URI study shows blood pressure drug may lower epilepsy risk

URI College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen led a study of more than 2 million patients with hypertension, finding one common blood pressure medication may also lower the risk of epilepsy.

College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Xuerong Wen links losartan to lower incidence of epilepsy Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with hypertension, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of whom are also at risk of epilepsy. Of the several types of antihypertension medications patients are prescribed, […]

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RI-INBRE secures $21 million NIH grant to support biomedical research and training across Rhode Island

URI President Marc Parlange and pharmacy Professor Bongsup Cho, director of RI-INBRE, announced an additional $21 million in federal funding for the biomedical research network, increasing the organization's funding to more than $100 million.

Latest round of funding increases URI-based program’s investment in biomedical research to more than $100 million since 2001 The University of Rhode Island announced today that it has 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 from 2024 to 2029. […]

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Fascination with science, passion for helping others leads pharmacy graduate toward career in infectious disease

Like many health professionals who choose to dedicate their lives to helping others, Rebecca O’Toole’s career path was directed by a harrowing personal experience, which, while stressful and frightening, ultimately proved inspiring thanks to the compassion of the health-care workers on the case. O’Toole was already a student in the University of Rhode Island College […]

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Program to prepare next generation of biotech experts receives renewed funding

RI-INBRE’s workforce development program, based on URI’s Kingston Campus, develops talent for biomedical, bioengineering, biomanufacturing industries The Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE) program will continue preparing students to be the next leaders in the state’s biotechnology industries after receiving renewed funding from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. RI-INBRE’s […]

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Annual showcase highlights pharmacy student research projects; winners announced

Dozens of pharmacy students displayed their dynamic research projects during the College's annual Research Showcase April 26.

With subjects as varied as arthritis, cancer, vitamin D deficiency, diabetes and influenza, 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 26. Faculty members reviewed the research and issued awards for the top projects […]

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