By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher will lead a $2.5 million examination of the federal Affordable Care Act’s impact on what may be the largest group in need of its services: people with disabilities.
By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a way to carefully analyze a person’s gait with sensors, an innovation that could lead to reduced falls and injuries in people with glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness in the United States.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – What if a simple penlight pupil test – like the one performed daily in doctors’ offices – could help diagnose autism?
By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – The overwhelming response from students to guest speakers with dystonia has inspired an associate professor at Washington State University Spokane to organize a forum about the puzzling muscle disorder.
By Terren Roloff, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Avista Corp. has contributed $25,000 to the Dr. Elson S. Floyd Medical Education Founders Fund to honor the memory of the late Washington State University president’s vision and courage.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 17 and 18 on the WSU Pullman campus, Compton Union Building, Room 204, to consider action items, including a proposal to re-name the WSU College of Medical Science, a proposal to approve formation of a presidential search […]
By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – Exposure to trauma in childhood can create lifelong emotional, health and behavior risks. To help people work through Washington’s March 2014 Oso/Highway 530 landslide, the American Red Cross has given Washington State University researchers $100,000.
By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medical Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington State University College of Medical Sciences – soon to be College of Medicine – has hired more than 40 clinicians and basic scientists to build the faculty necessary to support the operation of WSU’s new medical school. These faculty will develop and implement […]
By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medical Sciences SPOKANE, Wash. – Computer, speech and cognitive sciences will benefit from audio recordings of children’s communications that will be compiled into a database with funding from a National Science Foundation grant.
SPOKANE, Wash. – The second of three finalist candidates for founding dean of the new WSU College of Medicine will visit the Spokane campus today.