Pharm.D. students awarded scholarships at 64th annual Youngken Pharmacy Clinic

Eight URI College of Pharmacy students were awarded scholarships Thursday during the college’s 63rd annual Heber W. Youngken Jr. Pharmacy Clinic. The conference, named for the inaugural dean of the URI College of Pharmacy, brought together practicing pharmacists and pharmacy educators for a continuing education summit hosted by the College of Pharmacy and Academic Health […]

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Grant helps URI’s Community First Responder Program combat opioid deaths throughout Rhode Island

Rhode Island Foundation provides $250,000 to College of Pharmacy program The URI College of Pharmacy’s Community First Responder Program (CFRP) will be able to buy thousands more Narcan opioid overdose prevention kits to distribute across Rhode Island, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation. The CFRP provides free Narcan and educational training […]

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URI pharmacy professor wins prestigious lifetime achievement award

Professor of Pharmacy Robert Dufresne has won the Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award A University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy professor and alumnus has won the Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award, a lifetime achievement award presented by the national College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists, which is among the most prestigious in the psychiatric […]

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64th Annual Youngken Clinic offers insightful discussion, CE credit

Hosted by the URI Office of Continuing Professional Development, pharmacy clinic offers credit for pharmacists, pharmacy techs The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will present its Heber W. Youngken, Jr. Pharmacy Clinic on Nov. 4, offering pharmacists and pharmacy technicians one last chance to secure valuable continuing education credits before the end of […]

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Pharmacy professor develops novel virus-like particle platform for vaccine delivery

Xinyuan Chen aims to produce universal flu vaccine, new coronavirus vaccine A University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy professor has developed a novel virus-like particle platform to safely and more effectively deliver vaccines to the body, a next step in the potential development of a universal flu vaccine and a new coronavirus vaccine. Dr. […]

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