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.

The center, supported by a five‑year, $7.1 million NIH grant, will identify and promote treatments to reduce alcohol abuse among Native people.

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.

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.