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URI pharmacy professor discovers new gene that regulates body weight

Metabolism management could be key KINGSTON, R.I. – January 4, 2012 – Abraham Kovoor was studying a brain protein, called RGS9-2, that he had previously related to the involuntary, random and repetitive body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia. While studying these side effects, which are called […]

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University of Rhode Island residency programs help pharmacists focus on specialties

University of Rhode Island residency programs help pharmacists focus on specialties KINGSTON — December 13, 2011 — The learning never stops at the University of Rhode Island, not even after graduation. URI’s College of Pharmacy sees to that with its sponsorship of several post-graduate residencies, including its newest one, the pharmacy/oncology residency at Rhode Island […]

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John Grossomanides elected to the international association's highest office of supreme president

John Grossomanides’84 of the AHEPA Rose of New England Chapter 110 has been elected to the international association’s highest office of supreme president. Members of AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association) attending the recent national AHEPA convention in Miami Beach, Fla., voted to elect Grossomanides unopposed. Grossomanides is a 27-year member of AHEPA This is […]

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Reaching Out

Reaching out to Romania This June, Maggie Charpentier, Clinical Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, traveled to Romania to provide an invited presentation on pain management and medications used in Palliative Care, along with a University of Rhode Island contingent from the College of Nursing, and a group from Simmons College. Faculty from The University of […]

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APhA-ASP Student Leadership Award

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Angela Olenik receives the APhA-ASP Student Leadership Award The award will be presented to Ms. Olenik, at the APhA-ASP Awards Ceremony during the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in March. The award recognizes four students across the nation who demonstrate leadership within APhA-ASP while maintaining academic excellence. Ms. Olenik was nominated by Dr. Brett Feret, […]

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Holiday Cheer

Holiday Cheer For the third year in a row, Kappa Psi brothers new and old have come together to spread some holiday cheer while doing something wonderful for the community in our Caroling for Cans event. Walking around South County neighborhoods going door to door to sing out of tune versions of such classics as […]

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Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research

College Event Promotes Career Opportunities in Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research On October 25, 2011 the URI College of Pharmacy’s student chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) held an alumni networking event to provide students with the opportunity to interact with graduates of the College’s program in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, and to […]

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Exploring a Career Path

This past summer I participated in the New York Stem Cell Undergraduate research program (NY Stem) at Stony Brook University.  As a part of the program each student was assigned a different lab to work in, and I was thrilled when I found out that I would be working in Dr. Emily Chen’s laboratory in […]

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