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Pacific West Hub Newsletter: December 2025

As you look toward 2026, this issue of the Pacific West Hub newsletter highlights practical ways we can partner with you. Our support is free, flexible, and designed to lighten the load for behavioral health leaders and teams. We also hope this…

Exploring CMHIS’s Implementation Support and Core Topics With Our Priority Audiences

Between December 2024 and February 2025, CMHIS held 17 discussion groups to gather information on the needs of our audiences related to the selection, implementation, and sustainment of mental health practices. In total, 107 people from 36 states and territories…

Mental Health Implementation in Action: A Practical Approach to Lasting Change

Busy leaders, real projects, and practical tools. Implementing change is complex, but it doesn’t have to feel overwhelming.  This learning community brings behavioral health leaders together to address real-world challenges using proven implementation strategies and collaborative support. 8 CEs available!*…

About the Pacific West Hub

The Pacific West Hub is housed within the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in Seattle, WA.

We serve HHS Regions 9 and 10, which include Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. These regions are home to over 430 federally recognized tribes including the Navajo Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S.

We look forward to supporting Regions 9 and 10 in implementing effective programs and practices. Over the next few months, we’ll showcase our work and resources.

Staff

Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH headshot photo

Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH

Co-Director, Pacific West Hub

Christina Clayton, MSW, LICSW, SUDP headshot photo

Christina Clayton, MSW, LICSW, SUDP

Co-Director, Pacific West Hub

Erin Wright headshot photo

Erin Wright, LMHC

Program Manager, Pacific West Hub

Akansha Vaswani-Bye, PhD headshot photo

Akansha Vaswani-Bye, PhD

Implementation Consultant, Pacific West Hub

Denna Vandersloot headshot photo

Denna Vandersloot, MEd

Implementation Coach, Pacific West Hub

David Katz, PhD, MPH headshot photo

David Katz, PhD, MPH

Evaluator, Pacific West Hub

Olga Vitruk, MPH headshot photo

Olga Vitruk, MPH

Data Manager, Pacific West Hub

Payton Messersmith headshot photo

Payton Messersmith

Communications Lead, Pacific West Hub

Contact Form

If you’re interested in requesting technical assistance/support from the Hub on the process of selecting, implementing, and sustaining practices, please go to the Request Support page.

If you have other questions related to our work, please use the Contact Form below.

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