Staff News

The UW Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows will host a Diversity Lecture Series talk by Denisse Tiznado, Ph.D. (she/her/ella), about Activism Burnout & Fatigue. Dr. Tiznado is a clinical psychologist who is an experienced lecturer and facilitator in topics surrounding gender, diversity, equity, and inclusion. An expert in mental health and resiliency, Dr. Tiznado will share about the realities of the burnout that comes...

Since 2020, the School of Medicine has been using NameCoach as a tool for you to create an audio recording of your name, pronunciation text and pronouns. The recording can then be accessed by other students, faculty and staff. This has been used primarily by students in the Foundations Phase using the NameCoach tab in each Canvas course. Recently, the team created a new Canvas course...

“Cultivating a Beloved Community Mindset to Transform Unjust Systems.” That’s the title of a vibrant new website from the UW Medicine Office of Healthcare Equity and UW Health Sciences that honors the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrates community and people who serve those in need. You’ll find music, photographs, quotes and other sources of inspiration on the site. Each of the UW...

This Fall, students, staff and faculty gathered with legislators and community supporters to celebrate the opening of the new University of Washington Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB), a student hub that fosters interaction, collaboration and creativity. “From distance technology that lets students work together across campuses, to wellness, to opportunities to interact with other health professions, the new building allows us to think about so many options...

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 Francisco (UCSF). Additionally, he has held a variety of student...

Darin P. Eckert, M.D., has been named Assistant Clinical Dean for Spokane by 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 Spokane students during the clinical training portion of their medical education—years three and four. Geoff Jones, M.D., UWSOM...

We don't have a robust channel now for all-staff communications, so I don't have a lot of stories for this beta page. But we will have more such stories. Stories in this section will be about and for staff in particular, though of course part of what we're going for is that everyone can see each other's news.

You may receive a message in your email with a subject line “Your email access has been blocked.” Actually, what it means is that email is no longer being delivered to that particular email app because of changes to approved authentication methods for UW Office 365. This affects apps/programs like Apple Mail and built-in email apps on mobile devices. It does not affect access...

The distribution lists for the medical student listservs have been updated. Students are required to be on the list that corresponds to their class.  Auxiliary list membership is optional. If you do not feel like you are not seeing messages you should be seeing, or you want to be added to a particular listserv, please email medlistserv@uw.edu.If you’re not seeing emails, check your “Other” and “Junk” folders....

The following post is for a prototype web page that we're designing. To see the latest news from the UW School of Medicine, go to https://education.uwmedicine.org/ On July 1, 2022, Tim Dellit, MD, began his new roles as interim dean of the UW School of Medicine, interim chief executive officer (CEO) of UW Medicine and interim executive vice president for medical affairs. In an interview in...