December 12, 2018
Deans of the colleges of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences will report to Spokane Chancellor Daryll DeWald, who also will serve as WSU’s vice president for health sciences.
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December 10, 2018
Rita Catching, a WSU alumni and former nurse, had to retire to have enough time to write her first novel — recognized by the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association.
December 6, 2018
The center, supported by a five‑year, $7.1 million NIH grant, will identify and promote treatments to reduce alcohol abuse among Native people.
December 5, 2018
WSU Spokane graduate student Ana Vergara elected to the national board of directors for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science.
December 3, 2018
Janessa M. Graves, assistant professor of nursing at WSU Spokane, analyzed data on more than 380,000 children with mild traumatic brain injuries.
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November 29, 2018
The solution to insomnia may be easier and safer than sleep medications, which can have serious side effects including addiction, daytime sleepiness, depression, memory loss.
November 27, 2018
The new WSU fellows are among 416 members awarded for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
November 21, 2018
Two WSU faculty members and a student from WSU Spokane have received Awards of Distinction from the Washington State Pharmacy Association for their impact to health care in the state.
November 20, 2018
The College of Nursing at WSU Spokane is developing a tool to measure cultural competency among health care providers from the patient’s perspective.
November 15, 2018
Free vaccinations, screenings and simple treatments were provided through nursing and veterinary medicine students at WSU’s Healthy People + Healthy Pets clinic.
November 9, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Angela Brown, Washington Air National Guard 141st Medical Group, is on track to get her nursing degree from WSU in December.
November 8, 2018
Undeberg works with the WSU Department of Pharmacotherapy and at the Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Spokane.
November 7, 2018
A new study by WSU researchers suggests that a protein called CDK2 plays a critical role in heart damage caused by doxorubicin, a commonly used chemotherapy drug.
November 2, 2018
Andra Davis, assistant professor at WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver, seeks to measure nursing students’ understanding of palliative care.
October 31, 2018
Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes appear to play an essential role in sleep, scientists with the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center are finding.
October 31, 2018
Leroy Hood, co‑founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, will give a presentation titled “Systems Medicine, Personalized Health Care and Community Health.”
October 25, 2018
Funding for the new Native Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Resource Center in Minority Aging comes from a $2.8 million five‑year grant from the National Institute on Aging.
October 1, 2018
Learn about the amazing research being conducted at WSU Spokane by its colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy.
September 28, 2018
A College of Nursing graduate student has helped bring the first needle-exchange program to Grant County, Washington.
September 21, 2018
National Institutes of Health awards WSU a $1.2 million, five-year grant to increase rural Washington students entering biomedical careers.
September 14, 2018
Working in the College of Nursing’s simulation lab, groups of medics practiced hands-on patient care typical of a Battalion Aid Station setting.