For biomedical researcher Niall G. Howlett, getting $500,000 in startup funding to set up a laboratory seven years ago was critical to establishing roots to pursue research here in Rhode Island. And like other researchers at universities around the state, Howlett, a University of Rhode Island associate professor of cell and molecular biology, found that […]
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URI’s Pharmacy Gardeners to Showcase Medicinal Plants
URI’s Pharmacy Gardeners to Showcase Medicinal Plants 21st annual Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden show in Providence from Feb. 20 through Feb. 23 Most people don’t know that the University of Rhode Island’s beautiful Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Plant Garden located in the College of Pharmacy quad was brought to life with […]
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Continuing Professional Development Office of Continuing Professional Development Home Study Program Opioids: Addiction, Overdose Prevention (Naloxone) and Patient Education Register Here Opioid abuse and overdose is a growing problem in the United States and in Rhode Island. Pharmacists can play a role in ensuring the safe use of opioids and preventing opioid overdose. […]
Continue reading "Opioids: Addiction, Overdose Prevention (Naloxone) and Patient Education"Paul Hasting '84, CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to ring the Closing NASDAQ Bell Today
February 7, 2014 – OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [OMED], a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Paul J. Hastings, Chairman & CEO, will ring the Closing Bell. Paul is a 1984 Alum of the College of […]
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| Next Article > Dean’s Message Once again, welcome to the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy newsletter in our new “web-friendly” format. While we strive to provide you with the latest information about your College, there is generally a unifying theme to tie things together. I am excited to share our Winter 2014 […]
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< Previous Article | Next Article > Wei Lu Awarded $1.3 Million for Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment “I am very grateful for this support, without which I could not have gotten this major federal funding.” – Wei Lu The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.3 million to University of Rhode Island researcher Wei Lu […]
Continue reading "URI professor lands $1.3 million for nanoparticle cancer treatment"Bolstering a Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Lead Exposure
< Previous Article | Next Article > Bolstering a Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Lead Exposure Lifelong Hazard Researchers striving to understand the origins of dementia are building the case against a possible culprit: lead exposure early in life. A study spanning 23 years has now revealed that monkeys who drank a lead-rich formula as […]
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< Previous Article | Next Article > College Research Day “We have some great minds and ideas in The College of Pharmacy” – Associate Dean Bongsup Cho December 3, 2013 – The College of Pharmacy held a ceremony to recognize faculty and student research achievements for the current year of 2013. Dozens of research posters […]
Continue reading "College Research Day"Unravel the mysteries of the brain
< Previous Article | Next Article > Unravel the mysteries of the brain If the human brain is what gets your electrodes going, at URI you’ll have about a dozen different undergraduate majors from which to choose – from biochemistry and psychology to pharmacy, engineering, communicative disorders and more – and our graduate Interdisciplinary […]
Continue reading "Unravel the mysteries of the brain"URI professor wins grant to study possible alcoholism treatment
< Previous Article | Next Article > Dr. Akhlaghi Wins $1.65 Million Grant to Study Possible Alcoholism Treatment Dr. Fatemeh Akhlaghi, a University of Rhode Island professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, has received $1.65 million from the National Institutes of Health to study a new treatment for alcoholism in collaboration with Dr. Lorenzo Leggio […]
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