‘White Coat Ceremony’ welcomes class of 2021 to the profession
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URI Pharmacy students battle the flu
About 150 students, faculty, staff vaccinated in Avedisian Hall University of Rhode Island pharmacy students vaccinated about 150 students, faculty and staff members against the flu during a clinic in Avedisian Hall Tuesday. All members of the URI community — 19 years of age or older — were welcome to get a free flu shot […]
Continue reading "URI Pharmacy students battle the flu"College of Pharmacy to host flu shot clinic Oct. 10
All students, faculty and staff members welcome to get a free flu shot URI College of Pharmacy students will help their fellow students, along with faculty and staff members, stay healthy this season while gaining some valuable practical experience. The students have scheduled a flu shot clinic in the lobby of Avedisian Hall on Oct. […]
Continue reading "College of Pharmacy to host flu shot clinic Oct. 10"College of Pharmacy clinic aims to help smokers quit
URI students, professors recruiting volunteers who want to kick the habit Despite the well-known health risks of smoking cigarettes, more than 36 million Americans continue to regularly light up, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents about 15 percent of the total population and includes about 13 percent of college-age adults. […]
Continue reading "College of Pharmacy clinic aims to help smokers quit"URI professor receives grant to research cause of kidney transplant failures
KINGSTON, R.I., September 14, 2017 — Nisannne Ghonem, assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy, is a recipient of the 2017 Mentored Research Awards from Advance-CTR, a federally funded statewide effort to support clinical research that can be translated into approaches and policies to improve the health of Rhode Islanders.
Continue reading "URI professor receives grant to research cause of kidney transplant failures"URI pharmacy student spends summer on front lines of addiction crisis
As the opioid addiction epidemic continues to make headlines and take thousands of lives across the nation, a University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy student has been doing what she can to help combat this public health threat in her hometown of Laconia, N.H.
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Continuing Professional Development Office of Continuing Professional Development Home Study Program Prescribe to Prevent: Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Rescue Kits for Prescribers and Pharmacists Register here Activity Overview Prescribe to Prevent: Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Rescue Kits for Prescribers and Pharmacists is an online educational program for prescribers, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers that will help you […]
Continue reading "Prescribe to Prevent"URI-led program first in nation to provide treatment from pharmacists that could prevent Lyme disease
In the first program of its kind in the nation, local pharmacies are offering eligible consumers on-site antibiotic treatment to reduce the chance of developing Lyme disease.
Continue reading "URI-led program first in nation to provide treatment from pharmacists that could prevent Lyme disease"URI graduate students launch pharmaceutical company
Three Ph.D. students at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy have started a company that harnesses big data in a novel approach to drug development.
Continue reading "URI graduate students launch pharmaceutical company"Iman Aberra puts her shyness behind her as she embarks on career
When Iman Aberra first visited URI as a high school student from New Jersey, she fell in love with the campus and the welcoming atmosphere at the College of Pharmacy. Those first impressions proved prescient, as Aberra found in URI a community that afforded her ample opportunities to grow academically and personally.
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