First DFM Newsletter of 2025
Hot off the virtual presses! See what we have been up to and check out the calendar for upcoming opportunities.
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DFM December Newsletter now available
The department has been busy! Take a look at the newsletter to learn about awards won, papers published, residency interviews, media attention, and more!
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DFM publications comprise five of the 10 most-read papers in Family Medicine for 2023
The journal Family Medicine recently noted their 10 most-read papers for 2023, and the Department of Family Medicine authored five of them, and all are focused on rural residency training.
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October edition of DFM Newsletter
Our latest edition is now available! Get up to date on new funding awards, individual honors, upcoming events, and updates from across the department.
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NIH Awards $2.5M for PNW Primary Care Research Hub
ITHS is proud to announce that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $2.5 million to create a primary care research hub for research-to-clinic connectivity in the Pacific Northwest – and WPRN will play a big role.
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In Memoriam: UW CHWS Founder L. Gary Hart, PhD
We are sad to report that the founder and long time Director of the University of Washington (UW) Center for Health Workforce Studies, Dr. L. Gary Hart, passed away April 13, 2020. Gary earned his PhD in Medical Geography at the UW in 1985 and co-founded, with Dr. Roger Rosenblatt, the WWAMI Rural Health Research [...]
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Senior Deputy Director Sue Skillman & WA Workforce Board members engage State House Health & Wellness Committee
Sue Skillman and the Workforce board team consisting of Nova Gattman, Liz Coleman & Julia O'Connor have a very positive engagement with WA House Health & Wellness Committee on state health workforce needs.
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