University of Washington Magazine | September 1, 2021
Washington has a shortage of mental-health workers and high demand for treatment. Funding from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions helps fast-track innovative treatments to turn the tide. Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, Ryan Kimmel, MD, Mollie Forrester, MSW, LICSW, and James Lee, MD, are quoted.
UW Medicine newsroom | June 8, 2021
Thomas Grabowski, MD, Director of the UW Medicine Alzheimer Disease Research Center and a member of the Garvey Institute’s Brain Health and Cognitive Aging workgroup, discusses the latest advances in Alzheimer’s Disease.
UW Medicine newsroom | June 1, 2021
In its second round of funding, the UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is awarding $1.3 million for technology-driven solutions that aim to improve brain health.
Committee for Children | June 1, 2021
Committee for Children’s text-based mentoring platform for new and expecting parents, Nurture Seattle, will benefit from a $100K Innovation Grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. The project is led by Amritha Bhat, MBBS, MD, MPH.
UW ADRC Dimensions | May 6, 2021
A multi-disciplinary team is customizing an online platform for people who have unique life experiences and urgent unmet needs: caregivers of loved ones with Lewy body dementia. VOCALE-LBD will enable participants toshare their experiences in a supportive space and build problemsolving skills to help them in their caregiving and their efforts tostay healthy.
Department News | April 8, 2021
Kathleen Pagulayan, PhD, Abigail Schindler, PhD, and Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, are looking for a connection between the gut microbiome and the chronic symptoms experienced by some Veterans following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). If successful, their findings could lead to the development of a new treatment option for the thousands of servicemembers who have persistent mental health and cognitive problems years after coming home from war.
UW Medicine | January 22, 2021
Director of the new Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Dr. Jürgen Unützer is helping to facilitate new ways to think about and treat brain disorders.
The Huddle | January 11, 2021
For the current round of funding, the Institute is looking for innovative uses of technology that have the potential to improve access to behavioral healthcare.
UW Medicine newsroom | November 2, 2020
The winning awards touch on all three of the institute’s initial areas of focus: cognitive aging, trauma, and addictions.
GeekWire | October 24, 2019
For the third year in a row, the UW has won the title of the world’s most innovative public university, according to an annual ranking by Reuters and Clarivate Analytics. The Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is cited.