In a push to keep health professions on pace with changing demographics, the University of Washington will create a Health Professions Academy to cultivate and recruit undergraduate students from...
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science has launched a program to expand mental health services across the state.
The program will train psychiatrists to partner and consult with...
Timothy Woodiwiss left high school at 16 to work at McDonald's. He joined the National Guard at 18 to help in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Through multiple career and family changes, he always kept...
The University of Washington (UW) and Gonzaga University (GU) have signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane.
The agreement makes Gonzaga a partner...
In response to huge demand by students and faculty, the University of Washington School of Nursing has launched a center to elevate and promote global health nursing activities both locally and...
For the 25th consecutive year, the University of Washington’s School of Medicine maintained the No. 1 ranking in family-medicine and rural-medicine training in U.S. News & World Report’s lists of...
China’s role in global health is expanding rapidly and perhaps at a tipping point. Its next steps were the focus of a landmark symposium hosted this month by the University of Washington.
Since the...
Living with childhood injuries and persistent medical problems, Ismail Jatta cultivated patience that has served him well as a caregiver.
Now close to graduation from physician assistant training at...
Kenny Sherr heads the world’s only Ph.D. program in implementation science, based in the University of Washington's Department of Global Health.
“It’s all about taking the science that we know works...
Surgical residents learn their craft mostly in the operating room, watching and assisting mentors with patient procedures until their skills and poise suffice to fly solo.
Such on-the-job training...