Professor and Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Dr. Unützer is Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He also directs the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions at UW Medicine and he holds adjunct appointments as Professor in the School of Public Health (in the departments of Health Services and Global Health).
Dr. Unützer’s work focuses on innovative models of care that integrate mental health and general medical services and on translating research on evidence-based mental health care into effective clinical and public health practice. He has more than 300 scholarly publications and is the recipient of numerous federal and foundation grants and awards for his research to improve the health and mental health of populations through patient-centered integrated mental health services. Dr. Unützer founded the AIMS Center (http://aims.uw.edu) which is dedicated to ‘Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions.’ He led the development and testing of IMPACT, an evidence-based model of depression care that has been implemented in more than 1,000 primary care clinics in the United States and abroad. In recent years, Dr. Unützer’s work has focused on developing local, regional, national, and global partnerships that support workforce development and capacity building in primary and behavioral health care.
Dr. Unützer has served as Senior Scientific Advisor to the World Health Organization and as an advisor to the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. He works with national and international organizations to improve behavioral health care for diverse populations.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Friday, November 11, 2022
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM
