Tag: National Institutes Of Health
Bradley Hospital receives $10M grant for first-of-its-kind sleep research center
EAST PROVIDENCE – Bradley Hospital has received a $10 million National Institutes of Health award to support the creation of the country’s research center...
Rhode Island Hospital researcher launches study into postoperative brain health
PROVIDENCE – A study on post-surgery brain health and a possible link to illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease is now enrolling participants at Rhode...
Hasbro Children’s Hospital to take part in international sepsis study
PROVIDENCE – An international comparison study on fluids used to treat sepsis in children now includes Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
Hasbro plans to enroll patients in...
ResusciTech CPR smartphone innovation nets $40K accelerator grant
PROVIDENCE – An innovation by Brown University graduate Abigail Kohler, co-founder and CEO of ResusciTech, has won a $40,000 grant in the American Heart...
$2M NIH grant to fund research on relationship between sleep disruption...
PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Butler Hospital and the Providence VA Medical Center have received a $2.24 million federal grant from the National Institutes of...
Whitehouse helps with effort to call attention to pancreatic cancer
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is among a group of federal lawmakers who have drafted a resolution designating November as Pancreatic Cancer...
Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S....
2nd wave of coronavirus? Experts say we’re still in the 1st
What’s all this talk about a “second wave” of U.S. coronavirus cases?
About 120,000 Americans have died from the new virus and daily counts of...
R.I. researchers test nanoparticles in fight against rare bone cancer
For the past 26 years, Dr. Richard Terek has been treating bone cancer patients at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
Some forms of the disease...
Two URI scientists receive $1.25M grant to help offer research opportunities...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institutes of Health awarded two University of Rhode Island scientists a five-year, $1.25 million grant to give minority students...