The School of Medicine and Office of Research and Graduate Education are proud to announce the selection of Dr. Jeffrey Chamberlain as the 2026 Inventor of the Year! The Inventor of the Year Award recognizes a UW researcher whose work has the potential to radically improve healthcare through the translation of research from the bench,…
October 16, 2026 1 pm - 2 pm Foege South Auditorium (Genome Sciences 060) & Streamed on Zoom Webinar "The thermosensory specializations of soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes" Research Overview Soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes infect over a billion people, primarily in the world’s most socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, causing devastating and sometimes fatal illness. Despite this massive health burden,…
The Bioscience Careers Seminar Series is back by popular demand! Now led by the PhD Ambassadors in collaboration with the Office of Research and Graduate Education and Life Science Washington, the series will allow graduate students to explore careers and build professional connections with biotech and pharmaceutical companies within Washington state. PhD training prepares you…
The ITHS K12 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. The program is funded by the NIH and welcomes scholars with faculty appointments from all health professions. ITHS K12 Scholars are appointed for up to two years…
The Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award recognizes outstanding mentoring of graduate students by faculty. The relationship between a graduate student and a faculty advisor is one that can have a profound, lifelong influence on both parties. At its best, this mentoring relationship inspires and gives confidence to the student while providing the faculty…
If you are interested in presenting at this Symposium, please submit a one paragraph abstract for your poster by 5 pm on October 23. Group posters by lab are encouraged, but individual posters are accepted. Posters must be 48" x 36" (landscape) max to fit in the available space. Submit online: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/50L5NTs6de
The Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency (RRT) Seminar Series is a series in collaboration with the Fred Hutch Cancer Center presented by faculty from each of the several ongoing training grants at Fred Hutch and UW. Presenters include faculty from training grants at the Fred Hutch and the UW. The series is in response to NIH-mandated RRT…
November 18, 2026 12 pm - 1 pm UW Medicine South Lake Union Orin Smith Auditorium & Streamed on Zoom Webinar 850 Republican St, Seattle, WA "Gut-microbiota mediated protection from cholera" Biography Dr. Ana Weil is a physician-scientist infectious diseases physician in the Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases in the Division of Allergy and…
The Bioscience Careers Seminar Series is back by popular demand! Now led by the PhD Ambassadors in collaboration with the Office of Research and Graduate Education and Life Science Washington, the series will allow graduate students to explore careers and build professional connections with biotech and pharmaceutical companies within Washington state. PhD training prepares you…
December 7, 2026 1 pm - 2 pm Foege South Auditorium (Genome Sciences 060) & Streamed on Zoom Webinar Biography Dr. Ayọ̀kúnlé Ọlánrewájú was born in Sagamu, Nigeria. He attended Mayflower School Ikenne where he developed a love for all things math and science. He moved to Fort St John, Canada in high school and…
The Bioscience Careers Seminar Series is back by popular demand! Now led by the PhD Ambassadors in collaboration with the Office of Research and Graduate Education and Life Science Washington, the series will allow graduate students to explore careers and build professional connections with biotech and pharmaceutical companies within Washington state. PhD training prepares you…
The University of Washington School of Medicine Alumni Association is pleased to announce a new opportunity to recognize alumni through our Distinguished Alumni Awards. The Alumni Research Impact Award recognizes alumni whose outstanding research contributions have advanced knowledge, improved care, influenced policy or practice, or otherwise made a significant impact on science, healthcare, or society.…