Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program<\/a>, which offers a bachelor\u2019s degree with three major options, master\u2019s and doctoral degrees, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in neuroscience. Its interdisciplinary approach provides neuroscience training with an emphasis on practical, hands-on laboratory experience and diverse research opportunities. Multiple faculty members from different departments in the College help provide the dynamic, interdisciplinary education. Psychology Professor Lisa Weyant is the director of the program, and Psycology Professor John Robinson is co-executive director of the now the director of URI\u2019s George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cEstablishing a foothold in the neurosciences is one of our greatest accomplishments. It reflects on the whole College of Health Sciences,\u201d Liguori said. \u201c\u201cI think we\u2019ve laid a tremendous foundation for the college over the last six or seven years, and I think realistically, it\u2019s a perfect time to transition leadership. A new president, new provost, new vision coming out of Green Hall, I feel really good about where I\u2019m leaving the College and I\u2019m excited to see where it goes. I think the foundation is perfectly aligned with what the president and provost want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of Liguori\u2019s mission was to increase research output of the College. In his time, the College has hired multiple faculty members dedicated to researching new health innovations, across disciplinary aisles. This year alone, the College has added four professors in the neurosciences across three different departments. At the same time, Liguori has ensured the College hasn\u2019t lost its focus on the clinical health training that makes an immediate impact on the health care community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe continue to have really strong clinical programs, and within that, really strong clinics,\u201d Liguori said. \u201cOur presence in the community providing clinical care is really strong and growing. We got terribly interrupted by COVID, but now we are continuing to expand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest expansion is into Pawtucket, where the College is moving some faculty and staff into a new facility called Independence Square Pawtucket. Couples & Family Therapy, audiology and speech pathology will all have a presence there, along with individual faculty doing research there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will have full clinics up there, helping serve an underserved population,\u201d Liguori said. \u201cEven as the College becomes stronger in research, it\u2019s important we don\u2019t lose site that we have great capacity to provide clinical care, particularly to populations that are uninsured or underinsured. So going into Pawtucket will help us meet that mission. That\u2019s really satisfying to our faculty and clinicians to be able to do that, and it\u2019s a great opportunity for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new dean will continue to build on the foundation Liguori has established, and continue to expand its offerings. URI Provost Barbara Wolfe has announced an interim dean will soon be appointed while a search for a permanent dean begins. Whomever takes the helm of the College, they will be working with a solid core from which to continue building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrust the people here. They all know what they\u2019re doing well; they\u2019ve got a strong foundation, so continue to build on that,\u201d Liguori said he would advise his successor. \u201cIt\u2019s been part of our goal to get to that place where we\u2019re hiring faculty based on the strengths that they bring, and they can be part of a bigger piece. That reflects that we\u2019ve established ourselves to the point we can hire really great faculty. They\u2019re going to have no problem meeting the goals and ambitions of President Parlange.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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