Fewer high school students across the U.S. started drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, committing crimes and engaging in violence before graduation when their towns used the Communities That Care ...
Daniela Witten, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has been named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for the third year in a row. The Forbes list...
With an intricately woven wire tree adorned with a swing and a bench, Dr. Niousha Saghafi won the annual Department of Orthodontics wire sculpture contest for first-year residents. The contest, first...
On her lunch break, Katharine Barrett sought an island of tranquility away from the bustle of Harborview Medical Center’s Pathology Department. A short walk and four flights of stairs later, she...
Eleven individuals and programs recognized at Seattle Business’ 2014 Leaders in HealthCare awards ceremony Monday, Feb. 24, brought honor to the UW through their achievements.
As the magazine stated...
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...
For Andrew Taylor, a molecular biologist and Seattle resident, attending last week’s community conversation about a trauma study to be held at Harborview Medical Center stemmed from an experience in...
Paul Hayes, RN, has been named executive director of Harborview Medical Center, effective Nov. 18.
Hayes has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare, including the past 15 as executive vice...
The world is getting fatter, and – despite progress in many countries – more people than ever are smoking. Marie Ng of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation led efforts to gather the...
[Editor's note: Guy Maddison and his family have relocated and he no longer works at Harborview Medical Center.]
In blue scrubs, Guy Maddison cradles a cup of cafeteria-grade coffee and offers a warm...