Annual showcase highlights pharmacy student research projects; winners announced

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 in each department. See a gallery of all winners below. Award winners include:

Doctor of Pharmacy Pharm.D.:

  • 1st place: Meryl Coriell, Aminah Islam, Annabel La, Christine Mason, and Alexandria O’Brien
  • 2nd place: MacKenzie Dolan, Maxwell McGuire, Samantha Meyer, Scott Mitchell, and Katie Scroggs
  • 3rd place: Nicole Arnold, Kattelyn Blake, Madi Hartling, Mahnoor Awa Shahzad, and Emma Van Reysen

Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science (BSPS)

  • 1st place: Danielle Burge
  • 2nd place: Elliyas Delaire, Evan Keough, Gavin Borges, Jake deBouver, and Liam Kennings
  • 3rd place: Liam Patel, and Jeily S. Mendez Alvarado

Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Science

  • 1st place: Colleen Hayes
  • 2nd place: Suburna Das
  • 3rd place: Sydney Bartman

Post-Doctoral Fellows

  • 1st place: Katherine Houlihan
  • 2nd place: Janitha Unagolla
  • 3rd place: Elvia Mena Avila