Alacrity

  • R03 Request for Proposal (Summer 2024 Cycle)

    The UW ALACRITY Center is an incubator for new research and bold thinking in mental health. If you’re an academic who has a big idea, and you’d like to be considered for funding and support from our team, please fill out and submit a Request for Proposal (RFP). IMPORTANT DATES Indication of Interest Deadline: May…

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  • Nichole Sams, BA

    Research Coordinator Nichole is an equitable mental health researcher and working on her Human-Centered Design & Engineering PhD at the University of Washington. She brings a broad range of experience in novel technologies, lay-delivered interventions, qualitative exploration and measurement design all with a hyper-focus on designing for equity. Outside of work, she loves adventuring, photography,…

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  • R34 – REACH: DDBT adapted EBPI for Primary Care

    Principal Investigators: Pat Areán & Debra Kaysen This study will work with six FQHCs across MT that were recently reorganized under Bighorn Valley Health Center’s umbrella to involve their Therapists and Care Managers in the redesign of an intervention to address their unique patient population and to take advantage of their task-sharing model

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  • Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH

    Professor Emeritus of Family MedicineSenior Advisor for the WWAMI region Practice and Research NetworkFaculty member, Dissemination and Implementation program for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH is a Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington (UW) with a focus on implementation of evidence-based interventions into diverse primary care…

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  • Denise Walker, PhD

    Director, Innovative Programs Research GroupResearch Professor, School of Social Work Denise Walker is a Research Professor at the University of Washington, Director of the Innovative Programs Research Group and is a licensed clinical psychologist. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico, completed her predoctoral internship at Yale University and…

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  • Carol Davis, Ed.D

    Associate Dean, Academic AffairsProfessor, College of Education Carol’s research has focused on collaborating with schools and teachers to develop effective strategies and teacher practices leading to the implementation of positive support in the classroom. As an implementation scientist, she has extended her work to support the implementation of these practices by developing and using technology…

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  • Julie Kientz, PhD

    Professor and Chair, Human-Centered Design & Engineering, UWDirector, Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab Julie Kientz is a Professor and Chair of the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, where she also directs the Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab. Dr. Kientz’s primary research areas are in…

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