25th Anniversary of the Pharmacy Outreach Program Rita Marcoux Nancy Tortalani Noemi Ramos-Desimone
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Elected Chair of the Health Disparities and Cultural Competence
Anita Jackson: Elected Chair-Elect of the Health Disparities and Cultural Competence SIG of AACP
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Norma Owens, Celia MacDonnell, Marilyn Barbour, Eunsun Noh: Received AACP 2013 Award for Excellence in Assessment
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Aisling Caffrey: Received the AACP 2012-2013 New Investigator Award
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Pharmacy researcher finds most popular weight-loss drug strongly alters other drug therapies KINGSTON, R.I.— December 10, 2012 – A University of Rhode Island researcher has discovered that the weight-loss drug orlistat, known by the brand names Xenical and Alli, inhibits a key enzyme that may lead to “severe toxicity of internal organs such as the […]
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A study released today sends out a strongly worded warning about risks of kidney, liver, and other organ damage from the most popular weight drugs on the market. According to a University of Rhode Island study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), orlistat, which goes by the prescription brand name Xenical and the […]
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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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