- URI researchers head international team exploring wearable technology to help stroke survivors - Three-year project backed by $500K grant from NSF
- URI Psychology Department introduces new master’s program in Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling - Applications due Jan. 15 for program that meets educational requirements to become Licensed Mental Health Counselor Aiming to address increasing societal mental health issues, and improve overall well-being in the community, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has introduced a new Mental and Behavioral Health Counseling master’s program in the Department of […]
- University mourns passing of Associate Teaching Professor Kathleen Webster - The University mourns the passing of Kathleen S. Webster (Cady), associate teaching professor of psychology, who died Thursday, Sept. 26, after a battle with cancer. She was 70 years old. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Nancy Cady (McGuirk). She is survived by her nieces and nephews Alisha Cady, […]
- URI study aims to improve continuing care for those leaving residential substance treatment facilities - Psychology Ph.D. candidate’s study funded by $100,000 federal grant Returning to one’s usual routine after residential opioid treatment is a sensitive time during which patients are often susceptible to returning to use, putting them at risk of overdosing and even dying. Yet little is known about the treatment patients receive—or lack thereof—during this extremely high-risk […]
- URI’s geriatric workforce education program fueling improvements in older adult care - Program extended by new $5 million federal grant has trained thousands of health care workers in Rhode Island With more than 20 percent of its population over the age of 65, the fourth-highest percentage of residents over 85 in the country, and a fast-growing population of older adults diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementias, […]
- URI study examines challenges, barriers to care for individuals leaving residential substance use facilities - Using biosensors and psychological self-reports, research aims to inform interventions to help prevent return to substance use Residential treatment is among the most effective tools for treating substance use disorder, with people in these settings showing improvement not only in their substance use but also in their mental health, social functioning and quality of life. […]
- URI to host Youth Mental Health Summit May 23 - College of Health Sciences Dean Patrick Vivier to deliver keynote address at summit sponsored by Washington County Coalition for Children Washington County, R.I., middle and high school students will discuss bullying and stress experienced at school, and offer ideas and solutions for their wellbeing during the region’s first youth mental health summit hosted on the […]
- Commencement 2024: Challenging past fuels human development grad’s drive to help ‘people who remind me of me’ - A DCYF social case worker often encounters people at their lowest points, desperately seeking affordable childcare to take a much-needed job; choosing between heating the home and putting food on the table; or even fighting to avoid losing their home altogether. Case workers need to meet their clients where they are, and work creatively to […]
- Increased physical activity can spur cognitive development, help manage symptoms of ADHD - URI Kinesiology Professor Nicole Logan’s funded study aims to support alternative methods of treating the common childhood condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can impact many common childhood milestones and cognitive processes, such as decision-making, inhibitory control, language development, and goal-setting. Studies by University of Rhode Island kinesiology Assistant Professor Nicole Logan have shown that physical […]
- URI Ph.D. candidate researches effects of cannabis and alcohol co-use, wins prestigious NIH F31 Award - University of Rhode Island psychology Ph.D. candidate Sabrina Todaro will measure the degree to which adults 18 to 25 are using “protective behavioral strategies” when engaging in both alcohol and cannabis in a study funded by an F31 grant from the National Institutes of Health. She aims to assess the use of protective behavioral strategies […]