Matthew Lacroix serves as Coordinator of Accreditation and Assessment for the College University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy faculty and staff member Matthew Lacroix has been honored as a Fellow by the American Pharmacists Association, recognized for his “exceptional professional achievements in pharmacy practice and his outstanding service to APhA and various other organizations.” […]

Annual Interprofessional Education event gives students in health professions experience in integrated patient care URI students from the College of Pharmacy joined those from nursing and physical therapy in multidisciplinary teams, working together on a variety of patient-focused healthcare simulations during an interprofessional education collaboration at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University Jan. 31. […]

Pharmacists, healthcare professionals from around the region will discuss key healthcare issues, earn continuing education credit 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 39th annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference presented by the University of […]

College’s Patient Simulation Lab houses several life-size, animated mannequins to aid in student teaching, research Pharmacy students at a university in Ghana, will soon have access to a high-tech, lifelike baby simulator to practice patient care, thanks to a donation by the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. The College’s Patient Simulation Lab in […]

Larrat resumes his teaching, research role in the college after 11 years at the helm During the last 11 years, the URI College of Pharmacy has tripled its research funding; launched the Pharmaceutical Development Institute; helped establish the George & Ann Ryan Institute for Neuroscience; played an instrumental role in the fight against COVID-19; and […]

PharmD student Willy Njeru Nanovyx pitch his company, Nanovyx, a drug delivery concept that uses bacterial molecules to carry antibiotics

Students from the Colleges of Pharmacy, Health Sciences and Nursing teach and interact with younger students at high school’s health fair

High school students from around the region tour Avedisian Hall, learn about the College of Pharmacy and the opportunities it offers High school students with an interest in a career in pharmacy and their families and teachers toured Avedisian Hall, home of the URI College of Pharmacy, and interacted with faculty members and URI students […]

The $455,000 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts will fund training for local pharmacists to prescribe, administer medications The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will further the fight against the ongoing opioid epidemic thanks to a new $455,000 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts to train pharmacists to prescribe […]

The formal agreement creates a URI research hub in the capital city, and bolsters research efforts The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is establishing a research hub in Providence that will help expand its already robust research program at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in the capital city. A new memorandum of understanding […]