By Allie Lewis Bringing attention to differences in access and availability of healthcare across socioeconomic groups, the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy will host a Health Disparities Awareness Day April 6. The event will highlight health disparities in Rhode Island, as well as the rest of the country. It will help provide a […]
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With an emphasis on caring for and advocating for the patients they are tasked with serving, pharmacists from around the region gathered in Newport recently for the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s annual “Seminar By the Sea” conference. The conference — March 14-16 at Gurney’s Newport Resort and Marina, 1 Goat Island, Newport […]
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Six weeks of yoga and meditation proved a potent prescription for students who participated in a recent College of Pharmacy study.
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Colleges of Pharmacy, Health Sciences take part in fair hosted by George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience The second University of Rhode Island Brain Fair offered the public a chance to discover firsthand the amazing capabilities of our brains and explore brain health and science through creative activities. The URI Brain Fair is sponsored […]
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The University of Rhode Island’s George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience is sponsoring the URI Brain Fair as part of Brain Week Rhode Island. The free, family-friendly event is produced in collaboration with researchers, faculty and students from departments and colleges across the campus, including engineering, health sciences, pharmacy and music.
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The award, presented at URI Pharmacy’s Seminar By the Sea, honors ethics and excellence in healthcare The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy presented alumnus Tom Davis with the Dr. Norman A. Campbell Award for Ethics and Excellence in Healthcare, honoring his “profound dedication” to the pharmacy profession and society as a whole. Davis, […]
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To increase awareness of the issue and help spur the change, URI Nursing Professor Betty Rambur is spearheading a series of webinars to enhance health care professionals’ knowledge of health system science and promote understanding of health system transformation concepts. The 50- to 90-minute programs — funded by a $119,000 grant from the state Executive […]
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Conference in Newport offers continuing education credit for pharmacists With a theme of “advocating for our patients,” the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Professional Development is scheduled to present its 33rd annual Seminar by the Sea Northeast Regional Conference in March. The conference — March 14-16 at Gurney’s Newport Resort […]
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College of Pharmacy offers smokers tools to quit There is strong support among students, faculty and staff for a University of Rhode Island free of tobacco and electronic nicotine product use, according to a survey conducted last semester. Distributed and analyzed by URI’s Tobacco-Free Committee, the survey generated 2,274 responses, with 72 percent of those […]
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URI Pharmacy Assistant Professor Deyu Li leads study funded by NIH A person unknowingly exposed to a carcinogen may live for years — even decades — before a cancer diagnosis is made, giving tumors time to grow and the disease time to develop, making treatment more difficult or even impossible. But what if people knew […]
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