SPOKANE, Wash. Matt Layton, M.D., Ph.D., recently joined the faculty of WSU Spokane’s medical education program, WWAMI Spokane, as a clinical associate professor. His appointment is part of the expanding focus on health sciences at WSU Spokane.
Layton will serve as course chair for the Systems of Human Behavior curriculum in the WWAMI program, while continuing to serve as the director of the University of Washington Psychiatry Residency Program – Spokane Track. He is an adjunct associate professor in the WSU College of Pharmacy and an adjunct faculty member of the Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training.
As a psychiatrist with a doctorate in Pharmacology, Layton brings to the classroom a rich clinical background that includes service as the medical director of Spokane Mental Health, medical director and attending psychiatrist for the University of Washington Inpatient Psychiatry Unit and consulting psychiatrist for the State of Washington and the Kalispel Tribe. Layton’s publications and presentations have covered such topics as brain chemistry and injuries, mental health disorders and prescription drug abuse.
The Washington State Psychiatric Association honored Layton with its Delbert M. Kole Outstanding Public Psychiatrist award in 2008.
WWAMI is an enduring partnership between the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho that makes medical education accessible to Northwest students through decentralizing education and sharing existing facilities and personnel. WSU Spokane became a new WWAMI site after the state legislature funded the program in 2007; its inaugural class began their studies this August.
The WWAMI Spokane program is coordinated with the Regional Initiative in Dental Education (RIDE) Dental Program. The unique and interdisciplinary training these programs offer demonstrates the increasing importance of health sciences education to WSU Spokane and Spokane itself.
About WSU Spokane
WSU Spokane is the urban campus of Washington State University, a land-grant research university founded in 1890. The campus features advanced studies and research in health sciences and health professions, the design disciplines, education, social and policy sciences, and science and technology. Washington State University is one of just 95 public and private research universities with very high research activity, according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifications. In addition, “U.S. News & World Report” ranks WSU as one of the top public research universities in the nation.
Related Web sites
WSU Spokane: www.spokane.wsu.edu
WWAMI Medical Education Program: https://www.spokane.wsu.edu/Academics/Health_Sciences/WWAMI/index.asp
