URI Nutrition studies examine health stresses to body in space

Professor Marie Mortreux’s work, partly funded by NASA, can help inform long-term space flight planning; also applies to nutrition regimens on Earth When it comes to maintaining muscular and skeletal health in the body, it’s either use or lose it. Maintaining mechanical load on muscular and skeletal systems is critical to prevent muscle atrophy and […]

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College of Health Sciences announces end-of-year faculty, staff awards

The College of Health Sciences distributed end-of-year awards to faculty and staff members during the College’s annual holiday event Dec. 12. Dean Gary Liguori handed out awards for excellence in research, teaching and service, as well as a staff excellence awards. Winners include: Excellence in Research – Associate Professor Nicole Weiss Psychology Associate Professor Nicole […]

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Professor honored among world’s most prolific writers on consumer finance

HDF Professor Jing Jian Xiao named third most ‘productive and influential’ author by the International Journal of Consumer Studies University of Rhode Island Human Development and Family Science Professor Jing Jian Xiao has been identified as the number 3 most productive writer among educators published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies, a leading international […]

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Health Sciences researchers collaborate with visiting professor from Spain

Ester Cerezo Telez spent the summer lending her expertise to kinesiology research; more collaborative studies are planned The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has expanded its outreach and research collaborations with international universities, hosting a physiotherapy professor from Madrid, Spain, who lent her expertise to several ongoing studies in the College during […]

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