Medical school gets federal grant

YAKIMA – The Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences has received a $400,000 federal grant to help expand programs at the new medical school.

The school announced Tuesday it had received the money with help from U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings for the 2010 academic year.

Acting school president Dr. Lloyd Butler says the funding will help the school move forward with program expansion and is an “extraordinary financial boost” to the private funds already raised.

The school’s College of Allied Health Sciences opened this year after it conducted a feasibility study of greatest need for services in its five-state region Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. The college operates in conjunction with Central Washington University. Students are working on a master of science in biology.