Husky HelpLine

UW Husky HelpLine is supported through TELUS Health Student Support (formerly My SSP) to give students access to real-time, same-day, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, 24/7, and in multiple languages.

Phone: 206-616-7777. If calling from outside the U.S. or Canada, dial 001-416-380-6578
Online chat: Chat with a counselor on the web or on the app
App: Apple App Store| Google Play

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. We’re committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. The 988 Lifeline website includes resources for underserved and underrepresented communities.

Phone: 988 (English and Spanish)
TTY: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711, then 988.  
Online:  Chat with a counselor remotely.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

LiveWell Confidential Advocates – Seattle Campus

The Livewell Confidential Advocates provides a safe and confidential  space to help students, faculty and staff identify what they want or need after an incident of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking or sexual harassment has occurred. Confidential Advocates do not report incidents to the University. We provide safe places to help individuals understand their rights and options including what options they have for reporting both on campus and in the larger community, always with the understanding that it is up to the individual to decide if they would like to report or not. Speaking with an Advocate is not reporting to the University or police

Schedule an appointment
Email: lwadvoc@uw.edu

Violence Prevention & Advocacy – Bothell campus

The Violence Prevention & Advocacy Program offers free advocacy and support for students affected by sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment, and other related experiences. Meeting with an advocate will not automatically lead to any kind of investigation by UW Bothell, Cascadia College, or the police.

Book an appointment
Email:  uwbvae@uw.edu

Confidential Advocate – Tacoma campus

The University of Washington Tacoma offers free advocacy and support for students affected by sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment and other related experiences. Advocacy is a safe and confidential starting point for any student affected by these issues.  Meeting with an advocate will not automatically lead to any kind of investigation by the university or the police

Ever hold yourself to unrealistically high standards? Ever been unfairly critical of yourself as a grad student? Do you find yourself preoccupied with thoughts of perfectionism? If these questions ring true for you, below are some strategies that can support you in working through perfectionism, so you can be your whole (and best!) self. <3

Feeling Anxious

Perfectionism can go hand in hand with feeling anxious. For example, you may be preoccupied with negative thoughts like, “There’s no way I’ll write a good final paper.” This kind of thinking can be exacerbated in academia, where it can appear as though everyone else has everything figured out. To manage this, try re-focusing your anxious thoughts and instead say to yourself, “I am working on this project one task at a time, and that is more than enough.” We know this is easier said than done, and yet just like with any wellness strategy, it will take consistent, regular practice.

Fearing Failure

Ever spend too much time over-thinking the same paragraph without going further on a draft? Sometimes it’s fear of failure that keeps us stuck in a rut. As with any project, a way to move past getting stuck in writing is to set realistic and manageable goals for yourself.

For example, rather than spending a lot of time on a single paragraph, try non-stop free writing for 15 minutes. While you are free writing, notice any perfectionistic feelings or thoughts but resist internalizing them. Take a five-minute break. Do another 15-minute round of writing. Afterwards, you might have at least two paragraphs (and one or two ideas) to add to your draft. Doing manageable rounds of writing can help you see that you are making progress.

Resisting Perfection

The stakes feel high in graduate school, especially during times when feel like you are somehow “not smart enough.” In these situations, you may feel the pressure to constantly prove yourself. This is unrealistic and can negatively impact your wellbeing. While it’s important to be open to feedback and guidance from advisors and mentors to grow on intellectual and professional levels, it’s also important to practice radical acceptance to let go of the need to be perfect.

Accepting: “this is good enough, I am good enough”

There are many things that happen in life that can throw us off our schedules. Accepting “this is good enough” means honestly knowing that you dedicated the time, effort, and resources to complete a project given everything you have to balance in life — and then it is time be done with the work. You tried your very best and that is ok!

Additional resources:

• Coping with Perfectionism, University of Michigan
• How to Manage Your Perfectionism, WebMD

If you find that perfectionistic thinking is negatively impacting your wellbeing, consider reaching out for support. The HuskyHelpline provides all UW students with access to real-time, same-day, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, 24/7, and in multiple languages. You can also contact your Bothell, Seattle, or Tacoma campus counseling center to schedule an appointment.

We hope these tips are helpful to you and let us know what has worked for you!

~UW Graduate Student Affairs

The Department of Global Health is sponsoring a webinar on The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Public Health Responses on Monday, February 26 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST. It is open to others across the UW campus and the community. 

The goal of this webinar panel will be to provide a more detailed understanding to the UW community of the public health aspects of the crisis and the role of global health professionals addressing current and anticipated health needs of the population.

Registration is required. **Once you register, you will be sent a link for the Zoom webinar.

Dear School of Social Work students (both continuing and incoming),

The SSW is trying to better meet the mental health needs of all our students and we’ve hired a .5 mental health specialist, Lev Cunningham,  who created a *brief* survey to ask about your needs and preferences for drop-in support, workshops, and more.  The survey is anonymous, unless you choose to write-in your information in the open comment field.

Your answers will influence the free mental health services offered by the SSW!  If you’re able, please take the time to let us know what you want and need by taking this short survey by August 6th!

And, there are currently services being offered this summer.  For more info and to learn more about our mental health specialist, check out this canvas page.

Thank you for your input!

—

SSW Student Services and

Lev Cunningham, MSW

Mental Health Specialist, School of Social Work

The federal government has temporarily expanded access for college students not previously eligible for SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) through the end of the pandemic.  To see if you might now be eligible, check the student eligibility info on the USDA website.

The School of Nursing is seeking Ukrainian and Russian speaking health care providers and students to assist with cultural and linguistic support as well as to represent those communities as a trusted healthcare provider.

If becoming involved with this project sounds interesting and/or is a potential service-learning opportunity, please click the link below for more information and respond to Tamara Cyhan Cunitz, School of Nursing – cyhant@uw.edu.

FSU Community Outreach to combat COVID

 

The AgePRIDE Center and SSW Faculty invite you to attend the biweekly Thursday Innovations in Aging speaker series from 12:30-1:30.

RSVP for 04/01 event here.

Join by Zoom here or by phone at 1-206-337-9723 | Meeting ID: 976 5911 8287 #

Wanting to get some Mental Health Support?  Resources!

UW Seattle students have access to a range of mental health and counseling support, including individual counseling, group therapy, workshops and crisis services.  Students also have access to free 24/7 services too!

For more info:

http://wellbeing.uw.edu/topic/mental-health/

Highlighted NewsBlackwell Seminar: What do we know about racial disparities in NIH peer review?
Previous research has found that funding disparities in NIH grant applications are driven by applications’ final impact scores and that only a portion of the black/white funding gap can be explained by bibliometrics and topic choice. In this talk, Elena A. Erosheval will start with an overview of the past research on racial disparities in NIH peer review. A seminar presented on November 13th, the full recording can be viewed here.

Recent Publications and Presentations
The Latino Center for Health (LCH) recently published a report on the Latinx Physician Shortage in Washington State, titled “Today’s Changes for Serving Tomorrow’s Diverse Communities: Increasing the Latinx Physician Workforce NOW”. The report is based on a study funded by the state legislature and conducted by LCH. You can find the executive summary here (Spanish version here) and the report here. More information about the study, including the symposium where we presented the study findings and discussed policy solutions, can be found here.

Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grants
Deadline: December 4, 2020
Proposals are now being accepted from academic and administrative units for transformative projects that will enhance the University of Washington’s tri-campus community. Up to $3,000 will be made available per project for the upcoming cycle.
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.

Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.

Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.

Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.

*Newly Added*
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.

Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 3, 12:30pm Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.
*Newly Added*
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.

Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).

Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
*Newly Added*
Prevention Ethics
December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2020, 12pm – 1:30pm – online
This 2-week distance learning series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to explore the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics using realistic examples designed to strengthen participants’ abilities to manage challenging situations in their work. The learning series is structured to also provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to application of an ethical decision-making process.
*Newly Added*
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.
Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.

Call for Papers
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World22nd Biennial Conference of the International Consortium for Social Development
Deadline: November 30, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other social challenges have had devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods across the globe, exacerbating poverty, inequality, and other social challenges. We invite papers, poster presentations, and session proposals from practitioners, researchers, students, community organizations, and policymakers. The conference will critically appraise the social challenges of our time and advance novel

COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources

Apply for an interdisciplinary occupational health and safety traineeship to enhance your understanding of Work Health and Safety. This new traineeship offers an opportunity for UW graduate students in all disciplines and professions to explore and consider how dimensions and contexts of work influence the health and well-being of populations and can better inform their own disciplinary research or practice. Trainees will be offered knowledge and skills to address adverse employment and working conditions, as well as methods to protect and promote health among workers. Trainees may be eligible to receive one quarter of funding for the quarter they complete their capstone project.

Program requirements
Trainees will complete two three-credit core courses, six credits of electives from a select list, and one three credit capstone project related to work health conditions.
All trainees will be required to attend the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training provided by the Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety (NWCOHS), with the exception of if their home degree program provides RCR training.
Trainees will also be encouraged to attend the NWCOHS-sponsored seminars and continuing education (CE) courses.

Applications are due October 15th at 11:59 pm to begin study in winter.
Interested students are strongly encouraged to contact the program director, Jenny Tsai, at jennyt@uw.edu for details prior to completing their application.
Find the application at
Please note you will fill out the Advanced Practice Environmental and Occupational Health Certificate application to apply to the traineeship.

Volunteer with University District Street Medicine!

UDSM is a student-run, interdisciplinary organization that strives to improve health equity among those experiencing homelessness in Seattle’s University District. We bring together health sciences graduate students with health professionals in our community to care for those experiencing homelessness in the University District by providing health services including basic first aid, vital sign acquisition and resource referral and navigation. Currently, UDSM conducts ten outreaches per month throughout the U District and central Seattle.

Social Work students are an essential part of our teams! We are recruiting volunteers to participate in outreach sessions (time commitment based on your availability) and for leadership positions (3-5 hour per month commitment). We are seeking grad student volunteers for all positions for both spring and summer 2020 and for the 2020-2021 academic year.

For more information on volunteering for outreach: https://udstreetmed.weebly.com/become-a-student-volunteer.html

For more information on leadership positions: https://udstreetmed.weebly.com/become-a-leadership-member.html

Please feel free to reach out to the UDSM co-directors with any questions: Marie Tobianski – mtoby19@uw.edu or Maria Nelson – mnelson8@uw.edu)

IMS is one of the Western world’s oldest and most-respected meditation retreat centers. We are dedicated to providing a spiritual refuge for all who seek freedom of mind and heart.

Insight Meditation Society

On Saturday, February 22nd training for any Black and Indigenous people and people of color interested in joining the global struggle for Food Sovereignty will be held 9 am to 7 pm!

The training will include a visionary fiction workshop to imagine the world after the downfall of Big Food companies, popular education on agribusiness and its influence on our education system, and an invitation to learn more about Uprooted & Rising.

The venue is very accessible and there will be childcare for anyone that needs it. If you have questions you should not hesitate to contact estefania@realfoodchallenge.org or text/call at 210-837-3205.

If you are reading this and are interested please go ahead and register here: bit.ly/unrseattle.

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/864540720665535/874438093009131/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity&notif_id=1581467812671206

Concerned about tobacco use in kids?  Consider taking part in Tar Wars!

Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program for fourth- and fifth-grade students. The program is designed to teach kids about the short-term health effects of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products, and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth.

Please bookmark the following page as we will be updating it regularly as more schools sign up. We will also send out sign-up emails when more schools join, but it will always be this same link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bbe4BHQidS2-oIyb9rreWyIYie7_CMzoBpp4YaXZHQo/edit?usp=sharing

On this document you will find the presentation dates and school info as well as the Tar Wars lead contact information if you have any questions. The Tar Wars leader will reach out to the volunteers who signed up to finalize transportation plans and timing a few days prior to each presentation. There is no limit on the number of volunteers each day (2-3 total is normal), and if you can only make a partial day then please communicate with the Tar Wars lead for that school.

 

Health Science Library presents Still Around

Includes 15 short films commemorating the anniversary of the epidemic and guest speaker Manuel Venegas, City of Seattle LGBTQ Commission

Date: 2/20 from 11 am – 12:30 pm

Wednesday, January 29⋅5:15 – 6:45pm

Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

Come join the student mental health taskforce as we work on creating a system for students to thrive at UW. We are looking for your input, and want to understand your struggles, your strengths and resilience, hear your thoughts on existing mental health services, and ideas for improvement. This will help shape our recommendations both for immediate action and long term plans.

Everyone is welcome, including students, staff and faculty. Snacks will be provided. 

Questions about the taskforce can be emailed to wellbeing@uw.edu

Questions about the forum can be emailed to fookune@uw.edu

You’re invited to our annual Lobby Day for Health Equity! 

What is Lobby Day?

Every year on President’s Day (February 17, 2020), Health Equity Circle brings 50+ students (from schools of public health, nursing, medicine, law, social work, and more) to Olympia to voice support for or against the passage of specific bills that are critical to health equity in Washington State.

During Lobby Day, small teams will meet with individual policymakers to tell their stories and influence votes.  Lobby Day a chance to advance policy around social justice issues as well as a great opportunity to gain lobbying skills, become familiar with the legislative process in Washington, and meet and collaborate  with students from across UW.

When is Lobby Day?

Monday, February 17, 2020 from 9am – 3pm (meet at 6:30am to carpool to Olympia)

Training dates: 2 options provided and TBD –  will be held 2-3 weeks prior to February 17th

SIGN UP

Click this link to fill out a survey and sign up to participate in Lobby Day 2020: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7XighqvHmOkHNDj-rgXeXI6vsdcWsqN2pZDjatgKT3MFRkw/viewform?usp=sf_link

You do not need to be affiliated with Health Equity Circle to attend. Please spread the word to your classmates and colleagues! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Health Equity Circle, Lobby Day Planning Committee at: hec.lobbyday@gmail.com

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