Staff News

  To the UW Medicine Community:   Recently, there has been an increase in posts about world and political events on email and social media platforms. At UW Medicine, we recognize the importance of civic engagement and the right to freely express one’s views on any subject through social media, opinion editorials, lobbying and peaceful demonstrations. As part of our commitments, these activities need to...

UWSOM’s Leonora Clarke is transitioning from Service Learning lead to take on a new role as the associate director of UWSOM’s Washington Area Health Education Center (AHEC). “Leonora has done an amazing job developing Service Learning. She has helped it to grow, created policies and procedures, increased participation markedly and, most impressively, has had a personal touch for Service Learning across our five-state region,” said John...

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has presented the UWSOM WWAMI Family Medicine Interest Group with the 2023 AAFP Program of Excellence Overall Award. "Family medicine is stronger because of the leadership and values that the interest group has demonstrated on your campus," wrote AAFP's Vice President, Medical Education, Karen Mitchell, M.D. You can read more in this award letter.

July 5, 2023 (Seattle, Wash.) – Erik D. Malmberg, Ph.D., J.D., has been named to the new position of Assistant Dean for Equity & Medical Student Engagement for the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). He will join the School in this role on Sept. 1, 2023. Dr. Malmberg is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine...

A message from Academic and Learning Technologies: You can now update your pronouns in Identity.UW. This is the official UW source for pronoun data; this information will appear in Zoom when you log into the app. In addition, the information will appear in Canvas starting March 22. NameCoach remains and is still used for School of Medicine administrative purposes. The information you submit continues to...

The following is a statement from Heather McPhillips, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for Curriculum: I am pleased to announce that Sarah Galinato Gerrish, M.D., has accepted the position as Director for Curriculum Equity. She will start in this position on May 1, 2023.  Dr. Gerrish is a full-spectrum family physician whose passion lies in health care justice through community engagement and empowerment through identity equity...

Montana State University has awarded a Pure Gold honor to Kayla Ouert, Program Manager for the WWAMI Medical Education Program at MSU Bozeman (Gold is one of MSU's colors). People who nominated Ouert for the award, including Martin Teintze, Ph.D., Director of the program, wrote: "Kayla has been doing an extraordinary job as WWAMI Program Manager. She is incredibly efficient and talented. As the only staff...

The Seattle-based E-21 cohort presented the Medical Student Association Outstanding Staff Award to Leonora Clarke, UWSOM Service Learning Manager. Students spoke of her patience, expertise, commitment, and willingness to find creative solutions. MSA leaders said: "She attends regular activity meetings, reduces barriers for students, and always refocuses efforts on the community needs. Several other students noted her dedication both to students and to the communities we...

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 discussion. We have determined we can no longer take part in...

A historic endowed deanship will honor retired Dean Paul G. Ramsey, M.D., with leadership gifts from Steve and Connie Ballmer and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Each donated $10 million to advance research discoveries, train medical leaders and further excellence and equity in healthcare. The $20 million in philanthropic support makes this the largest, publicly announced medical school deanship in the country. Dr. Ramsey served as...