Professor, Department of PsychologyAdjunct Professor, Department of Global Health and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Shannon Dorsey, Ph.D., is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and Adjunct Professor in Global Health and Psychiatry. Her research focuses on treatment effectiveness and implementation science, specifically for children and adolescents receiving
We’re excited to announce that our renewal application was successful and we have received funding from NIH to continue our work for the next 5 years! Together, we will work with local practitioners and stakeholders to address critical problems in implementing evidence-based psychosocial clinical interventions in non-specialty service settings (i.e., primary care clinics and schools) that are
Principal Investigators: Jill Locke & Karen Bearss. Redesigning an implementation strategy to support a behavioral skills evidence-based intervention, RUBI for Educational Settings (RUBIES), for autistic children in schools.
Principal Investigators: Patrick Raue, Ian M. Bennett, & Sean Munson. Redesigning a web-based clinical decision support tool for the implementation of PST for depression in Community Health Centers.
UX Designer & Researcher Alex completed her bachelor’s degree in Health Science and then spent years working with underserved communities to improve health outcomes through research, behavioral economics, and service-design frameworks. Her passion for health and design led her to study User Experience Design at the School of Visual Concepts, which she now uses to
Each year, millions of Americans with mental illness struggle to find care. Nearly half of the 60 million adults and children living with mental health conditions in the United States go without any treatment. This short presentation, initially given at the 2021 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care by Emily Friedman,
The emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on everyone and has greatly intensified the need for accessible mental healthcare. The UW ALACRITY Center was given a grant by the US National Institute for Mental Health to study the acceptability, usability, and effectiveness of mental health apps for suicide prevention among essential workers and
Access to mental health care by essential workers and the unemployed during the COVID19 pandemic has been challenging. Usual access to mental health care is limited by social distancing, and for many now unemployed due to closures of businesses, insurance is insufficient to cover the costs of mental health care. The aim of this project
Faculty, Methods Core Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Patrick received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1995. He is currently Associate Director for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions at the AIMS Center, and Director of the National Network of PST Clinicians, Trainers & Researchers. In these roles, he develops and leads implementation
Julie A. Kientz is a Professor and Chair of the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. She directs the Computing for Healthy Living and Learning Lab, is active in the Design, Use, Build (dub) alliance, and has adjunct appointments in The Information School and Computer Science & Engineering. Dr.