Study to show impacts on mother, child of prescription opioid use Prescription opioid use among pregnant women has increased in recent years, putting both mother and unborn baby at risk. It is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the safety of opioids on both mother and infant, the subject of a funded study in the URI College […]
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3/17/2021: 12:30 – 1:00 PM
Join us for a virtual tour of the Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden live from the College of Pharmacy greenhouse and a pharmacognosy research laboratory. Learn about plants that keep us healthy, from sources of molecules developed into pharmaceuticals to the origins of the ingredients in your herbal tea. Watch a demonstration of how whole plant extractions are done, and see the instruments that are used to identify and describe the individual constituents. There will be time for Q & A about the collection, botanical research at URI, and experience from students living and learning at URI.
2/15/2021: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
During this event, students admitted to the College of Pharmacy will meet departmental leadership, learn from some of our finest faculty members, and ask questions during a panel with current students.
With the production of the COVID-19 vaccine, the end of the pandemic is on the horizon. While there’s still a long way to go, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy faculty and staff members continue their efforts to hasten the end of the deadly pandemic, training pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to administer the vaccine. […]
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Saliva-based test developed by Professor Angela Slitt and her team is fast, accurate and low-cost By Elisa Mason By now, most people have either seen or received the invasive COVID-19 test with the gigantic swab inserted into the nasal cavity. That long, thin swab collects a sample of the potentially infected cells in the area […]
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URI Pharmaceutical Development Institute offers suite of online, in-person courses, launching online Training Center The University of Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Development Institute is revolutionizing pharmaceutical training and workforce development opportunities in biopharmaceutical processing and manufacturing, helping meet the critical demand for skilled professionals. The PDI continues to provide solutions for training even in these challenging […]
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URI pharmacy Professor Todd Brothers coordinates COVID-19 field hospital pharmacy, along with fellow professors, students Several University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy students and professors have stepped up to fight the COVID-19 pandemic at the Care New England Field Hospital in Cranston, including Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Todd Brothers who is coordinating pharmacy efforts […]
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Fourth in series of URI discussions examines impact of COVID-19 on healthcare professionals
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URI experts plot a vaccine’s progress from laboratory to pharmacy.
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The memory of a University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy graduate, who became a prominent optometrist in the community and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, is being memorialized in a scholarship that is benefiting another pharmacy student serving the country in the military during a monumental health challenge. Dr. Samuel […]
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