Faculty
Jurgen Unutzer
Adjunct Professor
MPH
University of Washington, 1996
Health Services
Health Services
MD
Vanderbilt University, 1990
MA
University of Chicago, 1988
Public Policy
Public Policy
BS
Iowa State University, 1983
Biochemistry, History, Zoology
Biochemistry, History, Zoology
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (primary appt.)
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- Health Care and Population Health Research Track, (MPH program)
Contact Information
1959 NE Pacific StreetBox: 356560
Seattle, WA 98195-6560
(voice) 206-543-3128
http://www.uwpsychiatry.org/
unutzer@u.washington.edu
Projects
University of Washington School of Medicine
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, one of the top psychiatric clinical, research, and teaching institutions in the country.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is a leader in research areas such as depression and anxiety, geriatric and child psychiatry, Alzheimer's disease, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and in psychotherapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is a leader in research areas such as depression and anxiety, geriatric and child psychiatry, Alzheimer's disease, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and in psychotherapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
PEARLS Dissemination
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Snowden Dates: 09/2007 - 09/2010
The purpose of this project is to test the effectiveness of using an implementation management team in the citywide dissemination of the PEARLS program.
SIP 07-06: Intervention Research on Home-based Depression Treatment in People with Epilepsy
Centers for Disease ControlPI: LoGerfo Dates: 09/2006 - 09/2009
The goal of this project is to test the effectiveness of a home-based intervention for depression treatment in people with epilepsy.
SIP 15-04 Healthy Aging Network: Defining the Public Health Role in Depression
and Depressive Disorders for Older Adults
Centers for Disease ControlPI: Snowden Dates: 09/2004 - 09/2006
This project is a component of the national Prevention Research Center Healthy Aging Research Network with the goal of conducting a comprehensive review of public heath approaches to detect an treat depression among community-dwelling older adults.
Selected Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)
2009
Chair, thesis committee for Alison Roberts
Improving the Quality of Care of Metabolic Risk Factors among
Outpatients with Schizophrenia in a Large, County Public Mental Health System, 2007 to 2008
2008
Chair, thesis committee for Stephen Thielke
Transition Probabilities Among States of Self-Rated Health and Depression in a Cohort of Older Adults
2007
Chair, thesis committee for Steven Vannoy
The relationship between suicide ideation and late-life depression
