A group of University of Rhode Island students and faculty from across the Academic Health Collaborative spent their winter break in tropical paradise, but instead of basking in the sun on white sand beaches, the students spent their time working with some of the most vulnerable populations in Jamaica.
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College of Pharmacy Annual Report 2018
Pharmacy student is statewide leader among peers
When Amanda Loomis arrived on the URI campus a fresh-faced, first-year pharmacy student, she didn’t know what she wanted to specialize in, just that she didn’t want to focus on geriatrics. She was spending her time just “checking off the boxes,” as she said, on her way to a degree without focusing her eventual career […]
Continue reading "Pharmacy student is statewide leader among peers"URI, Johnson & Wales to offer dual degree in pharmacy, physician assistant studies
The University of Rhode Island and Johnson & Wales University will offer a dual-degree in pharmacy and physician assistant studies beginning in fall 2018, the first such collaboration between public and private universities in the country.
Continue reading "URI, Johnson & Wales to offer dual degree in pharmacy, physician assistant studies"URI Pharmacy student earns national award for work in public health
URI College of Pharmacy student Paige Ethier has earned national recognition for her commitment to public health and her work with underserved populations from the United State Public Health Service.
Continue reading "URI Pharmacy student earns national award for work in public health"URI Pharmacy’s Seminar by the Sea to tackle trending health topics
With a theme of “advocating for our patients,” the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Professional Development is scheduled to present its 33rd annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference March 14-16.
Continue reading "URI Pharmacy’s Seminar by the Sea to tackle trending health topics"63 percent of survey respondents want URI to be tobacco-free
Health Sciences Associate Dean Deb Riebe co-chairs Tobacco-Free Committee; College of Pharmacy offers smokers tools to quit There is strong support among students, faculty and staff for a University of Rhode Island free of tobacco and electronic nicotine product use, according to a survey conducted last semester. Distributed and analyzed by URI’s Tobacco-Free Committee, the […]
Continue reading "63 percent of survey respondents want URI to be tobacco-free"DNA study aims to identify carcinogen damage long before cancer develops
A person unknowingly exposed to a carcinogen may live for years — even decades — before a cancer diagnosis is made, giving tumors time to grow and the disease time to develop, making treatment more difficult or even impossible. But what if people knew what toxins they’ve been exposed to in their lifetimes long before […]
Continue reading "DNA study aims to identify carcinogen damage long before cancer develops"It’s not too late: Get your flu shot
Thanks in part to an early-winter cold snap that saw temperatures plummeting into the single digits and people huddling close indoors for warmth, the flu season is seeing an early peak that is likely to extend into April. And while there’s no cause to panic over sensational headlines warning of a “widespread,” potentially deadly outbreak, […]
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