College of Medicine News

NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS AND THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY

Announcements & Notices

28-Day Fit for Fall Healthy Lifestyle Challenge

The Healthy Lifestyle Committee is organizing another fun health challenge to help support your health and fitness goals. The 28-Day Fit for Fall Healthy Lifestyle Challenge is a more holistic […]

New Study Considers How to Advance Holistic Review

Dr. Leila Harrison and colleagues across the nation recently published a study in AAMC’s Academic Medicine assessing how applicants interpret the self-reported disadvantaged (SRD) question in the American Medical College […]

Campus BBQ Next Week

The Spokane All Campus BBQ has been rescheduled to Wednesday, August 30, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. on the SAC lawn. The BBQ is free for all staff and students!

Research

Kris Kowdely Speaks on Rare Liver Disease

In honor of PBC Awareness Month, the publication Chron. highlighted five facts about primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a rare liver disease that causes the body to attack its own cells […]

IREACH Joins the College of Medicine

We are pleased to announce that the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) will administratively transition from the WSU Health Sciences into the Elson S. Floyd College […]

Events

October Teaching Conversation

October 4 4:10 – 5 p.m. PDT SMED 216 or Zoom This month's topic is "Student Attendance in the Classroom - What do we want, why, and where are students […]

Translational Medicine and Physiology Seminar Series

SCCRS 250

Molecular mechanisms of neuronal aging in C. elegans October 10, 2023 Noon – 1:00 p.m. PDT SCCRS 250 or via Zoom Meeting ID: 970 1395 6437 Passcode: 563108 Speaker: Dong Yan, […]

Community & Culture

Business Operations

New Office for Community Engagement and Health Equity

The Office for Community Engagement and Health Equity will bring our outreach and mentoring, community engagement, and health equity work together under one unit. The following members will come together […]

New Office of Student Experience

We would like to announce the new Office of Student Experience (OSE). Formerly known as the Office of Admissions, Student Affairs and Alumni Engagement, the new office title reflects the unit’s growth and inclusion of […]

Awards & Achievements

2023 College of Medicine Awards & Recognition Ceremony

Last week the college held its annual Awards & Recognition Ceremony, celebrating our faculty and staff’s outstanding accomplishments, career milestones, and contributions to the mission and vision of our college. […]

Professional Resources & Training

MedTech Tip: Search in Slack

Did you know that Slack has a pretty effective search tool? It really comes in handy when you’re looking for something specific…like an E.Flo MD announcement or a certain file!

TIAA-CREF Will Be on Campus in September

A representative will be on the Spokane campus for two days in September for individual, in-person meetings. Wednesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 7 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM SAC […]

Media

Washington Post features Jae Kennedy

Community and Behavioral Health faculty member Jae Kennedy joins the conversation on health equity barriers in a recent Washington Post article. The story, “Disability groups win fight to be included […]

Campus Announcements

WSU President’s Town Hall Series Begins This Fall

President Kirk Schulz will join Washington State University chancellors for a series of campus-based town halls that will center on questions submitted by faculty, staff, and students across the system. Each […]

Donors Needed for All Campus Blood Drive

As our most loyal and frequent blood donors become older, young people are the future of our nation’s blood supply.Join Vitalant’s Because of You campaign and donate blood to save lives. Your […]

Get to Know the New Medicine Building

The Medicine building is open to faculty, staff and students across the college, regardless of whether they are based in the building. We welcome everyone who has not already done […]