Department news | January 31, 2023
The UW Medicine MLK Community Service Award 2023 honors individuals or groups who exemplify Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles. This year, Pamela Y. Collins, MD, MPH, was one of 11 recipients who received the award.
UW Medicine news | January 30, 2023
Rick Ries, MD, FAPA, FASM, says he expects traffic fatalities in Washington to drop by about 20% if a proposed bill to lower Washington's legal blood alcohol content level to drive from .08 to .05 becomes law.
Right as Rain | January 25, 2023
“Healthy weight” can be a charged term. Courtesy faculty member Megan Riddle, MD, PhD, MS, talks about how weight cycling -- losing and then regaining weight -- can harm your metabolism and increase your disease risk.
UW News | January 23, 2023
A UW-led team including Dave Atkins, PhD, developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic. The researchers published their findings in Nature Machine Intelligence. Senior author Tim Althoff is funded by an Innovation Grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions.
UW Medicine newsroom | January 13, 2023
The UW Center for Mental Health, Policy and the Law, in collaboration with the UW SPIRIT Lab is working to make cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis accessible throughout Washington state.
KUOW | January 11, 2023
Postdoctoral fellow Katherine Walukevich-Dienst, PhD, offers practical advice on how a "Dry January" can benefit you, including everything from sleeping better to saving money.
CMHPL | January 10, 2023
The CBT Care Pathway team led by Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, is working to make cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis accessible throughout Washington state.
The Guardian | January 7, 2023
The lack of clear practice guidelines for treating adult ADHD means practitioners can't be held accountable for questionable prescriptions, says Margaret Sibley, PhD.
NBC News | January 6, 2023
Emily Dworkin, PhD, talks about “frozen shock phase” and tonic immobility, a paralysis-like state in which major responses to a threat can get shut down.
The Guardian | January 1, 2023
Age-related cognitive decline is not inevitable. Those who stay mentally engaged through work, volunteering or learning new skills might raise the chances of staying sharp in very old age, according to courtesy faculty member Joyce Shaffer.
