Our Department received $12 million from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test a telepsychiatry extension of the Collaborative Care model for patients with PTSD or bipolar disorder in rural primary care clinics. This is the largest award to our department in a long time and it will become the largest treatment trial for patients with bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder to date. John Fortney, PhD, is the Principal Investigator with Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, serving as Co-Principal Investigator. This is a very nice step towards our goal of growing the size and impact of our federally funded research portfolio and it fits well with the WWAMI mission of increasing access to effective mental health care.