We’re encouraging folks to sign two new petitions in support of H.R. 4190 that have just been opened by APhA members Sandra Leal and Steve Soman. As you may already be aware, Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Todd Young (R-IN) on March 11 introduced legislation that would enable patient access to, and […]
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Post-Graduate Training Residencies and Fellowships Our students continue to be highly successful candidates for post-graduate training in residencies and fellowships. Overall, 22% of the graduating class is pursuing post-graduate training. This year 82% of URI pharmacy students who applied for PGY1 residencies matched with ASHP-accredited PGY1 programs compared to the national match rate of 64%. […]
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This issue affords a special focus on the scientific exploration and scholarly work that our faculty and students are engaged in. While the College is known for the quality of its teaching in the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences, the underpinning of that excellence is found in the research conducted by our scientists and clinicians.
Continue reading "Newsletter – Winter 2014 – Special Edition – Celebrating Research"For biomedical researcher Niall G. Howlett, getting $500,000 in startup funding to set up a laboratory seven years ago was critical to establishing roots to pursue research here in Rhode Island. And like other researchers at universities around the state, Howlett, a University of Rhode Island associate professor of cell and molecular biology, found that […]
Continue reading "Grant Program Boosting Biomedical Research"URI’s Pharmacy Gardeners to Showcase Medicinal Plants 21st annual Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden show in Providence from Feb. 20 through Feb. 23 Most people don’t know that the University of Rhode Island’s beautiful Heber W. Youngken Jr. Medicinal Plant Garden located in the College of Pharmacy quad was brought to life with […]
Continue reading "URI’s Pharmacy Gardeners to Showcase Medicinal Plants"Continuing Professional Development Office of Continuing Professional Development Home Study Program Opioids: Addiction, Overdose Prevention (Naloxone) and Patient Education Register Here Opioid abuse and overdose is a growing problem in the United States and in Rhode Island. Pharmacists can play a role in ensuring the safe use of opioids and preventing opioid overdose. […]
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February 7, 2014 – OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [OMED], a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells (CSCs), or tumor-initiating cells, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Paul J. Hastings, Chairman & CEO, will ring the Closing Bell. Paul is a 1984 Alum of the College of […]
Continue reading "Paul Hasting '84, CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to ring the Closing NASDAQ Bell Today"| Next Article > Dean’s Message Once again, welcome to the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy newsletter in our new “web-friendly” format. While we strive to provide you with the latest information about your College, there is generally a unifying theme to tie things together. I am excited to share our Winter 2014 […]
Continue reading "Dean's Message"< Previous Article | Next Article > Wei Lu Awarded $1.3 Million for Nanoparticle Cancer Treatment “I am very grateful for this support, without which I could not have gotten this major federal funding.” – Wei Lu The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1.3 million to University of Rhode Island researcher Wei Lu […]
Continue reading "URI professor lands $1.3 million for nanoparticle cancer treatment"< Previous Article | Next Article > Bolstering a Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Lead Exposure Lifelong Hazard Researchers striving to understand the origins of dementia are building the case against a possible culprit: lead exposure early in life. A study spanning 23 years has now revealed that monkeys who drank a lead-rich formula as […]
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