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 […]
Research
WSU Researchers Train Clinics Including Two in Spokane to Help People Quit Stimulant Drugs
WSU researchers share information on contingency management training underway in Spokane clinics in this Spokesman-Review article featuring Drs. Michelle Peavy and Sara Parent.
The Art of Prompt Engineering: Optimizing Chatbots in Medical Education
In a recent paper published in the peer-reviewed journal “International Medical Education,” Dr. Thomas F. Heston and medical student Charya Khun, MA, from the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine […]
Lesser-Known Brain Cells May Be Key to Staying Awake without Cost to Cognition, Health
New animal research suggests that little-studied brain cells known as astrocytes are major players in controlling sleep need and may someday help humans go without sleep for longer without negative […]
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 […]
WSU Helps State Pilot New Substance Use Treatment
Substance use research at Washington State University helped spur a recent change in Washington state policy to provide Medicaid coverage for contingency management, a behavioral treatment that uses gift cards […]
WSU Researchers to Partner with Maddie’s Place
Maddie’s Place, a Spokane nonprofit and pediatric transitional care facility, recently secured $5.5M for operations and research. A portion of these funds will support a contract with WSU Spokane to […]
Abortion Facility Access Means Long Drives for 41.8% of Women
Read the article on WSU Insider SPOKANE, Wash. – One year after the Dobbs decision, 41.8% of U.S. women of reproductive age have to drive 30 minutes or more to […]
Research Addresses Mental Health, Substance Use in Supportive Housing
As cities across the state and country are struggling to deal with a worsening homelessness crisis, a group of WSU scientists is helping to improve outcomes for people in permanent […]
Health Sciences Faculty Receive Inaugural CIPHERS Seed Grant Funding
The Collaboration for the InterProfessional Health Education Research & Scholarship (CIPHERS) Initiative is thrilled to congratulate the following recipients of the inaugural Seed Grant funding: The CIPHERS initiative looks forward […]
