Fall 2021
Research—a review
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred innovation in research topics and methods at WSU. » More ...
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Summer 2021
What’s up? Doctors.
The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine launches its first class of physicians to fulfill the mission of bringing health care to rural and underserved communities.
This inaugural class of WSU physicians has 21.4 percent who grew up in a rural county and 18 percent notably in a Washington rural county + 18 percent are first-generation college graduates + 55.4 percent come from a low socioeconomic background + 18 Washington counties represented: Benton, Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Franklin, Grant, King, Kittitas, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima.
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Summer 2021
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes)
Review of book by Kate Lebo » More ...
Winter 2020
The audacity to dream
Na-ha-shnee, a program to introduce Native American young people to health care professions and research, has been inspiring students to dream beyond the limits of cultural stereotypes for 25 years. » More ...
Fall 2020
Planning for the storm
Washington State University researchers modeled health care needs when local officials wanted to prepare for COVID-19. » More ...
Fall 2020
Distress call
Health care workers can face depression, anxiety, insomnia, and worse during the COVID-19 crisis. » More ...
Summer 2020
The State of healing
HEALWA brings medical knowledge and access to all corners of the state, which is at the core of Washington State University’s land-grant mission. » More ...
Summer 2020
Celebrating 30 years
Three stories celebrating three decades of Washington State University in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver » More ...
Summer 2020
At home on the range
Range Health, a nonprofit academic health network, and its mobile unit bring health care to rural areas. » More ...
Spring 2020
Cannabis in WA state
The legalization of recreational cannabis in Washington state and Colorado in 2012 opened a box full of questions and debates about the drug and its related crop, hemp.
What is the effect on youth? Will crime go up? How does cannabis interact with other drugs and medicines? What health claims are accurate? How does the potency of cannabis affect mental health? These gaps, and many others, in our knowledge—combined with unverified claims by both proponents and opponents of legalized cannabis—make it difficult to find the best ways to regulate and manage the substance.
To answer the call, almost 100 Washington State University researchers have begun … » More …