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Pharmacy Professor selected to lead network of palliative care professionals

Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Jayne Pawasauskas has been helping her patients manage their pain for more than a decade. With 15 years of clinical practice, research, and network building under her belt, Pawasauskas was recently named chair-elect of the Pain and Palliative Care Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

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URI honors Pharmacy alumnus with DAA Presidential Award

At the URI Distinguished Achievement Award ceremony on Oct. 25, Paul Hastings ’84 received a 2014 Presidential Award for his professional achievements, leadership, and community service. Hastings is chairman and chief executive officer of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries for more than 20 years. Hastings has served as president and CEO […]

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Ojiugo Charity Omeoga ’15

The biggest strengths of the pharmaceutical sciences program are the real life experiences it offers through hands-on advanced coursework taught by the faculty, who are some of the world’s most experienced and leading experts in the biomedical and pharmaceutical field.

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Ben Barlock ’15

URI has provided me with a huge number of learning opportunities to help prepare me for the future. The electives we can take in the B.SP.S. program are extremely interesting, and being able to work with different professors in the lab has been really helpful. I have gained so much knowledge that I know would not have been possible if I had gone to any other school.

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Lanh Dang ’14

When I started looking into pharmacy, I liked how many different tracks a pharmacist can take. A pharmacist can work in the community, in a hospital, run a clinic with a medical team, do research, become a professor, etc. The possibilities are endless and always changing. I like the flexibility and options for pharmacy.

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Pharmacy professors play key role in RI effort to prevent narcotic overdoses

Rhode Island has one of the highest opioid overdose rates in the country, but the URI College of Pharmacy is playing a key role in helping to reverse that trend. Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg and Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Kelly Orr have led efforts to make an anti-overdose drug more accessible to Rhode Islanders.

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Emily Thomesen ’15

As a B.S.P.S. student preparing to graduate I am prepared for a career after college. In this program I have had the opportunity to work on new research, participate in research outside my field of study, and become involved in international conflict relief work. All of these opportunities have been the result of the work by the faculty of this program.

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QuadAngles, Fall 2014: Sage Advice from Dr. Navindra Seeram

Navindra Seeram, associate professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, knows that the brighter your food, the better your diet. He show know. Head of the Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory, he also oversees the Heber Youngken Jr. Medicinal Garden at the College of Pharmacy.

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Continuing Professional Development Office of Continuing Professional Development URI Alumni and Friends Networking Breakfast at the APhA 2015 Meeting March 27-30, 2015 San Diego, CA Register Now

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Continuing Professional Development Office of Continuing Professional Development URI Alumni and Friends Networking Reception at the 49th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exposition December 8, 2014 Marriott Anaheim 700 West Convention Way Anaheim, CA REGISTRATION OPEN

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