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News 2004
Sally Blank Presents on Hatha Yoga at
Cambridge Conference
Dr.
Sally Blank, Associate Professor in the Clinical and Experimental Exercise
Science program, presented "Physiological Responses to Hatha Yoga: The
Exercise Stress of Asansas", at the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research,
Centre for Advanced and Theological Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of
Cambridge, 7th International DHIIR Conference, Indic Health Conference I:
The case of modern yoga, September 2002.
The Dharam Hinduja
Institute of Indic Research
Carolyn Johnson awarded Research Grants
Dr. E.
Carolyn Johnson, Associate Professor in the Clinical and Experimental Exercise
Science program, was recently awarded two research grants:
Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation ($40,000) Principal
Investigator (with Katherine Tuttle, M.D.) Role of vascular endothelial
growth factor and its receptors in mediating increases in fibrosis induced by
hyperglycemia and excess amino acids in rat mesangial cells.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Washington State University ($12,479,
additional $12,479 potential) Principal Investigator. Protective effect
of ethanol against endothelial cell damage caused by hypoxia-reoxygenation:
Role of protein kinase C and adenosine and adenosine receptors.
WSU Spokane Seed Grants Awarded
Drs.
Sally Blank, Jackie Banasik and Mel Haberman (Professor and Associate Dean of
Research, WSU College of Nursing), have been awarded WSU Spokane Seed grants to
investigate complementary/ alternative intervention on psychosocial, quality of
life, and immune outcomes in women with stable breast cancer. This
research is in collaboration with Dr. Joni Nichols, M.D., Cancer Care NW,
Spokane.
More information:
Seed Grants Awarded
Research Projects
Funded
Michelle Crowe Awarded Sigma Xi Grant
Michelle Crowe, exercise science
graduate student, has been awarded a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research ($500) in support of
her master's thesis research. Her thesis, "Effects of a
Complementary/Alternative Yoga Program on Nuclear NF-kB in Lymphocytes of Women
With Breast Cancer," is being conducted as part of the research of Sally
Blank, associate professor of exercise science; Jacquelyn Banasik,
postdoctoral fellow in exercise science and associate professor of nursing; and
Mel Haberman, associate dean for research and professor of nursing,
funded through the WSU Spokane Faculty Seed Grant Program.
Sigma Xi is a scientific research society of nearly 75,000 scientists and
engineers who were elected to the Society because of their research achievements
or potential. The Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of
Research program has a highly competitive application process and fewer than 20%
of applicants receive any level of funding.
(WSU Campus Bulletin, Issue 2003-1)
Sally Blank Panelist at CPRC Retreat
Dr.
Sally Blank, Associate Professor in the Clinical and Experimental Exercise
Science program, will serve as a panelist at the WSU Cancer Prevention and
Research Center Retreat, for a panel discussion entitled "Bridging the Gap --
Successes and Opportunities". The retreat is scheduled for March 8-9, 2003,
at the Coeur d'Alene resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
For more information, pg 7 of:
Cancer
Prevention and Research Center Newsletter
Potential Internship Sites in the Spokane Region
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