Just a few days on a night shift schedule throws off protein rhythms related to blood glucose regulation, energy metabolism and inflammation, processes that can influence the development of chronic metabolic conditions.
Each spring, the WSU Spokane campus community recognizes incredible faculty, staff, and students who go above and beyond their normal duties, demonstrate outstanding leadership, and serve as outstanding ambassadors for WSU Spokane, both on campus and within the community.
This year’s Distinguished Faculty Address will be given by Hans P.A. Van Dongen, a professor with the Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology. His topic, sleep and its impact on performance, safety and health in our 24/7 society — will focus on the groundbreaking research undertaken by WSU’s Sleep and Performance Research Lab.
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 10. That means we will set our clocks forward one hour—or “spring forward.” It also means we will lose an hour of sleep.
The WSU Insider compiled a list of Washington State University studies that garnered the most attention from news media in 2023. One College of Medicine study made it into the top 10 and six others made the overall list.
The article and an accompanying video highlight the college’s mission to train more health care providers to serve in rural and medically underserved regions across Washington state.
A new study focusing on the long-term effects of COVID-19 is highlighted in a recent KXLY article and features expertise from WSU College of Medicine faculty member Jonathan Wisor, PhD.
Two researchers in the WSU College of Medicine’s Sleep and Performance Research Center are quoted in a Spokesman-Review article highlighting a new sleep study. In the article, faculty members Hans Van Dongen, PhD, and Jason Gerstner, PhD, discuss the association between sleep regularity and cognitive decline.
A $1.3 million grant will enable WSU researchers, including an assistant professor in the College of Medicine, to study how a training program originally developed for law enforcement can help health care workers recognize their unconscious biases.