The URI College of Pharmacy hosts the clinic Nov. 2, offering CE credit to pharmacists and pharmacy techs, scholarships for students The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will present its Heber W. Youngken, Jr. Pharmacy Clinic on Nov. 2, offering pharmacists and pharmacy technicians valuable continuing education credits, and featuring some of the […]
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New pharmacy students receive white coats, take the Oath of a Pharmacist More than 100 new University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy students officially entered into the field of pharmacy Sept. 29 as they donned their white coats for the first time. Pharmacy Dean Paul Larrat welcomed the students and their families in a […]
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The many significant accomplishments of the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the URI College of Pharmacy in 2022-2023 are chronicled.
Continue reading "URI College of Pharmacy Annual Report 2023"URI College of Pharmacy to host immunization clinic
Flu and COVID among the vaccines offered in the lobby of Avedisian Hall Oct. 11 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 as they host an immunization clinic Oct. 11. The College is offering flu and […]
Continue reading "URI College of Pharmacy to host immunization clinic"Radiofrequency adjuvant
Safe and potent adjuvants are highly demanded to aid in development of new and improved vaccines. Due to the slow progress in developing novel chemical adjuvants, we took a different approach to develop physical radiofrequency adjuvant (RFA) to boost vaccination. RFA emits alternating electromagnetic fields in the skin surface and induce tissue stress to alert […]
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Virus-like particles (VLPs) simulate natural viruses and are able to induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses. VLPs have been attractive vaccine delivery platforms due to their high immunogenicity and safety. Hepatitis b core (HBc) VLPs have been widely explored to display foreign antigens by insertion into its c/e1 loop. Yet, only small antigenic peptides […]
Continue reading "High-density flagellin-displayed virus-like particle platform"Laser-facilitate transdermal drug delivery and vaccination
This project explores ablative fractional laser as a minimally invasive tool to generate skin microchannels to facilitate transcutaneous drug delivery and vaccination. Various patch systems are developed to allow powder drugs to be loaded for convenient delivery via laser-generated skin microchannels. Laser-based powder delivery takes advantage of water evaporated from skin microchannels to dissolve topical […]
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One obstacle in developing safer and more potent adjuvants is the lack of understanding about adjuvant mechanisms. Significant progress has been made in the last two decades in elucidation of mechanisms of commonly used adjuvants. Despite these advances, a complete understanding about their action mechanisms is still elusive. This project takes advantage of omics techniques […]
Continue reading "Adjuvant mechanism study"Effective adjuvants for mRNA vaccines
mRNA evolves as a novel vaccine platform with unique advantages, such as quick production, low risk of genome integration, and high immunogenicity as can be seen from Moderna and Pfizer mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines. Due to its high immunogenicity, no adjuvants have been added to further boost mRNA vaccine efficacy. Yet, adjuvants may be needed to […]
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Former owners of Simpson’s Pharmacy in Pawtucket donate $1 million to College David ’57 and Nancy L. Simpson, of Simpson’s Pharmacy in Pawtucket, have reinforced their legacy at URI with a $1 million gift that supports the University, the College of Pharmacy, and pharmacy students. Simpson Pharmacy in Pawtucket, RI, was an independent, community-based pharmacy […]
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