Medicine
June 18, 2025
Early riser
Lindsay Schwarz received the highest honor handed out by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers in independent research.
June 10, 2025
Science under siege
Cuts in federal funding will close labs and stall cures for UW researchers.
June 4, 2025
Take the plunge
Members of the Golden Gardens Swim Club, many of them UW alumni, enjoy the thrills and chills of open water swimming in Puget Sound.
March 11, 2025
Facing down COVID-19
The UW's contributions to testing, vaccinations and research have been groundbreaking over the past five years.
March 5, 2025
United vision
A new relationship between UW Medicine and Fred Hutch creates the UW’s nationally renowned adult cancer program.
December 10, 2024
Filling a need
Oral health, which is key to well-being, is lacking in some of Washington's rural areas. This UW program aims to fix that.
October 28, 2024
Distinguished veteran
The highly decorated veteran, surgeon and professor considers the DAVA among his greatest achievements.
September 18, 2024
Bridging the gap
Thanks to support from the Costco Scholarship Fund, Carlos Estrada Alamo, '11, was able to pursue a dream career in healthcare.
September 13, 2024
Novel approach
With new support of private equity, CoMotion is helping a UW professor's quest to diagnose Alzheimer's earlier.
September 12, 2024
Care for all
UW Medicine opens a new center for behavioral health care and for training the next generation of mental health professionals.
June 7, 2024
Sketches: Dana Robertson-Halter
Dana Robertson-Halter tells us about her seal encounter last summer near Decatur Island.
May 30, 2024
A dose of advice
A pediatrician weighs in on the recent spike in melatonin use for kids who can't sleep.
February 23, 2024
Alzheimer’s ‘milestone’
Doctors describe a new drug as a first step toward revolutionizing the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
November 26, 2023
Hometown health care
Raised on a dairy farm, Wyatt Bowles dreamed of becoming a hometown doctor. Thanks to scholarship support at the UW, that dream can come true.
Delivering hope
A UW program works to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women and other underserved community members.
November 25, 2023
Probing a mystery
A UW center takes an innovative approach to solving one of medicine’s vexing problems: when organ transplants mysteriously lead to cancer.
September 2, 2023
Passion for public health
Throughout his career, George Counts has addressed health and health-care inequities.
September 1, 2023
Community classroom
UW Bothell public health students gained a new understanding of rural health care in the developing world.
May 28, 2023
A gleaming partnership
The UW School of Dentistry partnered with Shoreline Community College to increase the number of dental hygienists.