On two new grants, Pharmacy and Neuroscience Professor William Van Nostrand is developing the field’s first gene-edited CAA rat models to help investigate the role of brain blood vessels in disorders related to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Pharmacists from around the region will gather to discuss key issues, earn continuing education credit; register today Pharmacists from around the region will earn valuable continuing education credits while discussing some of the most pressing current pharmacy and healthcare issues during the 38th annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference presented by the University […]
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Students get hands-on experience, provide training for caregivers, learn about the culture of developing world
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More than 30 Academic Health Collaborative students see firsthand the challenges of health care in a developing area
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Charles Caley is the second straight URI graduate to win the award presented to distinguished psychiatric pharmacy practitioners. University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy alumnus Dr. Charles Caley has been selected to receive the 2023 Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award by the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. It is the second straight year a […]
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URI Pharmacy professor part of first-of-its-kind pilot study published in New England Journal of Medicine, showing patients can safely start care in community pharmacies without physician visit Researchers at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University found that pharmacists — not just physicians and clinicians at doctors’ offices […]
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Assistant Professor Jaime Ross’ look at role of role of epigenetics in age-related cognitive decline funded by grant from the National Institutes of Health Aging is a complex process affecting virtually all vital parts of an organism, characterized by an overall decrease in cellular functions that lead to increasing risk of disease and death. As […]
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The University of Rhode Island is saddened to announce the passing of URI friend, benefactor and honorary degree recipient, Edward Avedisian. Dr. Avedisian was a longtime supporter of the College of Pharmacy, where he endowed a scholarship and academic chair, and provided naming support for the LEED-certified College of Pharmacy building. Each of these gifts […]
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$1.3 million award will fund distribution of thousands of life-saving naloxone kits, community overdose reversal training The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s Community First Responder Program (CFRP) has distributed thousands of life-saving Naloxone kits over the last three years while educating members of the community to reverse opioid overdoses. The program has now […]
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Assistant Professor Matthew Bertin’s study funded by $400,000 federal grant focuses on freshwater lakes, rivers Bacterial algal blooms and the toxins they produce are a persistent problem in freshwater lakes and rivers, and have affected local populations by contaminating drinking water and placing a significant burden on local economies due to diminished recreational activity. The […]
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