Researchers have launched a hunt in Washington and 15 other states for 250 families with two or more autistic children to participate in a $10.2 million University of Washington study to uncover the genetic and neurobiological causes of autism.
Month: October 2002
Dr. Bertil Hille, professor of physiology and biophysics in the University of Washington School of Medicine, is one of 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences Monday (Oct. 14) presented this year’s Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the advancement of personal health services to two leaders in understanding infant development: Dr. Kathryn E. Barnard, founder and director of the Center for Infant Mental Health and Development at the University of Washington, and Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, president and chair of the Brazelton Foundation Inc.
An expert on children who were taken from their homes in the United Kingdom and shipped off to labor in other countries will speak at the University of Washington on Nov. 15 about issues related to reuniting children and personal identity.
A free, public lecture on the search for extraterrestrial life
The University of Washington School of Dentistry is one of two schools on the West Coast to receive a grant of almost $1.5 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase the underserved population’s access to oral health care.
From the Office of the President, Members of the University Community:
The University is committed to maintaining an educational and employment environment that is enjoyable and respectful.
The second seminar in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, will cover patents.
The fall Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning will feature sessions on three different days, led by UW instructors speaking on their experiences teaching large classes at the UW.
Despite experiencing a two-year period in which general merit raises were granted just once, the UW professional staff’s salaries remained at the same level compared to the market as in 2000.
Last issue’s answer was of the trees outside of the Oceanography Teaching Building.
Dr. Edward A. Walker, professor and vice chair of the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named medical director of University of Washington Medical Center, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Walker will also serve as an associate dean of the School of Medicine.
The University of Washington Department of Urology announced today that it has received a $1 million grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research to support continuing research by Dr. Richard Berger on chronic pelvic pain in men.
Fifty students from Muir elementary under the direction of Peter Lape, the Burke’s curator of archaeology, and UW archaeology students are participating in an urban dig that runs through Saturday in the Rainier Valley.
An international gathering of computer scientists, students and technology mavens
You’ve tried over-the-counter painkillers, maybe glucosamine or chondroitin, modified exercise and even injections to calm the pain in your arthritic knees.
A half-day educational program on the medical device market and investing in medical device start-up companies is set for Thursday morning, Oct.
People who have been living with diabetes 25, 50, 60 or more years will be honored at the first UW Purple and Gold Diabetes Recognition Awards ceremony at 9 a.
The Department of Surgery’s 53rd annual Strauss Lecture will be given this year by Dr.
First Science in Medicine Lecture Sept. 26 with Robert Hevner
University Week is responding to the difficult budget situation on campus by shifting the publication schedule.
Eight-week session offers students a rigorous introduction to scholarly research
Educational mission will be documented on the Internet
Study finds that newsmagazines’ coverage paralleled government, military communication strategies.
Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.
Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.
Roy Chan is this year’s President’s Medalist.
Geoff and Judy Vernon died last fall in the crash of a sightseeing plane in the Yucatan Peninsula.
When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you have this year’s Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus to thank that he can use that technology to help him diagnose and treat illnesses.
The Outstanding Public Service Award is presented to a faculty or staff member to honor the recipients extensive local and/or national public service.
The S. Sterling Munro Public Service Faculty Fellowship is awarded to a UW faculty member demonstrating exemplary leadership in community-based instruction, including service learning, public service internships and community-partnership projects. It is named after an aide to U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson who was also an administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.
Recent research at the University of Washington shows that Medicare patients who have difficulties performing the typical activities of daily living are more likely to also report dissatisfaction with their health care than those without these problems.
It is virtually impossible for a river or stream to first stop its flow and then reverse course. But an ice stream in Antarctica has done precisely that during the last 2½ centuries, and scientists are trying to figure out exactly why.