U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt joined university leaders to announce $3.5 million in grant funds from the Department of Defense that will support Dr. Belenky’s work. The grant funds will support applied research at WSU Spokane and will help link fundamental research into brain structures and sleep conducted at WSU’s Pullman campus with the clinical base of practitioners and patients in
The funding is in addition to an initial $50,000 earmark from the Department of Labor, $20,000 from the Inland Northwest Technology and
WSU Provost Robert C. Bates said, “As with our announcement in January of the Institute for Shock Physics work and its extension of an applied lab in
The announcement marks the first phase in the development of the Spokane Alliance for Medical Research, a partnership created to enable competitively funded biomedical research in the
Research facilitated by the SAMR is intended to enhance ongoing clinical programs in the
Tony Bonanzino, chair of the SAMR executive committee and president and CEO of Hollister-Stier Laboratories, LLC, said, “We are here to celebrate an important day for
Dennis Dyck, associate dean for research at WSU Spokane and coordinator of the SAMR, said, “The Spokane Alliance for Medical Research will build a number of centers of excellence over time. The key to its success is having a strong initiative at its core, and in sleep research, we have that. Down the road, we will look at areas such as neuroscience, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and others for development.”
Belenky said, “This is a magnificent opportunity to integrate the excellent basic science work in sleep being done at WSU Pullman with the superb clinical services in sleep medicine in
With more than $175 million in annual research expenditures, WSU was recognized by US News & World Report as one of the top 50 public research universities in the nation. As part of the university’s extensive research portfolio, researchers examine health science and other issues ranging from infectious diseases, genomics, safe food, environmental and natural resource sciences, power system security and diabetes through the use of state-of-the-art laboratories, clinical studies and community partnerships.
Web sites:
News release on event to introduce Gregory Belenky: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=4674
Gregory Belenky biography (PDF): http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/News&Events/content/BelenkyBio2004.pdf
Sleep Research Initiative overview (PDF): http://www.spokane.wsu.edu/News&Events/content/SAMR_SleepResearchInitiative2004.pdf
Sleep research at WSU: James Krueger: www.vetmed.wsu.edu/research_vcapp/krueger/krueger.asp
WSU Office of Research: www.research.wsu.edu
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Spokane Alliance for Medical Research: www.spokanemedicalresearch.org