Three University of Washington School of Medicine students—Catherine Chia, Alice Sohn and Briana Martin-Villa—rolled up their sleeves to volunteer at Protect Those Who Protect Us: Wildfire Firefighter Skin Cancer Screening Pilot Project, held on June 20, 2026. The event was organized by Dr. Zed Zha, a family medicine physician who also completed a dermatology fellowship, […]
A group of first-year UW School of Medicine students recently spent a day helping fifth graders in the Tukwila School District learn about the health risks of vaping and smoking through the Clear the Air curriculum, an interactive program that blends science education with conversations about peer pressure, mental health and healthy coping strategies. Led […]
When Simrat Kaur attended the Annual American Burn Association Conference in Orlando this spring, she brought with her not only original research, but a deeply personal understanding of recovery after life-changing injury. Kaur, a medical student at the UW School of Medicine, is currently completing a research year with the Northwest Regional Burn Model System […]
The UW School of Medicine has partnered with Lake Chelan Health and Columbia Valley Community Health to build a robust regional family medicine residency program. First accredited in 2017, the program admits two trainees per year, who spend their first year in Seattle and their second and third years in Chelan, Washington. This Family Medicine […]
The first lessons Briana Martin-Villa learned about health didn’t come from a classroom. They came from long days in orchards, working alongside her mother and twin brother as their family migrated between California’s Central Valley and Eastern Washington following seasonal harvests. There, she saw the realities many farmworkers face: physical strain, pesticide exposure and illnesses […]
Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from across all UW campuses and areas of study. Applications are considered holistically, taking into account how students are making the most of their UW experience—both in and out of the classroom. This year, the UW School of Medicine is proud to […]
Dr. William H. “Bill” Foege, a 1961 graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine MD Program and a global public health leader, helped change the course of history. Credited with pioneering the surveillance and ring vaccination strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox, Foege played a central role in ending transmission of […]
On a busy autumn day at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, nearly 70 students from Federal Way High School stepped into the world of healthcare—listening to heartbeats, testing reflexes, and asking big-picture questions about their futures. The experience was part of Healthcare Explorers Day, a hands-on outreach event organized through the Family Medicine Interest […]
For first-year Seattle medical student Nick Talley, the path to medicine began long before he ever opened a textbook. Talley spent 20 years on active duty in the US Army, serving as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant—better known as a Green Beret—from October 2002 to October 2022. Stationed with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) […]
When Lessly Tapia Torres was a child, she was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. Her mother was told there were few options for follow-up care because of their immigration status. For Lessly, that moment was formative. “I remember watching my mom fight for me, while seeing other families struggle in the clinic,” she recalls. “It opened […]
