WSU Spokane Campus
Bulletin
Issue 2001-31 (October
10, 2001)
IN
THIS ISSUE
·MEDIA COVERAGE
·FAMILY FRIEND PROJECT
·GOLDMAN NAMED INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
WRICOPS
·RECRUITING OPEN HOUSES SCHEDULED
·NOTEWORTHY
·EVENTS
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MEDIA COVERAGE
Sherry Bye, director, Institutional Review
Board-Spokane, Health Research and Education Center, was quoted in an article on
the need for greater training in clinical trials in "The Fresh Sheet," the
newsletter of the Biotechnology Association of the Spokane Region (BASR). (Vol.
2, Issue 3, Oct. 1, 2001)
Bio-OriGyn, the company owned by Joanna
Ellington and Sylvia Adams Oliver of the HREC, was the subject of an
article in the BASR "Fresh Sheet" (Oct. 1, 2001).
The Spokane Journal
of Business article on meetings of WSU Spokane and Inland Northwest Health
Services to explore the possibility of a research institute to facilitate
health-related and medical research was excerpted in the BASR "Fresh Sheet"
(Oct. 1, 2001).
Dennis Dyck, director, Washington Institute for
Mental Illness Research and Training, was interviewed for a piece on KPBX Public
Radio on depression and post-traumatic stress disorders as responses to the
events of Sept. 11, 2001. (This coverage was the result of the tip sheet of Oct.
1, 2001: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/releases4/ctt111.htm)
FAMILY FRIEND
PROJECT
Social support and sense
of community can improve one’s sense of health and well being, whereas social
isolation is associated with increased stress, illness and health risks,
according to a wide body of health research. Faculty researchers at Washington
State University Spokane are partnering with community organizations to match
isolated families with volunteer family friends, and study the effects on their
health.
Melissa Ahern, associate professor, health policy and
administration, is lead researcher on the project, along with Michael
Hendryx, associate professor, health policy and administration and WIMIRT,
and Dennis Dyck, director, WIMIRT.
The Family Friend Project is a
collaborative between community nonprofits, community churches and
researchers at WSU Spokane. The program works with churches and other referral
sources to obtain volunteer family friends, who are then matched with low-income
single-parent families and other individuals and families who feel socially
isolated. Participants are asked to form and maintain a relationship for at
least a year. The project will contribute to research by measuring the impact of
this type of community intervention on people’s health. Project researchers will
also study how to structure this collaborative approach to have the greatest
impact on people’s health.
Funding for initial phases to plan and test
various approaches to the project comes from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
($80,000) and The New Priorities Foundation ($21,000). The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation is the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health
and health care. The New Priorities Foundation is a regional philanthropy
in eastern Washington that focuses on improving health and well being for
vulnerable citizens.
See more online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=520 and http://www.wsunews.wsu.edu/releases4/bc118.htm
GOLDMAN NAMED INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
WRICOPS
Former Spokane County
sheriff John Goldman was recently appointed interim executive director of
the Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS) at
Washington State University Spokane.
Goldman led Spokane County's law
enforcement response against the domestic terrorist bombings of several
buildings in the Spokane Valley in 1996 and served as emergency services
director during Ice Storm. He graduated from WSU Spokane in 1996 with a master's
degree in criminal justice, and received his bachelor's degree from Eastern
Washington University in 1973. Read more online: http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=512
RECRUITING OPEN HOUSES
SCHEDULED
Several information
sessions will be held in October and November for prospective students. Please
share this information with anyone who might be interested in our
programs.
Tuesday, October 30: Health Sciences Fall Open House. An
open house for prospective health sciences students will begin at 5:30pm at the
Spokane Bookie, 410 E. Trent. Faculty and current students will be on hand to
discuss programs in health policy and administration, human
nutrition/dietetics, and exercise science. Liz West with
Student Services will be available to answer questions about educational
financing options.
For more information on HPA contact Kiley
Schenk, health policy and administration academic coordinator, at 358-7987,
schenk@wsu.edu. www.hpa.Spokane.wsu.edu
For more information on
human nutrition/dietetics, contact Linda Massey, professor, 358-7621,
massey@wsu.edu. www.nutrition.spokane.wsu.edu
For more information
on exercise science, contact Lanni Mackenzie, exercise science academic
coordinator, at 358-7544, lanni@wsu.edu. www.exercisescience.spokane.wsu.edu,
Thursday,
November 1: Master of Technology Management Open House. Spokane
Bookie, 410 E. Trent Ave., Riverpoint campus, 5:30pm. Lead faculty Martin
Hoegl will present information. For more information contact Lanni
Mackenzie, technology management academic coordinator, at 358-7544,
lanni@wsu.edu www.mtm.spokane.wsu.edu
Monday, November 5:
Graduate programs at the Interdisciplinary Design Institute in architecture,
design-build management, interior design, and landscape architecture. Phase
I Classroom Building, Riverpoint campus, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd, 5:30pm. For
more information contact Jaime Rice, design disciplines academic
coordinator, 358-7945, jlrice@wsu.edu. www.idi.spokane.wsu.edu
Thursday, November 8:
Baccalaureate completion program in business administration with a special focus
on real estate. Don Epley, who holds the Victor C. Lyon, CCIM,
Distinguished Professorship in Real Estate, will present information on the
program. For more information contact Lanni Mackenzie, real estate
academic coordinator, 358-7544, lanni@wsu.edu. www.realestate.spokane.wsu.edu
Tuesday, November
13: B.S. Computer Engineering Information Session. Spokane Bookie,
410 E. Trent Ave., Riverpoint campus, 5:30pm. Lead faculty Paul Schimpf,
schimpf@wsu.edu, will present information. Schimpf is the recent recipient of a
$400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research in
mathematics (http://wsunews.wsu.edu/detail.asp?StoryID=305).
The
B.S. Computer Engineering is a collaborative baccalaureate completion program
offered by Washington State University Spokane, Gonzaga University, and the
University of Idaho.
For more information, contact Paul
Schimpf, associate professor, 358-7937, schimpf@wsu.edu. www.cptreng.spokane.wsu.edu
NOTEWORTHY
C. Harold Mielke, director, Health Research and
Education Center, has published:
Coronary artery calcium, coronary artery
disease, and diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 53 (2001) 55-61.
With J.P. Shields and Lyle Broemeling (formerly with WSU Spokane).
Risk
factors and coronary artery disease for asymptomatic women using electron beam
computed tomography. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 2001, 8:81-86. With J.P.
Shields and Lyle Broemeling (formerly with WSU Spokane).
C. Harold
Mielke, director, Health Research and Education Center, has been named a
Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Council on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.
“Is Red Wine Beneficial to a Healthy
Heart?” by C. Harold Mielke, director, Health Research and Education
Center, appeared in the Sept.-Oct. 2001 issue of Spokane Home &
Life.
Ruth C. Bindler received a $1,500 Charles Glen King
graduate fellowship from WSU's college of agriculture and home economics, plus a
Society of Pediatric Nurses award. She is a graduate student in the human
nutrition program at WSU Spokane and will be graduating in December 2001.
Bindler is also an associate professor at the
Intercollegiate College of
Nursing/Washington State University College of Nursing
SEND YOUR NOTEWORTHY NEWS about
staff, faculty, students, or graduates of WSU Spokane to chamberlain@wsu.edu for
inclusion in future editions of the weekly campus bulletin and
spokane@wsu.edu, the quarterly newsletter.
UPCOMING EVENTS
INTERNAL EVENTS
Thursday, October 11: Strategic Planning Brown-Bag
Discussion on Recognition of Faculty & Staff. Phase I Classroom Building
(SCLS) Rm. 131 (first floor conference room), noon-1pm.
Friday,
October 12: Health Science Seminar. The second seminar of the 2001-2002
Health Sciences Seminar series will be held in the Phase I Classroom Building
Auditorium from 11:30am to 12:30pm. The presenter will be Sally Blank,
PhD, Associate Professor of Kinesiology/Exercise Science. Blank will speak
about the WSU Kinesiology Graduate Program, which has recently moved to the
Spokane campus. Registration required. Box lunches provided. For more
information contact, Cathi Lamoreux, AHEC, 358-7509 or lamoreux@wsu.edu .
Wednesday, October 31: Combined Fund Drive
(CFD) Pizza Feed. Plan on attending the annual WSU Spokane CFD event
for free pizza, costume contest, bake-off, silent auction, celebrity judges and
prizes. The event starts at 11:30am in the Phase I Classroom Building
Gallery. Proceeds will benefit a local service organization of choice. Stay
posted for more information to come on our 2001 Combined Fund
Drive.
EXTERNAL EVENTS
Friday, October 13: ASWSU Spokane Night with the
Spokane Chiefs. Join WSU Spokane students, faculty, staff and their families
as the Spokane Chiefs take on their rivals the Tri-City Americans. It’s
guaranteed to be an action-packed hockey game and you can watch from rink-side
seats! Tickets are an incredibly low $5 a piece! Contact Kristie (Clark) Wardrop
8-7963 or Courtney Dunlap 8-7921 for tickets. Game time is 7:00 pm, doors
open at 6:00 pm.
Tuesday, October 30: Communities In Action -
Eliminating Health Disparities: 100% Access and 0% Disparities
A live and
interactive national video conference with Dr. Marilyn Gaston, M.D., Director of
HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care. This video conference will take place at the
WSU Spokane Higher Education Park Phase I Classroom Building from 8:00 am to
1:00 pm. Be a part of this critical discussion with local and national leaders
about successful ways to expand health access and decrease health disparities in
our communities. To register e-mail Cindy Fine at cindyf@hipspokane.org, call
509-444-3088, Ext.238 or register on-line at http://bphc.distributedclassroom.org/. This event is free
and open to the public. Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Send
corrections on event information to
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