Department news | March 28, 2024
Joey Mazzola, MD, a second-year psychiatry resident, was selected as the recipient of the 2024 UW Medical Center Patient Safety Hero Award.
News & Stories
UW Medicine women advancing equity, diversity and inclusion
The Huddle | March 20, 2024
Margaret Sibley, PhD, is featured in this article on how early influences and experiences can inspire careers in science and medicine and compel one to be an advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in one’s work and life.
Blast-related concussions linked to higher Alzheimer’s risk
UW Medicine newsroom | March 13, 2024
Gail Li's research raises the possibility that veterans with mild traumatic brain injury may be on a pathway to dementia.
Beware online mental health chatbots, specialists warn
UW Medicine newsroom | March 13, 2024
Wade Reiner, MD, co-wrote an editorial on the “progress, promise and pitfalls” of AI in mental health care.
Winter 2022 pilot grant awardees report their final project outcomes
Population Health Initiative | March 12, 2024
Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, PhD, and Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD, recipients of Tier 2 pilot grants from the Population Health Initiative, offered reports on their results and future plans.
Solving King County’s fentanyl crisis will take patience
KUOW | March 6, 2024
King County is devoting more resources to tackling a staggering opioid problem. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, gives some perspective on the county’s new approach.
Can vagus nerve stimulation reduce your stress levels?
Right as Rain | March 4, 2024
Amelia Dubovsky, MD, offers some insight into how to engage the vagus nerve to help calm your nervous system and help stress.
Opinion: If we can find millions to build fences around a youth jail, we can invest in helping youth thrive
South Seattle Emerald | March 4, 2024
Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD, MS, and Ben Danielson, MD, say now is a time to engage in careful and responsible policymaking regarding our state’s juvenile rehabilitation system.
Mark Snowden stepping down as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC
Department news | February 29, 2024
For the past twelve years, Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, has been a driving force behind mental health services at Harborview Medical Center in his role as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC.
Can narrative writing promote healthy alcohol use?
Department news | February 29, 2024
A new research project led by Kristen Lindgren, PhD, and Clayton Neighbors, PhD (affiliate professor and a former associate professor in our department) is investigating whether narrative writing about the self and identity can prevent or reduce hazardous drinking during developmental transitions in high school and college.
