2023 RI IDeA Emerging Area of Science Symposium The Emerging Areas of Science IDeA Symposium was held on June 1st at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in collaboration with Rhode Island’s IDeA programs Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO), and Advance Clinical and Translational […]
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Mental health and the environment for unaccompanied children in the United States
Investigator: Robert Hasson, Providence College Mentor: Thomas Crea, Boston College Theme: Neuroscience Title: Mental health and the environment for unaccompanied children in the United States Award: Early Career Development (2022-2024) Abstract: The proposed study examines mental health outcomes for unaccompanied children, a growing population of uniquely vulnerable immigrants who are resettled in the United States […]
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Investigator: Joanna Morris, Providence College Mentor: James Morgan, Brown University Theme: Neuroscience Title: Neural correlates of visual statistical learning and morphological processing Award: Early Career Development (2022-2024) Abstract: Dyslexia is a brain-based learning disorder that involves difficulty reading despite adequate sensory and perceptual ability, intelligence, and opportunities to learn. Recently, several research groups have shown […]
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Investigator: Candidus Nwakasi, Providence College Mentor: Brown University, University of Rhode Island Theme: Cancer Title: An Evaluation of Cancer Survivorship in Blacks/Latinx in Rhode Island Award: Early Career Development (2022-2024) Abstract: Cancer survivorship covers the period starting from cancer diagnoses and treatment to end of life — with focus on the effect of cancer and treatment […]
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Investigator: Victoria Templer, Providence College Theme: Neuroscience Title: Top-down and bottom-up processing in the posterior parietal cortex Award: SURF PUI Training Award (2022-2024) Abstract: The purpose of this project is to determine the functional contribution of the rat posterior parietal cortex (PPC) to specific forms of information processing. The PPC has been generally shown to […]
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Investigator: Marla Tipping, Providence College Theme: Neuroscience Title: Metabolic dysregulation in Frontotemporal Dementia Award: SURF PUI Training Award (2022-2024) Abstract: A common attribute of neurodegenerative disease is a change in the way cells break down and utilize nutrients, as well as their ability to build new macromolecules. Collectively, this is referred to as metabolic reprogramming, […]
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This year’s Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (RI-SURS) was held at the University of Rhode Island (URI) on Friday, July 29th with students from our Rhode Island higher education institutions presenting their research findings. The 2022 event marks the 15th year of the RI-INBRE and RI NSF EPSCoR/C-AIM programs collaboration to celebrate […]
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SURF Program Update – Summer 2022 The RI-INBRE program completed the 19th Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program in 2022! First organized in 2004 to increase the number of undergraduate students participating in scientific research activities at the University of Rhode Island (URI) and Brown University, the program expanded in 2009 to include students in […]
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Retreats for Investigators and Mentors Two retreats are held each year that bring together RI-INBRE’s current investigators and mentors from across our network of higher education institutions in Rhode Island. The 2023 Summer Retreat was held on Friday, July 28th in Avedisian Hall at the University of Rhode Island. Attendees joined the discussion on the changes […]
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Awards Fiscal Year 2022 RI-INBRE Funding Mechanisms To support the research career development of junior investigators at our network institutions, the Developmental Research Project Program (DRPP) is pleased to announce that 19 research projects were awarded to our faculty investigators around the state. The projects support a broad portfolio of research funding within the themes […]
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