Dear UW School of Medicine students, An announcement was made this morning that the UW School of Medicine will no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) “Best Graduate Schools,” beginning with the 2024 rankings that will be released in March 2023. Our leadership has given this many hours of consideration and […]
This is a message from Suzanne Allen, M.D., M.P.H, Vice Dean for Academic, Rural and Regional Affairs: Thank you to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs search committee for their time and diligence in conducting the search over the last year and a half. The committee was co-chaired by Darryl Potyk and Anne Browning with […]
Gabriel E. Sarah, M.D., M.A.Ed., has been named the new Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). He will join the School in this role on May 1, 2023. Dr. Sarah is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at the University of California, San […]
This is the text of an email sent to WWAMI students, faculty and staff on Nov. 30, 2022: Dear University of Washington School of Medicine students, faculty and staff, Our Idaho WWAMI colleagues and the University of Idaho (UI) community continue to mourn the four UI undergraduate students who were stabbed to death off […]
Here is where we list the names of UWSOM faculty who have received awards. The listing comes from our bimonthly Faculty Newsletter. If you know of someone who should be acknowledged, please let us know at uwsomcom@uw.edu. Pediatrician named to Casey Family Programs board Benjamin Danielson, M.D., has been selected to serve on the Casey […]
Darin P. Eckert, M.D., has been named Assistant Clinical Dean for Spokane by the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM), which partners with Gonzaga University in Spokane to help address the region’s shortage of health professionals through medical education, research and innovation. In this role, Dr. Eckert helps develop increased clinical opportunities for UWSOM […]
UW Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases This message is being sent to students, staff, faculty and academic personnel across the University of Washington.Dear UW community, On behalf of the UW’s Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, I’m writing to update you on the continuation of the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement after the Governor’s emergency […]
Save the date: Fall class meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 1 The MS4 Fall Class Meeting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 5 to 6 p.m. AK, 6 to 7 p.m. PT, 7 to 8 p.m, MT. Find the Zoom link here. New version available of Explore & Focus Clerkship Catalog The Clinical […]
Joint Statement on the 2022 Iran Protests from the University of Washington Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, Pharmacy, and Dentistry The six health science schools at the University of Washington stand united with the people of Iran. Threats to women’s health, bodily autonomy, and peaceful protests are extremely concerning and we, the […]
The following information comes from emails sent by the UW Health Sciences Immunization Program (HSIP) last Friday and today, Thursday, Oct. 6. The Bivalent/Omicron COVID-19 booster is a UW Medicine requirement, NOT a School of Medicine requirement and is for students, staff and faculty at UW Medicine facilities only. The UW Health Sciences Immunization Program […]
