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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College Research Day

< 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 […]

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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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Midyear Posters

Our pharmacy students here at URI had the opportunity to show off their work at the ASHP Midyear in December of 2013. There were around 15 posters that were created with topics ranging from HPV Immunizations to Advanced Pharmacy Practice in the Home. They were very grateful for this opportunity and enjoyed networking with the […]

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Pharmacy students improve patient awareness of HPV, cervical cancer

Pharmacy students improve patient awareness of HPV, cervical cancer Results of 2-year study at Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic found that the mostly Hispanic patients were less knowledgeable than the non-Hispanic patients about HPV, the causes of cervical cancer, and how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.   KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 26, 2013 – Jeff Chau […]

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