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.
News & Stories
Adapting online support interventions for Lewy body dementia caregivers
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.
Garvey investigators look at gut-brain connection and the effects of trauma
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.
The secret to better brain health
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.
Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions: funding opportunity for UW researchers
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.
Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions funds 11 ideas
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.
University of Washington once again named world’s most innovative public university
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.
$50 million gift is foundation for brain disorders research
UW Medicine newsroom | October 3, 2019
Philanthropists Lynn and Mike Garvey establish The Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions to investigate the effects of aging, trauma and addiction.