10/18/2019
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a troubling 56% increase in the risk of suicide among young people ages 10 to 24 over a 10-year period.
In this group of children,...
03/12/2019
Friday, March 15, University of Washington graduating medical students will be joining with their peers around the country and the world to celebrate Match Day 2019.
The day marks the close of Match...
11/08/2018
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A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. That’s why every second counts when someone is injured in a disaster or a mass shooting, especially because emergency services...
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...
03/16/2018
Today at exactly noon EDT (9 a.m. PDT in Seattle), fourth-year med students across the country opened envelopes and checked smart phone apps to see the fruits of their years of hard work and...
03/08/2018
Physician success stories usually have a common thread: an important mentor, or possibly more than one key mentor, whose guidance proved invaluable.
And in this day of digital communication, Dr. Best...
03/02/2018
The University of Washington made a giant commitment in the field of global mental health with the hiring of Dr. Pamela Collins from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Collins started in her...
01/25/2018
While most suicide intervention efforts have been focused on mental health and emergency room settings, professionals throughout all medical fields play a critical role in suicide prevention.
Now,...
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...