04/28/2022
Among the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences are four researchers from the UW School of Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
They are Caroline “Carrie”...
03/04/2022
Almost weekly, new study findings proclaim the value of artificial intelligence in medicine, especially in radiology. “AI outdoes radiologists when it comes to identifying hip fractures, study shows...
12/14/2021
Dr. Mary Lenora “Nora” Disis, a noted breast cancer vaccine and immunotherapy researcher at UW Medicine, has been named an inaugural member of the Breast Cancer Alliance Sterling Club.
The Breast...
11/12/2021
As dementia research is accelerated, more published papers are offering new insights into the condition that impairs memory loss and judgment. Below is a roundup of three recent studies involving UW...
06/08/2021
UW Medicine was one of the clinical trial sites for aducanumab, a drug approved by the FDA to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug created by Biogen is not a cure and it’s not for...
01/03/2020
Several UW Medicine researchers and a former postdoctoral fellow were among those contributing to scientific highlights of 2019 mentioned by major journals and news media:
STAT’s Most Widely Read...
06/20/2019
Academic research output from UW Medicine, and the University of Washington overall, scored highly in several fields and subject areas in the recently released NTU Ranking. The ranking looks at...
02/21/2019
A 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship will help support investigations by early-career scientist Kelley Harris on how modern human genomes evolved and diversified. She joined the UW School of Medicine...
11/07/2018
Travis Nelson, clinic chief of the University of Washington’s Center for Pediatric Dentistry, has been named acting chair of the UW School of Dentistry’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry. The...
10/11/2018
The newly appointed chair of the UW School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics will also serve as the associate dean of the UW medical school and as senior vice president/chief academic officer...