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From center left to center right, Rhode Island Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, First Gentleman Andy Moffit and Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt listen to a Woonsocket Health Equity Zone presentation on March 31 in Woonsocket. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Federal funds allocated to address Woonsocket’s public health inequities

Government 04/11/2016

PROVIDENCE – One year from now, Director of Health Initiatives Susan Jacobsen at Thundermist Health Center hopes to have answers to her questions: “What...

Margaret Howard, a psychologist who treats pregnant and postpartum women suffering from depression, says that Rhode Island has a high concentration of mental health experts available to assist pregnant women and their newborns. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Five Questions With: Margaret Howard

Health Services 04/04/2016

Margaret Howard is director of women’s behavioral health at Women & Infants Hospital, where she also directs the Postpartum Depression Day Hospital. After the...

E. Paul Larrat, dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy and the first coordinating dean of the Academic Health Collaborative executive committee, discusses key elements of the new initiative. / COURTESY NORA LEWIS/URI

URI’s Academic Health Collaborative: ‘A new approach to educating health professionals’

Education 04/04/2016

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Collaboration was the watchword of the day, when officials from the University of Rhode Island announced a new Academic Health Collaborative...

Dr. Paul DiSilvestro is director of research at the Program in Women’s Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital.

Five Questions With: Dr. Paul DiSilvestro

Health Services 03/28/2016

Dr. Paul DiSilvestro is director of research at the Program in Women’s Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital. He talked with Providence Business News...

State Rep. Edith H. Ajello speaks on the House floor. / COURTESY STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills would limit use of restrictive covenants in physician contracts

Workplace 03/21/2016

PROVIDENCE – State Rep. Edith H. Ajello, D-Providence, and state Sen. Gayle L. Goldin, D-Providence, believe physicians should have the freedom to move freely...

Joseph Braun, Ph.D., an assistant professor of epidemiology at Brown University, leads a research initiative on women’s exposure during pregnancy to a chemical and the impact of that exposure on the later born children. / FRANK MULLIN/BROWN UNIVERSITY

Five Questions With: Joseph Braun

In Their Own Words 03/21/2016

Joseph Braun is an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology in the program of public health at Brown University. He is leading a...

Deborah DeBare, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, speaks at the organization’s press conference at the Statehouse late last month. / COURTESY KRISTA D’AMICO

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence releases report

Workplace 03/18/2016

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence recently released a report, “Domestic Violence Homicides in Rhode Island, 2006-2015.” The state’s first such...

READY TO RIDE: Victor Bulux, left, and Luis Delacruz, machine operators at Bouckaert Industrial Textiles in Woonsocket, do a production run of equestrian saddle padding. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Going green sparks spinoff benefits for Bouckaert

Capital Goods 03/17/2016

If you drive, fly or ride a horse, odds are good that those experiences were enhanced by one or more of Bouckaert Industrial Textiles'...

ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Nick Boruta, a tier one digital cut operator, left, and National Marker Company President Michael Black are seen at the North Smithfield company. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Strong growth signs for National Marker

Capital Goods 03/17/2016

All safety signs, tags and labels are not created equal, says Michael Black, owner, president and CEO of National Marker Co., which manufactures more...

Dr. Stephen Salloway seeks to enroll individuals between the ages of 50 and 85 with normal memory, mild memory loss or mild dementia for a major Alzheimer’s research initiative at Butler Hospital. / COURTESY DENISE JERUE/BUTLER HOSPITAL

Five Questions With: Dr. Stephen Salloway

Health Services 03/14/2016

Dr. Stephen Salloway, the director of neurology and the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, is also a professor of neurology and psychiatry...

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