URI pharmacy professor plays key role in national association’s recommendations to decriminalize personal drug possession

Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg helps write American Pharmacists Association new policy statements on substance use University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Clinical Professor Jeffrey Bratberg has played a key role in historic changes to The American Pharmacists Association’s House of Delegates’ policy statements on substance use. The association is now expressing support for decriminalizing […]

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Annual showcase highlights pharmacy student research projects; winners announced

With subjects as varied as carcinoma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease and lung cancer, along with many more, dozens of URI College of Pharmacy students showed off their research projects during the annual Student Research Showcase in the lobby of Avedisian Hall April 27. Faculty members reviewed the research and issued awards for the top projects in […]

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URI College of Pharmacy researcher contributes to study confirming link between PFAS – ‘forever chemicals’ — in drinking water and weight gain

A University of Rhode Island researcher leads a study that confirms a direct link between certain chemicals in drinking water and human obesity – specifically that increased PFAS content in blood promotes weight gain and makes it harder to keep a lower body weight after weight loss. Philippe Grandjean, M.D., PhD., is physician who holds […]

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Research report: Pharmacy professors attract millions in grants

University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy investigators continue to grow and expand the research goals of the college through securing collaborations and funding with private and federal sponsors. Below is a list of COP-led projects that were funded at the university between July 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. William Van Nostrand RYAN – […]

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URI Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat wins Providence Business News’ annual education award

The dean received a PBN C-Suite Award honoring ‘innovators, role models’ University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat has been named the 2023 education winner for Providence Business News’ annual C-Suite Awards program. PBN’s C-Suite Awards program recognizes top C-level executives for public, private and nonprofit companies who are innovators, trailblazers, role […]

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Pharmacy director, former Pharmacy Board Chair named 2023 Norman A. Campbell Award winner

Stacey Ranucci was presented with the URI College of Pharmacy award during Seminar by the Sea continuing education conference The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy presented alumna and Rhode Island Primary Care Physician Corporation Director of Pharmacy Stacey Ranucci with the Dr. Norman A. Campbell Award for Ethics and Excellence in Healthcare, honoring […]

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URI College of Pharmacy named top ‘Health Care Educator’ in publication’s Health Care Heroes awards

Providence Business News honors college’s ‘top tier’ status, response to COVID-19 pandemic Honoring its standing as a “top tier pharmacy college,” as well as its impressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is among the first honorees of Providence Business News’ Health Care Heroes awards program, the publication […]

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