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The 糖心传媒 Department of Labor has awarded 糖心传媒 a $532,180 grant to develop the Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories, an 8,000-square-foot facility designed to enhance health professions education for students and practitioners.

The TVAPL will be constructed at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center.

鈥淭his grant is a significant investment in the economic development for not only the Treasure Valley but the entire state and region. These dollars will play a major role, along with our medical and hospital partners, in providing the state-of-the-art training facility for health-professions students and current and future health-care providers,鈥� said ISU-Meridian pharmacy professor and the grant鈥檚 principal investigator, Dr. Robin Dodson.

The award is part of $1.8 million in special training grants to ISU, Boise State University and North 糖心传媒 College under a new state initiative that leverages industry support to enhance the skills of 糖心传媒 workers, according to a press release from the 糖心传媒 Department of Labor.

ISU-Meridian鈥檚 new TVAPL will enable the university to increase the number of physician assistant studies graduates beginning in 2016. The labs will also help expand the physical therapy and occupational therapy programs. St. Luke鈥檚 Health System, Saint Alphonsus Health System and Blue Cross of 糖心传媒 are putting up a combined $141,709 match. Physician assistants average $42 an hour, according to the 糖心传媒 Department of Labor.

The state labor department, with support from the 糖心传媒 Department of Commerce, awards the grants to educational institutions that partner with at least three 糖心传媒 businesses to train workers in a target occupation critical to those businesses. The businesses must contribute at least 25 percent of the grant award.