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Community pharmacies: Health care ‘service as it’s supposed to be’

URI College of Pharmacy alum Matthew Olivier strives to keep the community in community pharmacy at Matt's Local Pharmacy in Middletown.

Despite financial challenges in drug reimbursement, URI alum seeks to expand services of Matt’s Local Pharmacy Pharmacists are known as the most accessible of health care providers, willing to meet with patients without an appointment to discuss health conditions, medications and their side effects, or possible alternative treatments to help keep fellow members of their […]

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Pharmacy Class of 2028 welcomed to profession during annual White Coat Ceremony

URI College of Pharmacy students recite the Oath of a Pharmacist during the annual White Coat Ceremony Sept. 27.

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 […]

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URI’s 67th Annual Youngken Clinic to focus on gut-brain health, offers continuing education credit

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 […]

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Research program offers underrepresented students opportunities in bioscience, bioengineering research

First-year ESTEEMED Program students include (left-to-right, from front row) Ori Barata, Charlize Laranzo, Ervin Ranz Regalado, Daniel Flores, Camila Quiroga, Ayendry Lopez, and Temidayo Jegede.

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 […]

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Zen in the Garden: Therapeutic Horticulture Group offers stress relief, service to campus community

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 […]

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URI study shows blood pressure drug may lower epilepsy risk

URI College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen led a study of more than 2 million patients with hypertension, finding one common blood pressure medication may also lower the risk of epilepsy.

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, […]

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RI-INBRE secures $21 million NIH grant to support biomedical research and training across Rhode Island

URI President Marc Parlange and pharmacy Professor Bongsup Cho, director of RI-INBRE, announced an additional $21 million in federal funding for the biomedical research network, increasing the organization's funding to more than $100 million.

Latest round of funding increases URI-based program’s investment in biomedical research to more than $100 million since 2001 The University of Rhode Island announced today that it has secured a five-year, $21 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program from 2024 to 2029. […]

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Fascination with science, passion for helping others leads pharmacy graduate toward career in infectious disease

Like many health professionals who choose to dedicate their lives to helping others, Rebecca O’Toole’s career path was directed by a harrowing personal experience, which, while stressful and frightening, ultimately proved inspiring thanks to the compassion of the health-care workers on the case. O’Toole was already a student in the University of Rhode Island College […]

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