Adam Kuczynski, PhD

Adam Kuczynski, PhD is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. His work focuses on developing and integrating digital health and artificial intelligence tools to improve access to care for individuals with serious mental illness. He is also an expert in psychological care for individuals with hospitalized with psychiatric illness, and studies strategies to improve access to evidence-based psychological care for people in the inpatient psychiatric setting. Toward this end, Dr. Kuczynski is a founding member and co-director of the Inpatient Psychological Care Collaborative, a national organization dedicated to the advancement of psychological care for people hospitalized with psychiatric concerns. He also serves as a clinical psychologist on UW Medicine’s long-term civil commitment inpatient psychiatry program and clinical supervisor UW Medicine’s psychology and psychiatry residency programs.

Dr. Kuczynski received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Washington in 2023 after completing his predoctoral internship at the same institution, training in serious mental illness psychology at Harborview Medical Center and psycho-oncology at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. As a PhD student, he co-founded Inclivio, a technology company dedicated to real-time assessment of biopsychosocial factors to support behavioral health research and clinical care. Across his research and clinical work, Dr. Kuczynski is dedicated to solving one of psychology’s most critical challenges: getting effective treatments into the hands of those who need it most.