Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Katharina Quinlan examines repurposing therapeutics to treat cerebral palsy
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Pharmacy Professor Jyothi Menon’s research supported by National Institutes of Health and White House’s ‘Cancer Moonshot Scholars’ program Nearly 30 percent of the cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, the fastest-growing cause of cancer-related death in the world, have been attributed to chronic alcohol liver disease. Heavy alcohol consumption leads to fatty liver, hepatitis and eventually cirrhosis, […]
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Student researchers present dynamic biomedical studies at RI-INBRE Summer Research Symposium More than 120 students from nine colleges and universities around the state converged on the University of Rhode Island Friday to showcase the biomedical research projects they’ve spent the summer studying, as RI-INBRE hosted its annual Summer Research Symposium. Students offered studies on topics […]
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Pharmacists and pharmaceutical researchers are often leaders in their communities, and University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy students often waste no time serving in the role. Four students in particular have taken on leadership roles over the last year, making significant impacts on the university community and the state beyond. Those students include: Revaa […]
Continue reading "Student pharmacists are peer leaders, on campus and beyond"Nancy Tortolani coordinates College’s Pharmacy Outreach Program Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Nancy Tortolani has been recognized by Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and by the Leon Matthieu Senior Center in Pawtucket for her work on the College’s pharmacy outreach program. In this program, Tortolani represents the College of Pharmacy at community health facilities and partner organizations, […]
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William Van Nostrand, co-executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, is part of a team awarded a five-year, $8 million grant from the prestigious Leducq Foundation that will establish a transatlantic consortium on the study of the brain’s waste-clearing system as a contributor to cerebral […]
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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed joined URI President Marc Parlange and Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat to announce funds for biopharmaceutical training, workforce development The University of Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Development Institute has received $1.2 million in federal funding to strengthen teaching and training programs in an effort to increase innovation opportunities for biotechnology and biopharmaceutical ventures […]
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URI’s Community First Responder Program among initiatives receiving funding from historic opioid provider settlement The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy hosted Rhode Island’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee for its regular meeting and a tour of the centralized naloxone distribution site on the Kingston campus May 17. The event highlighted an agreement with Teva […]
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Dean Paul Larrat, joined by URI President Marc Parlange, Provost Barbara Wolfe, and the faculty and staff of the College of Pharmacy, conferred degrees upon the graduating class of 2023 on May 21. Dean Larrat and the entire College of Pharmacy extend their heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2023. Check out a gallery of […]
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