Department news | May 31, 2023
A key component of our state’s crisis system is mobile crisis response teams that can be rapidly deployed to the location of the crisis and provide crisis assessment and stabilization services to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.
Department news | May 31, 2023
After a comprehensive national search last year, Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPA, CMQ, was selected as our new Program Director for the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. We are excited to announce she is now here!
Department news | May 31, 2023
The Psychiatry Residency Program hosted a successful Resident Research Day on May 25 with a record turnout of in-person and virtual attendees.
Department news | May 31, 2023
Governor Inslee signed SSB 5189 into law to establish the role of Behavioral Health Support Specialist (BHSS) in Washington with credentialing starting January 1, 2025.
Department news | May 31, 2023
A new ranking by Research.com ranks the top female scientists in the United States based on a scientist's general H-index, a metric for evaluating the cumulative impact of an author's scholarly output and performance. Elaine Peskind, MD, Joan Russo, PhD, and Judith Turner, PhD, made the list.
Department news | May 31, 2023
Ann Vander Stoep, PhD, Laura Kastner, PhD, and Elizabeth McCauley, PhD, have been partnering with Flemmings Nkhandwe, BSc, MPH and other colleagues in Northern Malawi since 2014 to promote children’s mental health.
Department news | May 31, 2023
Young people are increasingly engaging with climate change issues through social media. Unfortunately, social media can have emotional consequences.
Department news | May 31, 2023
To honor the memory and contributions of our colleague and friend, Jeremy Clark, PhD, each summer we award research fellowships to UW undergraduate students to work on a ten-week research project in the lab of a Division of Psychiatric Neurosciences faculty member.
Department news | May 31, 2023
Congratulations to Fellow Hannah Rea, PhD, for receiving a four-year supplement to her Institute of Translational Health Sciences KL2 award from the National Institutes of Health.
Department news | May 31, 2023
Congratulations to Katherine Hoerster, PhD, MPH, for receiving the Leading the Narrative Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine honoring her work and dedication to effective community-engaged behavioral medicine science communication.
