Timothy Thornton is using biostatistics to help identify genetic risk factors of the Hispanic population, which is much more diverse than the typically studied European populations.
Thornton, a UW...
Walter Kukull's dad said he should rely on brains over brawn for a career. So he did, coming to presenting his dissertation at UW in the 1980s and then starting a long career in the study of...
[10/1: The headline has been clarified. The reference to Dr. Joseph Goldstein's academic affiliation has been clarified.]
At age 91, Arno Motulsky, UW professor emeritus of medicine and genome...
When people talk about legends at the University of Washington, Roger Rosenblatt is one of them.
After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Rosenblatt moved to Seattle where he became one the...
Dr. Stu Farber, a founder of UW Medicine's palliative care service who helped patients and their families prepare for life’s end, died Friday at age 67. He had battled acute myelogenous leukemia....
Wayne Katon, vice chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a pioneer in collaborative mental health care, died March 1 from lymphoma. He was 64.
“Wayne was truly a great human being, a mensch...
“Alzheimer’s is driven by genetics, but it isn’t just one disease,” said Dr. Thomas Montine, chair of the University of Washington’s Department of Pathology. “It’s a disease that has many different...
In a White House ceremony today, May 19, President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Science to UW Medicine researcher Mary-Claire King, a University of Washington professor of genome...
An art exhibit at Harborview Medical Center shines light on Seattle’s progress in becoming one of the nation's leading dementia-friendly cities.
The exhibit (through May 25) shows off 50 works...
On a recent sunny morning at a Seattle community center, a group of schoolchildren took a few hours out of day camp to share music and conversation with older adults. The gathering culminated an...