Department News | September 30, 2024
At the AIMS Center, we were thrilled to celebrate our 20th Anniversary with friends and colleagues in September. For the past two decades, we’ve supported diverse healthcare organizations in integrating behavioral health services into medical settings.
Department News | September 30, 2024
With this new, $3 million grant, the UW Seven Directions team will serve as one of four core technical assistance and training hubs supporting the documentation and monitoring of tribal research grants focused on substance use, mental health, and pain management.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Residents once again have the opportunity to pursue global mental health research and interdisciplinary collaboration. Ian Bennett, MD, PhD, who has projects in Vietnam, Nigeria, and the Phillipines, has agreed to be the faculty advisor with help from Leah Nguyen, MSW, BFA who has been managing the program on an interim basis.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Congratulations to Megan Lee, MD on being awarded the 2025 PRITE Fellowship! This two-year fellowship from the American College of Psychiatrists is awarded to only two residents per year. Megan will serve on the PRITE Editorial Board and participate in the question writing process for the annual PRITE exam.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Congratulations to Brittany Blanchard, PhD, recipient of the Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Early Career Investigator Award! This award recognizes scholars with early achievement and exceptional promise for future contributions to addiction health services research.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Congrats to the recipients of our latest round of Staff Scholarship Awards! Funded by department and philanthropic funds, these awards support professional development of classified and professional staff who work in our department.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Emily Dworkin, PhD is the recipient of the Bela and Chaim Denieli Award from the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). This honor, to recognize excellence in the traumatic stress field, is given to an individual who is within eight years of their highest degree.
Department News | September 30, 2024
We’re proud to report that once again Seattle Magazine’s annual list of top doctors in the Puget Sound region features a number of faculty and courtesy faculty members from our department.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Our new six-story Center for Behavioral Health and Learning (CBHL) is now open and seeing patients. Tour the beautiful new facility with this video from the SRG + CannonDesign team.
Spokesman-Review | September 25, 2024
Perhaps the most likely reason for fewer deaths nationally, according to Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, is that growth in new users has slowed because so many current users have died.
