January 2016
Sleep Seminar – Dr. Terri Weaver
Sleep Seminar - CPAP therapy for OSA - the first weeks make all the difference
Find out more »February 2016
SPRC – Dr. Gina Poe – Sleep Seminar
"Sleep is for remembering and forgetting: experience-dependent sculpting of neural networks during sleep spindles and REM sleep"
Find out more »Sleep and Performance Research Center Seminar
Dr. Gina Poe, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology at the University of Michigan, will present Sleep is for remembering and forgetting: experience-dependent sculpting of neural networks during sleep spindles and REM sleep
Find out more »October 2016
Biomedical Seminar Series
Everyone is invited to the seminar, "Skin cell motililty: Integrins lead the way," with Jonathan Jones, PhD
Find out more »November 2016
Biomedical Seminar Series
Join Ketema Paul's seminar, "Bmal1 in skeletal muscle regulates resistance to sleep loss"
Find out more »Using HEALWA
This hour-long workshop will show you how to set up your free access to the portal and how to navigate the databases, ebooks, and full-text journals in the HEALWA collection.
Find out more »Sleep and Performance Research Seminar
Come join Harvard Medical School associate professor, Jun Lu's seminar, "Parabrachial nucleus control of arousal." Everyone is invited.
Find out more »December 2016
Sleep and Performance Research Seminar
Join Dr. Lynn Caldwell of the Naval Medical Research Unit in Dayton, OH and her seminar entitled, "Fatigue Assessment and Countermeasures Research at the Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton."
Find out more »March 2017
Sleep and Performance Research Seminar
"What explains the link between socioeconomic disadvantage and obesity?"
Find out more »Mental Illness Presentation
Join Steven Einhaus, a peer specialist at Eastern State Hospital, as he shares his personal experience with mental illness.
Find out more »April 2017
Sleep and Performance Research Seminar
"Sleep, Cognition, and Risk for Alzheimer Disease"
Find out more »Biomedical Seminar Series
"Mechanism of Transcription and DNA lesion recognition by RNA polymerase II"
Find out more »Dr. Amram Research Presentation hosted by the College of Medicine
Come welcome Dr. Ofer Amram and his research presentation, "Spatial Analysis and Visualization of Individual-level Data for Evidence-base Decision Making in Health Research."
Find out more »May 2017
Sleep and Performance Research Seminar
Valerie Mongrain, PhD, will present the talk, "Mechanisms underlying the transcriptional response to sleep loss." Everyone is invited.
Find out more »September 2017
Meet the Candidate for Asst Director for Enrollment Services
Meet Ms. Kari Collen for the position of Assistant Director for Enrollment Services with the Division of Student Affairs.
Find out more »November 2017
SPRC Seminar Series – November
"Sleep and Plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster" will be presented by William Vanderheyden, PhD, assistant research professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Find out more »February 2018
Sleep Seminar
Mark Blumberg, Ph.D., will present an SPRC Seminar on Monday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in SAC 249, entitled Developing the sensorimotor system in our sleep: Implications for typical and atypical human development. Find out more information now.
Find out more »April 2018
NEP Research Seminar
"Lactate and Cardioprotection: The Forgotten Missing Link" will be presented by Dr. Gary Van Guilder, faculty candidate for the Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Department.
Find out more »NEP Research Seminar
Join NEP faculty candidate Dr. Martine Perrigue, PhD, RD, and her research seminar, "Eating frequency, appetitie, and health-related coutcomes: selected research and future directions."
Find out more »NEP Research Seminar
Everyone is invited to the NEP faculty candidate seminar by Dr. Hans Haverkamp entitled "Lung mechanical determinants of airway function during and after exercise in asthma."
Find out more »NEP Research Seminar
Please join Dr. Kristin Hoddy, NEP faculty candidate, as she speaks on "Novel approaches to weight loss: Could sleep be the missing link?" Everyone is invited to attend.
Find out more »May 2018
WSU Genomics Core Workshop
The WSU Spokane Genomics Core will host a next-generation sequencing workship that will be livestreamed on the Spokane Campus. Registration is required - see more information here.
Find out more »June 2018
Sleep and Performance Research Center Seminar
Dr. Stephanie Centofanti for the University of South Australia will present, "Coping with shift work: countermeasures and associations with health." Everyone is welcome.
Find out more »January 2019
Research Manuscript Writing Workshop
Jack M. Downs, Ph.D. is the writing specialist and tutoring coordinator at WSU Spokane. In this workshop, Downs will share strategies for planning, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing your scientific manuscripts. Free lunch to GRSA Members - See more information and to RSVP here.
Find out more »February 2019
Sleep and Performance Research Center Seminar Series
Dr. Anastasi Kosmadopoulos will present “The Influence of Split Sleep-Wake Schedules and Daytime Sleep Strategies on Neurobehavioural Performance.” Everyone is invited. See more information here.
Find out more »Association of Women in Science-Lunch and Learn with Patent Law Professional
AWIS invites you to the Lunch and Learn event with special guest Allison M. Glasunow, Ph.D., associate attorney with expertise in clinical trial patents and product approvals at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). RSVP here.
Find out more »June 2019
Sleep and Performance Research Seminar Series
Dr. Tarja Stenberg (Porkka-Heiskanen) will present “Microglia reactions to sleep deprivation in different brain areas.” Dr. Stenberg (Porkka-Heiskanen) gained her MD and PhD degrees at the University of Helsinki. She moved to Northwestern University, Evanston, IL for a postdoctoral fellowship 1990 – 1992 and to Harvard Medical School as associate professor 1995-1997. She is presently a senior researcher at the University Of Helsinki, Finland, leading a sleep research team, Sleep Team Helsinki, as part of the larger research program “Sleepwell” established by the Medical Faculty of University of Helsinki. See more information about Dr. Stenberg and her research here.
Find out more »September 2019
Responsible Conduct of Research Training – hosted by ESF College of Medicine
The Office of Research in the College of Medicine will host Responsible Conduct of Research training session for the 2019-2020 academic year. Ofer Amram will present Policies regarding authorship.
This training is required for NIH training awardees and is great for new investigators and seasoned investigators alike.
October 2019
Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series
Dr. Stephen Morairty will be visiting WSU Spokane on October 2nd. Please plan to attend his seminar at 11:00am in SAC 249, entitled 'EEG Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Mouse Models of Huntington's Disease'. Everyone is invited. See more information about his work and research here. Sign up for a meeting and/or meal time here, also.
Find out more »Association for Women in Science – Lunch and Learn
Advancing the Careers of Women in STEM at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions through Professional Networks - Lunch and learn with An Advocate for Women in STEM. AWIS Inland NW (Spokane) invites you to a Lunch and Learn event with special guest Joanne Smieja, Ph.D., professor of inorganic chemistry at Gonzaga University where she has been a faculty member for 32 years. See complete details and RSVP information here.
Find out more »November 2019
HRS Training – Effective Communications Part 1
Effective communications training will provide you with skills for communicating when the outcome is important, opinions and options vary, and the emotion of the situation makes the conversation difficult to have. You will learn how to improve open dialogue and engagement in a way that will help you to talk with anyone about anything. This is an in-person training taught by Laura Hamilton, SPHR, SHRM-CP and certified Crucial Conversations trainer. Please be sure to enroll in all three sessions of the program as it is taught in three parts. See complete details here.
Find out more »Hennings Faculty – Candidate Presentation
Dr. Marc Ruben will be presenting his talk, entitled 'Building (and using) a Human Circadian Atlas for Medicine'. Dr. Marc Ruben is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Human Genetics, John Hogenesch Lab. Candidates sought for the faculty position include individuals from research programs in cancer with special focus on brain cancer and the interactions with sleep, circadian rhythms and/or nutrition (nutritional impacts on cancer metabolism, nutritional underpinnings of cancer, etc.) See complete details here.
Find out more »Hennings Faculty – Candidate Presentation
Dr. Yool Lee will be presenting his talk, entitled 'Circadian rhythms in physiology and disease'. Dr. Yool Lee is a Research Associate in the Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Candidates for this faculty position include individuals from research programs in cancer with special focus on brain cancer and the interactions with sleep, circadian rhythms and/or nutrition (nutritional impacts on cancer metabolism, nutritional underpinnings of cancer, etc.) See complete details here. Everyone is invited.
Find out more »December 2019
Mothers in Academia: How to Make Way for the Next Generation
It is no secret that beyond being underrepresented in STEM fields, women face added barriers to career progression when they become mothers: they are less likely to be hired, promoted, and more likely to drop out entirely. This is due to two main sources of bias. See complete details here.
Find out more »Hennings Faculty Candidate Presentation
Jamie Anastas, Ph.D. postdoctoral fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will present for the Hennings Faculty Candidate Presentation, "Investigating Chromatic Dependencies in Pediatric High-Grade Gliom." See complete details here and Zoom information. Everyone is invited.
Find out more »Sleep and Performance Research Center Seminar Series
Join Dr. Steven Hill, who will present the topic, “Disruption of the Circadian/Melatonin Signal Drives Human Breast Cancer Cells and Xenografts to a Drug-Resistant and Metastatic Phenotype.” Dr. Hill is a Professor in the Department of Structural & Cellular Biology at Tulane University and the Director of the Tulane Center for Circadian Biology. Dr. Hill’s major fields of interest are breast cancer and circadian biology, including the role of circadian rhythm disruption and the molecular clock in cancer. SEE COMPLETE DETAILS AND MORE INFORMATION HERE. Everyone is invited.
Find out more »February 2020
Biomedical Sciences Seminar
Deciphering Clinically Meaningful Genetic Effects Influencing Complex Disorders
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