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THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded more than $360,000 in grants to 15 medical research projects. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards $360K in medical research grants

PROVIDENCE – Fifteen medical research projects have been awarded more than $360,000 in seed funding from the Rhode Island Foundation to help with various...
TRACEY CUNNINGHAM MARTINS is the new CEO and president of AccessPoint RI. / COURTESY ACCESSPOINT RI

AccessPoint RI taps Cunningham Martins as new CEO, president

CRANSTON – Tracey Cunningham Martins will be shifting her work in health care from the state level to leading a local nonprofit that provides...
BRIGHT IDEA: Kathleen Moren, Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc. president, displays phototherapy equipment that allows nurses from her company to treat babies with jaundice at home rather than in a hospital. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc.’s Moren guides those who are starting...

Business Women Awards 2022 Achievement Honoree Kathleen Moren, Healthy Babies, Happy Moms Inc. MANY YEARS AGO, registered nurse Kathleen Moren noticed that breastfeeding mothers in Rhode...

Northeast Orthotics & Prosthetics

THE STORY: Mark Marich, an above-knee amputee since the age of 18, founded Northeast Orthotics & Prosthetics, which specializes in custom made prosthetic (artificial...

includesign LLC

THE STORY: Includesign LLC founder and CEO Diana Perkins wanted to help a professor of hers who used a wheelchair. She worked with her...
THE R.I. EXECUTIVE OFFICE of Health & Human Services and the R.I. Department of Health have selected six health equity zone teams for the Rhode to Equity program and will receive $775,000 in total funding to address social detriments of health in the state.

EOHHS, RIDOH select six teams for Rhode to Equity initiative

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Executive Office of Health & Human Services and the R.I. Department of Health jointly announced Tuesday that six teams participating...
STAYING SHARP: Lori Duquette, owner of Duquette Family Eye Care Inc., says her upbringing in a large family taught her skills that have helped her run her own ­business. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Her focus on eye care was helped by upbringing

PBN Business Women Awards Achievement Honoree: Lori Duquette, Duquette Family Eye Care Inc. THE WORD “FAMILY” in Duquette Family Eye Care Inc. of North Smithfield means...

Commonwealth Care Alliance names McCarty R.I. general manager

PROVIDENCE – A nationally recognized health care nonprofit based in Massachusetts is expanding for the first time outside of the commonwealth, and not only...
EAST BAY COMMUNITY Action Program received a $4 million grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration that will be used to provide comprehensive mental health and substance-use disorder services within the Easy Bay community.

East Bay Community Action Program receives $4M grant to increase mental...

EAST PROVIDENCE – The East Bay Community Action Program became the beneficiary of a substantial seven-figure grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services...
ANGELA SLITT, a professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Rhode Island, led a team of researchers to create a saliva-based COVID-19 test and launched a clinical trial this week. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI researchers launch clinical trial for new saliva-based COVID-19 test

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island have created a saliva-based COVID-19 test that is going to be...
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