Richard Asinof
Using math to design vaccines of the future
EpiVax Inc., a biotech firm in Providence’s Knowledge District, is an innovator in the field of computational immunology, which involves feeding data into computers...
Using common sense to help schools improve
The Learning Community, a public charter school, and its sister organization, The Teaching Studio, have developed an innovative, successful model for helping children to...
Five Questions With: Nick Martin
When Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group that oversees Connextions, the company that is contracted to run the contact center for HealthSourceRI, could not...
Using design to transform health care
PROVIDENCE – A discussion on how health care can be transformed through design was held at Butler Hospital on Aug. 28, organized by Michael...
Nursing conference to feature Hassmiller
PROVIDENCE – A two-day conference on Sept. 11 and 12 about the future of nursing, sponsored by the Rhode Island Action Coalition, will feature...
Kent introduces new cardiac telemedicine program
WARWICK – Kent Hospital announced a new telemedicine program on Sept. 3 that will allow its cardiologists to connect with their critical care colleagues...
R.I. Hospital appoints new chief medical officer
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Latha Sivaprasad has been appointed senior vice president and chief medical officer at Rhode Island Hospital, effective Sept. 1, 2013.
Sivaprasad,...
Demand growing for food for malnourished children
Demand for Edesia Inc. products – ready-to-use therapeutic food and ready-to use supplemental food for malnourished children – keeps surging, says founder and CEO...
Care New England, Memorial ink partnership agreement
PAWTUCKET – Dennis D. Keefe, president and CEO of Care New England, and Arthur DeBlois III, interim president of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island,...
Five Questions With: Maureen Phipps
On Sept. 1, Dr. Maureen G. Phipps stepped into her new roles as the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and assistant...