For more than a decade Dr. Allison Coffin has been leading research at WSU’s Vancouver campus with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms of hearing loss and developing drugs to prevent hearing damage.
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A $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help WSU researchers determine if new drugs used to treat COVID‑19 may be linked to hearing loss.
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$1 million in upgrades to aquatic biology equipment and facilities made on WSU campus.
WSU’s fifth annual Research Week culminated with a celebration of faculty and staff who exemplify research excellence.
“It’s a collaboration of AI, computer science and hardcore biology.”
“I went to college to study marine biology, and while there I learned that some fish can produce sound and talk to each other,” says WSU neuroscience professor Alli Coffin.
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