Overview
Health sciences programs at WSU Spokane offer students the chance to learn with faculty known for their research and clinical expertise.
Spokane, the largest medical center between Seattle and Minneapolis, provides an excellent laboratory for learning.
Spokane County is home to nine health services organizations with over 300 FTE employees each. Health care composes 11% of the Spokane County employment base and 40% of the service job sector.
Research and Service
The Program in Health Sciences benefits from opportunities for collaboration with research, service, and continuing education activities in the health sciences and in social and behavioral sciences at WSU Spokane.
WSU Spokane houses a number of research and service units dedicated to the health sciences and related disciplines:
- Area Health Education Center
- Cancer Prevention & Research Center
- Drug Information Center
- Hearing and Speech Clinic
- Institutional Review Board–Spokane
- Sleep Research and Performance Center
- Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training
Research areas in the health sciences at WSU Spokane include genetics, cardiovascular disease, nutrition, diabetes, pharmacotherapy, exercise immunology, and cancer prevention.
Community Partners
Our regional partners in research and clinical instruction include:
- Deaconess Medical Center
- Empire Health Services
- Holy Family Hospital
- Inland Northwest Health Services
- Rockwood Clinic
- Sacred Heart Medical Center
- Spokane Shriners Hospital
- Spokane VA Medical Hospital
- St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute
- The Heart Institute of Spokane
- Valley Hospital and Medical Center