DR. JOSIAH RICH will be the pricipal investigator at the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital. The COBRE project has been granted $11.8 million in a phase I grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences. / COURTESY LIFESPAN
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11.8 million federal grant to address the opioid epidemic by establishing the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence on Opioids and Overdose at the hospital, Lifespan announced Thursday. The center will be led by principal investigator Dr. Josiah Rich and Traci Green, who are both affiliated with Rhode…