WWAMI’s effort is vital because Alaska needs more physicians, particularly those that specialize in primary care and psychiatry.
A new family medical residency training program in Coeur d’Alene is one step to try to help address Idaho's anticipated shortage of physicians.
Each year, the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview Medical Center sees nearly 1,000 patients, 300 of whom have scald injuries.
A scald occurs when skin is burned by something wet, such as...
A University of Washington online education program aimed at helping healthcare providers more safely manage patients' chronic pain has received a nearly $800,000 grant. The funding to UW and its...
Curriculum renewal took center stage in late January, generating enthusiasm in a well-attended public forum. About 100 faculty, staff and students heared presenters discuss ideas to integrate the...
A week before Thanksgiving in 2008, Eric Seitz, a homeless youth, arrived in Harborview Medical Center with a flesh-eating disease -- the result of injecting drugs with a dirty needle. He was in a...
The University of Washington School of Medicine announced plans today, March 26, to establish Spokane as the center of an effort called "Next Generation WWAMI."
The UW, in partnership with the city's...
Very few areas in the United States are as well positioned as Washington state to become national research centers. That was the message of University of Washington President Michael K. Young in an...
Between college and med school, Eliza Hutchinson spent a year in an outreach role, tending to youths who lived on Boston’s streets.
“They got healthcare either through the free services that we...
UW joined representatives from 208 universities and 55 countries in May at the 5th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health meeting in Washington, D.C.
The National Institutes of Health...