College of Pharmacy Newsletter

News for alumni, students, faculty, and friends of Pharmacy

Summer 2016

RESEARCH | Home Run

Expired medications, improper storage, abandoned regimens. Clinical Associate Professor Virginia Lemay’s home care pharmacy services program targets medication nonadherence in some of the state’s most high-risk patients.

DEAN’S NOTE | Leading the Way

Health care is a team sport. With the launch of the Academic Health Collaborative at URI, three Colleges come together for an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to education and research.

FACULTY | Life Saver

As deaths from opioid overdose climb, Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg’s mission to help pharmacies distribute naloxone to the friends and families of opioid users gains traction.

ALUMNI | Key Lesson

Summer 2016 FOR RODNEY HUEBBERS ’77, M.B.A., R.Ph., THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF LEADERS. “There is the kind you go through the fires of hell for, and those you’d think twice about calling 9-1-1 for.” In his keynote address at URI College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Professional Development 31st Annual Seminar by the Sea this spring, […]

STUDENTS | Upward Bound

Summer 2016 AMY RUMANOWSKI ’18 DOESN’T HOLD BACK. “I’m not here to work and get a paycheck,” she says. “I want to experience everything life has to offer.” Since arriving at URI, she has taken that philosophy to heart, actively involved in a number of professional and student organizations and community service projects––including a mission trip […]

OUTREACH | Senior Moments

In the final weeks before graduation, an Outreach rotation makes a lasting impression on these Pharm.D. candidates and the seniors they serve.