Pharmacy Clinical Professor Virginia Lemay focuses on prevention, wellness, holistic health Pharmacists in today’s health care environment need to be do more than provide pills, patches, or creams for customers in the pharmacy. They need to be full-service healthcare providers, examining a patient from a whole perspective, and helping them understand not just their medications […]

New pharmacy students receive white coats, take the Oath of a Pharmacist The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Class of 2028 was officially welcomed into the profession on Sept. 27 as students donned their white coats for the first time, ceremonially beginning their professional years as pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists in training. Pharmacy […]

College of Pharmacy’s conference Nov. 7 provides CE for pharmacists and pharmacy techs, expanding college’s impact on pharmaceutical health The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will present its Heber W. Youngken, Jr. Pharmacy Clinic on Nov. 7, offering pharmacists and pharmacy technicians valuable continuing education credits, and featuring some of the leading voices […]

ESTEEMED program at URI funded by $1.15 million NIH grant secured by Pharmacy and Engineering Professor Samantha Meenach A group of students from underrepresented groups and/or disadvantaged backgrounds, who may not have otherwise had the opportunity, are pursuing studies in bioengineering and bioscience research programs at the University of Rhode Island, thanks to a federal […]

Hosted by the College of Pharmacy and URI Counseling center, participants experience ‘healing power of nature,’ design a therapeutic garden for campus University of Rhode Island students have the opportunity to create a healing, safe space on campus while experiencing the therapeutic benefits of growing ornamental plants, flowers and herbs, thanks to a collaboration between […]

College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen links losartan to lower incidence of epilepsy Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with hypertension, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of whom are also at risk of epilepsy. Of the several types of antihypertension medications patients are prescribed, […]