Washington State University

Native American Health Sciences

Center for Native American Health
Pathway Programs
Indigenous Healing Perspectives Certificate

Pathways to success

Native American Health Sciences (NAHS) offers pathway and support programs to recruit, matriculate, and help students succeed as they pursue healthcare careers in medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, nutrition and exercise physiology, speech and hearing sciences, and other allied health sciences.

While NAHS lives on the WSU Spokane campus, we serve students, staff, and faculty across our five campuses and rural communities throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Speaker presenting to NAHS students
WSU Student Resources
Our office is in the Center for Native American Health along the Spokane River, and upon the original homelands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians. Here, we have our 24-hour student center, clinical simulation space, and tribal community room where programs like OLDWAYS for first and second-year health science students take place.
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Youth Programs

Sports clinic students sitting and smiling while listening to presentation
participant learns about blood pressure and how to measure it using a stethoscope

Our Na-ha-shnee youth programs offer unique experiences for youth to explore healthcare fields and deepen their education in the foundational sciences that are essential to their ongoing academic journey. From teddy bear clinics to summer day camps, all ages can find opportunities for learning.

Learn more about our youth programs
Na-ha-shnee program students sitting at a table together
Little birds participants building teddy bears
Speaker presenting to NAHS students in the community room
New Perspectives
Working professionals can also gain new perspectives with the Indigenous Healing Perspectives Certificate geared toward enhancing their professional knowledge.
learn more about our certificate

Support NAHS

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Native American Health Sciences Fund

This fund allows the Office of Native American Health Sciences to meet its most urgent needs in the areas of teaching, scholarship, student support, research and community driven initiatives.

Support for the Native American Health Sciences Excellence fund will provide transformational opportunities for students and will aid in student academic success while providing a culturally holistic centered space for our communities to engage.

Support Native American Health Sciences