3D biomedical science videos receives 1 million hits KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 10, 2012 – It can be difficult to understand how drugs like Iressa and Prozac work in the body just from reading a textbook. That’s why students at the University of Rhode Island have been creating 3D models and animations to explain complex […]
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Celia MacDonnell, Saumitra Rege, Kara Misto, Richard Dolase, Paul George: Received the national Rufus A. Lyman Award for the best published paper in AJPE (American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education) in 2012 from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
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Rob Dufresne and Ginger Lemay: First year as Directors of New Pharmacy Residency Programs (Rob, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency ; Ginger, PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency)
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Erica Estus: Elected Chair of AACP Geriatrics SIG.
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Mike Simeone: Recipient of the 2012 NASPA Bowl of Hygeia Awarded from Rhode Island Pharmacists Association.
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Title: Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Expertise: Biochemistry of Brain Molecules; Improved Drug Therapies We’re just too fat. Obesity in the United States is common and the health problems it causes are enormous. It’s something that doctors, psychologists, teachers, parents, scientists, and so many others have long struggled to understand: What regulates our body […]
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Grilling season is in full swing, and the age-old question hangs in the air: Would you like a side of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines with your porterhouse? That black stuff you love so much on your grilled meat is nearly as bad as eating soot from your fireplace and can actually be hazardous to your health. […]
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Studies have shown that up to 50% of antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary or inappropriate. This improper use of antibiotics poses a critical threat to our ability to effectively treat infections. Unfortunately, antibiotic misuse—i.e. when antibiotics are given when they are not needed, are continued when they are no longer necessary, or are given […]
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URI College of Pharmacy symposium delivers compelling messages KINGSTON, R.I. – September 17, 2012 – The United States currently spends $2.5 trillion on health care annually, the most of any country in the world, but America’s infant mortality rate is 28th in the world. Only 30 percent of sick Americans receive same-day care, and medical […]
Continue reading "Pharmacy, health care leader delivers sobering news about cost, effectiveness of U.S. health care"Sept. 14 program is free, open to public KINGSTON, R.I. – August 22, 2012 – The inventor of a popular anticonvulsant and pain medication will be among six speakers at a symposium being offered Friday, Sept. 14 by the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy. Richard B. Silverman, the John Evans Professor of Chemistry […]
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