University of Rhode Island students from the Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences imparted some health wisdom on younger students during an interactive health and wellness fair at South Kingstown High School Dec. 6. About 70 URI students helped educate high school students during an interprofessional presentation involving the departments of nutrition, physical therapy […]
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Jeffrey Bratberg co-authors report calling for federal government to allow pharmacies to distribute methadone to treat opioid use disorder The federal Drug Enforcement Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration should simplify regulations to allow pharmacies to dispense methadone to people seeking treatment for opioid use disorder, according to URI College of Pharmacy […]
Continue reading "URI pharmacy professor joins national coalition urging better access to medication for opioid use disorder"High school students experience URI College of Pharmacy during Exploration Day
High school students from around the region tour Avedisian Hall, learn about the College of Pharmacy and the opportunities it offers High school students with an interest in a career in pharmacy joined their teachers for a tour Avedisian Hall, home of the URI College of Pharmacy, and interacted with faculty members and URI students […]
Continue reading "High school students experience URI College of Pharmacy during Exploration Day"URI professor wins national grant to study rare disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure
Pharmacy Professor Nisanne Ghonem’s American Liver Foundation award will help fund probe into novel medications to treat primary sclerosing cholangitis University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Nisanne Ghonem is among eight recipients in the country of a pilot research award from the American Liver Foundation, which will help advance her research into […]
Continue reading "URI professor wins national grant to study rare disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure"URI Pharmacy alum, TikTok star educates patients, advocates for profession
Ethan Melillo has amassed nearly 500,000 followers of his educational, entertaining videos The public’s perception of a pharmacist used to be a reclusive scientist in a white lab coat dumping pills in a bottle and slapping on a label for a cashier to hand to a customer. That perception has drastically changed, as patients increasingly […]
Continue reading "URI Pharmacy alum, TikTok star educates patients, advocates for profession"URI students in multidisciplinary teams assess older adults’ health, balance, fall risk
Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program offers comprehensive health assessments to community volunteers, experience for students Students from the Colleges of Health Sciences and Pharmacy got some hands-on training while older adults from the community gained valuable health information during the Senior Health, Wellness, and Fall Risk program in Independence Square recently. Under the […]
Continue reading "URI students in multidisciplinary teams assess older adults’ health, balance, fall risk"RI-INBRE secures $21 million NIH grant to support biomedical research and training across Rhode Island
Latest round of funding increases URI-based program’s investment in biomedical research to more than $100 million since 2001
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“Pilot program trains biomedical students” – Providence Business News, June 21-July 4, 2024
Providence Journal Op-Ed: Alliance transforming RI’s biomedical research landscape
Federal research grants are vital to building and maintaining world-class
research programs. The University of Rhode Island recently secured a five-
year, $21-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the
Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program.
Since its inception in 2001, the program has brought more than $100 million to
the state.