WSU Health Sciences Spokane

Leid, a native of eastern Washington and 1983 graduate of the College of Pharmacy, has extensive experience as a pharmacist and researcher both in the United States and France. He begins his new role on July 1.

Koithan was chosen after a nationwide search and has more than 30 years of academic and leadership experience in nursing. She replaces Mel Haberman, who has served as interim dean for the College of Nursing since March 2019.

WSU researchers examined changes in the average age of first drug use for 18 different drugs—including alcohol and tobacco products—between 2004 and 2017 for their study published today in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Empire Health Foundation is supporting WSU Health Sciences in its ongoing efforts to increase the number of Natives in health education and health care practice.

From their time together as nursing undergrads, to saying ‘I do,’ to welcoming their first child, Coug nurses Kayla Adrian and Kolby Wade have chronicled each milestone of their love story with photos taken on the WSU Health Sciences Spokane campus.

Increasing access to primary care doctors by just one doctor per 10,000 people results in lower mortality for all causes of death in Washington, according to the report by researchers at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.

The number of people who use marijuana daily is on the rise. This upward trend also holds up in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, despite evidence that using marijuana could harm their babies.

A patient who needs language services has to navigate through one to four web pages in English to find information on such services at most hospitals in Washington, according to a new study by WSU College of Nursing researchers.

The high-end audio engineer rethought her career choice after 9/11 and that reassessment eventually led Roberts to the PhD program at the Washington State University College of Nursing, where she’s also a research associate.

Unlike some other popular diets, there’s a growing collection of scientific evidence behind intermittent fasting, especially in relation to diabetes and the collection of conditions known as metabolic syndrome.