High-tech system development by URI, UT-Austin researchers measures real-world eating behavior, in and out of the lab A pedometer measures your steps, but what if you had a similar automated device to measure your eating behavior? Evidence from nutritional studies has long shown that the speed, timing and duration of an individual’s eating behavior are […]

The University of Rhode Island Child Development Center is now accepting applications for its preschool enrollment lottery for the 2024-25 school year. The center offers high quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs for children ages 3 to 5 years.

Professor Kathleen Melanson’s study, funded by $300,000 USDA grant, aims to provide context to ultra-processed food discussion Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the food average Americans eat. Including frozen and prepared meals, most packaged snacks, desserts and carbonated soft drinks—but also including more innocuous foods—they are often considered the bane of healthy eating, […]

Relationship inventory, skill-building tool designed to help couples understand and improve their relationships Student couples at the University of Rhode Island are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment at the University’s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine’s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. The number of participants […]

The annual program gives students in health professions experience in integrated patient care URI students from the College of Health Sciences joined those from nursing and pharmacy in multidisciplinary teams, working together on a variety of patient-focused healthcare simulations during an interprofessional education collaboration at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University Jan. 31. More […]

Formerly Nutrition and Food Science, students can find classes under course code ‘NUT’ Drawing from such disciplines as biology, chemistry, math, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology and microbiology, the Department of Nutrition applies scientific knowledge to human health and wellness, helping prepare students for careers in a broad range of health-related professions from registered dieticians to medical […]

URI Health Studies Professor Steve Cohen examines urban-rural divide, a growing disparity in health care that is worse in some areas Racial disparities in health and health care throughout the lifespan are pervasive and well-documented, and culminate in a life expectancy for Black people that is about four years shorter than for white people. One […]

Vivier is a respected educator and practitioner who spent nearly two decades at Rhode Island’s Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Brown University before his current tenure at Tufts

Students in multiple health disciplines gain access to state-of-the-art neuroscientific technology after Champlin Grant University of Rhode Island students and faculty members in multiple health disciplines will soon have access to state-of-the-art neuroscientific technology to enhance classroom lessons and research education, thanks to a grant from the Champlin Foundation. College of Health Sciences Professors Mariusz […]

The College of Health Sciences distributed end-of-semester awards to faculty and staff members during the College’s annual holiday event Dec. 14. Interim Dean Deb Riebe, Associated Deans Brian Quiiliam and Sue Adams, and Assistant Dean Cindie Cruger handed out awards for excellence in research, teaching and service, as well as a staff excellence awards. Winners […]