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UW Medicine | January 4, 2023

A new donor-supported program aims to help coaches improve youth mental health. This work is partially supported by a Garvey Institute Innovation Grant (Adapting a resilience intervention for youth athletes).

Department news | November 30, 2022

A new Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry (BNNP) Fellowship Program, a joint collaboration between the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Neurology, has been officially approved by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

Department news | November 30, 2022

Thomas J Grabowski, MD, has been named the inaugural holder of the Tim B. Engle Endowed Professorship for Brain Health Innovations supported by the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions

The Huddle | November 23, 2022

The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is awarding over $1 million to develop and test innovative approaches to caring for adolescents and young adults with mental health and addiction problems. The focus on adolescent and young adult mental health was driven by the steadily increasing rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in adolescents and young adults over the past decade.

Psychology Today | October 20, 2022

A new study published in Psychiatric Services by members of the BRiTE Center shows how AI natural language processing can detect cognitive disorders in texts as effectively as human clinicians. Authors include Justin Tauscher, PhD, MS, Ayesha Chander, MRes, Trevor Cohen, MBChB, PhD, FACMI, and Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD. The work was supported by an innovation grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions.

UW Medicine newsroom | October 11, 2022

Members of the BRiTE Center including Justin Tauscher, PhD, MS, Ayesha Chander, MRes, Trevor Cohen, MBChB, PhD, FACMI, and Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, published findings in Psychiatric Services showing that algorithms are as good as trained human evaluators at identifying red-flag language in text messages from people with serious mental illness. The work was supported by an innovation grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions.

Department news | September 29, 2022

Two recent grants to give a bit of a glimpse of the wide range of exciting work going on in the department’s research labs.

UW Tacoma News | August 4, 2022

UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Sunny Cheng's research focuses on mental health, particularly the impact of early intervention and screening. Dr. Cheng's research is funded in part by the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions.

Department News | June 28, 2022

Through our Small Grants Program launched in 2020, and with support from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions, we allocated nearly $100,000 to a terrific set of diverse proposals from faculty, staff and trainees on a wide range of topics. Kathleen Pagulayan, PhD, Abigail Schindler, PhD, Rebecca Hendrickson, PhD, and Sean Gibbons, PhD, completed […]

The Scientist | June 13, 2022

Researchers are turning to the immune system for help in treating addiction and preventing overdose including Marco Pravetoni, PhD, who is developing monoclonal antibodies against fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. Note: you need to register (for free) in order to view this article