Physical Therapy program to educate, advise, provide resources for patients
Continue reading "PT study aims to establish comprehensive, interdisciplinary clinic for people with Parkinson’s"
Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss ranked among top 1 percent in trauma disorders by Expertscape Psychology Professor Nicole Weiss has been recognized among the top experts in the world in trauma and stressor related disorders after being named a “world expert in one or more medical topics” by Expertscape, an online database of the top researchers […]
Continue reading "College of Health Sciences professor recognized among top experts worldwide"
Six URI College of Health Sciences research projects will get a boost after nine College graduate students were awarded research enhancement grants, the Graduate School announced. The six projects will each receive $1,000 to help the students continue their research into various impactful topics. The Graduate Research Enhancement Awards are sponsored by the URI Provost, […]
Continue reading "Health Sciences graduate research projects earn enhancement awards"
The use of self-tracking of bio-behavioral states along with prescription dosing information is increasingly popular in the care and study of many human diseases. Parkinson’s Disease is particularly amenable to such tracking, as patients live with the progressive disease for many years, increasing motivation to pursue quality of life changes through careful monitoring of symptoms […]
Continue reading "Personal digital health, self-tracking among Parkinson’s patients examined in Psychology study"
Graduate student Emily Kenyor, Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing published in ScienceDirect A Psychology graduate student’s and professor’s study into the use of cannabinoids to treat cannabis use disorder (CUD) has been published in one of the top neuroscience journals in the country. Graduate student Emily Kenyon and Professor Sarah Feldstein Ewing have found some cannabinoids, […]
Continue reading "Psychology study on cannabis use disorder published in leading neuroscience journal"
Nichea Spillane’s and Nicole Weiss’ study funded by $600,000 NIH grant Two University of Rhode Island psychology professors are partnering with one First Nation community in Canada to develop and test a novel alcohol intervention for First Nation groups — helping alleviate at least one outcome of the historical trauma Indigenous peoples have faced — […]
Continue reading "URI Psychology professors develop alcohol intervention for First Nation group"
Even while triple majoring at URI, Hornung founded and runs Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Continue reading "HDF student Ali Hornung dedicated to easing scourge of childhood cancer"
Register today for the latest expert panel discussion on the response to COVID-19 on Nov. 3, 6 p.m.
Continue reading "COVID-19 Panel Discussion: ‘It Takes a Village: Managing COVID as a Team’"
Virtual panel discussion sponsored by the College of Health Sciences, URI Pre-Health Advising An education in the health sciences gives students multiple options as they pursue a career in health and health care after leaving the University of Rhode Island. Clinical practice? Research? Education? The choices are myriad. While a career decision can seem overwhelming […]
Continue reading "What to do with a health sciences degree? URI alumni in medicine tell their stories"
The virtual panel discussion is scheduled for Oct. 20, 6 p.m.
Continue reading "AHC to host latest COVID-19 Panel Discussion: ‘The COVID Kids’"