Research

In an article titled “Aggregating Data on AAPI Groups Can Be a Form of Erasure,” Dr. Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong discusses the potential dangers of grouping diverse Asian American and […]

Planetary Health- Building Solidarity for a Better Future Listen to keynote speaker Dr. Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, who will discussed “Planetary Health- Building Solidarity for a Better Future”. […]

A study led by Washington State University has found that suspected suicidal cannabis exposures have increased 17% annually over the last 12 years. The study analyzed data from US poison […]

Dr. Lois James, assistant dean of research and associate professor at Washington State University College of Nursing was a guest on The Handoff podcast. In Episode 27: A sleep expert […]

Applications are now open for the 2023 EHRI-NCS cohort. The program is supported by a $1 Million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  The […]

In November 2022, Dr. Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing Research Assistant Professor, attended the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on […]

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, WSU College of Nursing associate professor Janessa Graves examined the geographic variations in the availability of mental health […]

WIN/SIGMA research grant, due 12/1/22, $10,000https://www.winursing.org/grants-awards/sigma-western-institute-of-nursing-research-grant/  WSU New Faculty Seed Grant, NOI due 12/2/22, $25,000The 2023 application cycle begins November 1. A Notice of Intent is required and must be […]

The National Science Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is announcing awards for 56 teams of civic and academic partners. […]

Some smart home technology could help curb opioid overdose. A Washington State University pilot study showed that a set of noninvasive home sensors could provide accurate information about overnight restlessness […]

Washington State University’s College of Nursing is now among the top ten nursing schools nationwide for funding received from the National Institutes for Health (NIH), according to Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, an organization that tracks and compiles NIH grant funding data across a wide range of health sciences disciplines.

The suicide rate in rural America is higher than in urban America. #WSU is working on new approaches to address the issue. Janessa Graves, an associate professor at the College […]

“If you have built your infrastructure dependent on electricity, and there’s a power outage during more extreme events, you kind of set yourself up for a catastrophic event,” said Claire […]

WSU faculty Dr. Georgina Lynch and Dr. Stephen James PhD have developed an eye test to help screen children for autism. Measuring how the eyes’ pupils change in response to […]

Associate Professor Tracy Klein of the WSU College of Nursing-Vancouver has been named assistant director of the WSU Center for Cannabis Policy, Research and Outreach.

A pilot project in Washington to make online grocery buying more widely available to SNAP recipients is already near its goal, buoyed in part by pandemic shutdowns.   But though nearly […]

Health equity means something different to Spanish-speaking agricultural workers, suburban children of color, and Asian families and Pacific Islander families. Yet all these groups face challenges of health equity – […]

Older adults are using kratom, often as an alternative to opioids for pain relief. As the plant-based substance’s popularity has grown, however, so have calls to poison centers, often with […]

Assistant Professor Claire Richards of the Washington State University College of Nursing will study the public health threat posed by the combination of wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and power outages. […]