University of Washington Magazine | February 25, 2023
Marco Pravetoni, PhD, has invested more than a decade of his career to pursuing the development and translation of vaccines and other antibody-based treatment strategies that have eluded scientists for more than half a century.
UW Medicine newsroom | February 24, 2023
William Banks, MD, Shelly Erickson, PhD, and a team of researchers with the UW School of Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, and Oregon Health & Science University have shed light on the likely culprit of symptoms like foggy brain and vanishing memory: inflammation.
Psychiatric News | February 23, 2023
Prazosin—a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure—may also reduce drinking by adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a clinical trial led by Murray Raskind, MD.
WWAMI Wednesday | February 22, 2023
Medical student Connor Hague shares why she created a resource for mental health care for youth in a rural area. She was based in Davenport in Lincoln County, Washington.
The Seattle Times | February 9, 2023
It’s not a normal part of aging to be sad. Whitney Carlson, MD, provides some tips that aging adults, their loved ones and health care providers can use to ensure older people get the mental health care they need.
UW Medicine news | February 9, 2023
The heart gets all the attention on Valentine’s Day, but Larry Zweifel, PhD, says it’s really a series of reactions in the brain that drive us to pursue meaningful relationships with the ones we love.
The Dallas Morning News | February 7, 2023
The University of Houston’s vaccine could block fentanyl from reaching the brain, preventing overdoses. Marco Pravetoni, PhD, comments on the study.
FOX 13 | February 6, 2023
Michael Gese was suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia. Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, says there are challenges in health care when it comes to serious mental illnesses, specifically patients often don’t think they need help, or don’t want the treatments offered.
UW Medicine news | February 6, 2023
Research by Brian Kraemer and Pamela McMillan identifies tau interactions with RNA, the nucleic acid that serves as the blueprint molecule for all our cellular machines, as a key stage in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders.
Department news | January 31, 2023
We are happy to announce that Michelle Lynch, MPA, will be joining the department as our next Vice Chair for Finance and Administration on March 1, 2023.
