09/09/2019
Spokane is getting a new center for medical education, health sciences and innovation, with the announcement of the construction of an 80,000-square-foot building at 840 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. The...
06/11/2018
For the first time since it began training new doctors here, the University of Washington School of Medicine’s incoming class is populated entirely by students who picked the Lilac City over Seattle...
02/14/2018
An ambitious new program focused on pediatric oral health training will involve practitioners and students in several schools at the University of Washington and external partners including Eastern...
09/14/2017
The University of Washington’s School of Dentistry is acutely aware of the opioid crisis and the role dentists must play in terms of more stringent prescribing guidelines and other measures.
Dr. Rolf...
08/24/2017
Dr. Eric B. Larson, 70, knows about aging well. He rides his bike to work (16 miles round-trip). He plays piano and belongs to a book club. Mostly he co-leads the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study...
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...
What does it take to become a physician assistant? During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, students learn in class how to take a medical history and perform an exam, and then apply those lessons...
The UW School of Nursing has re-opened enrollment to its adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track of the doctor of nursing practice, or D.N.P., degree program. This decision once again...
An interactive “Polio Eradication Game,” played on a carpeted grid like a life-size chess board, may increase public interest in global health, according to a new study from the University of...