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WSU Spokane students win state community service awards

SPOKANE, Wash. – Pharmacy students involved in organizing mumps vaccination clinics in Spokane as well as two students in the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology program will receive community service awards Friday from the Washington state chapter of a national organization that promotes community service from higher education students and employees.

WSU Spokane to graduate 488 students May 4-5

Washington State University Spokane will graduate 488 students from its campus May 4-5. The main commencement ceremony is 2 p.m. Friday, May 5, at the INB Performing Arts Center. A separate ceremony for the 95 Doctor of Pharmacy students will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at the Martin Woldson Theater at the […]

WSU, Albertsons create first U.S. program allowing pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations

SPOKANE, Wash. — A pilot program in Idaho, hosted by Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Albertsons Companies, has led to the first law to expand patient access to health care services through immunization training for pharmacy technicians.

New Spokane medical-legal partnership will provide health advocacy

SPOKANE, Washington – Unmet legal problems adversely impact the health of approximately 1 in 6 Americans, most especially the poor, according to National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership. A 2012 Spokane Regional Health District study demonstrated how Spokane’s poor have significantly reduced life expectancy. On Jan. 12, a new six-member community collaborative will begin providing free […]

Health consortium receives funds for teaching health center

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Spokane health consortium will receive a $900,000 appropriation from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to ease the shortage of physicians in Spokane and eastern Washington and support an interprofessional teaching health facility for students in medical sciences, nursing, pharmacy and other health sciences.

UW, WSU Spokane announce plans for medical education growth

SPOKANE, Wash. – WSU Spokane and the University of Washington School of Medicine  will jointly ask legislators to allocate the money needed to fund 40 new permanent medical education seats in Spokane over a four-year period. Paul G. Ramsey, M.D., CEO of UW Medicine and Dean of the UW School of Medicine (UWSOM) and WSU […]