. school-shooting sites lagged in mental health staffing
UW Medicine Newsroom | June 5, 2025
This paper shows that schools that experienced shootings had a lower rate of mental health staffing per student than similar schools without shootings, says Keith Hullenaar, PhD.
Involuntary commitment in Washington: What to know
Seattle Times | June 1, 2025
“Privacy laws can be so hard for everyone involved, but we’re all entitled to privacy,” says Mollie Forrester, MSW.
Ray Hsiao named speaker-elect of the APA Assembly
Department News | May 29, 2025
Congratulations to Ray Hsiao, MD who was named 2025-2026 speaker-elect of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Assembly during the Annual Meeting of the APA in Los Angeles, CA.
Recruiting two new endowed positions
Department News | May 29, 2025
We are now happy to begin recruiting for two new endowed positions supported by generous philanthropic support, one with a focus on addiction psychiatry and another with a focus on adult cognitive aging.
Jonathan Orrala to serve as co-chair of Staff EDI Committee
Department News | May 29, 2025
We're happy to announce that Jonathan Orrala will be stepping in as co-chair of the department's Staff EDI Committee! Jonathan is a member of our Academic HR team with a focus on faculty recruitment and he became involved with the Staff EDI Committee shortly after joining the department in 2023.
