Biomed News

Brian Reggiannini figures out who’s talking

Vania Figueiredo — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:14 +0000

In the dissertation that will allow him to receive his Ph.D. at Commencement this year, Brian Reggiannini found a way to advance the state of the art for voice- and speaker-recognition. Read more…

The RIDOC Observes National Women’s Health Week

Vania Figueiredo — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:52:45 +0000

Landon Kuester is doing research at the ACI through the Warren Alpert Medical School and has been helping to plan and coordinate this week’s activities and other special projects. “We are actively trying to implement positive changes in the Women’s Facilities,” notes Pat Threats, “to get the women to be more conscious of their health, more active, and to make better use of their time in prison.” Read more…

For Dementia Patients, Feeding Tubes May Increase Bed Sores

Vania Figueiredo — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:34 +0000

A new study led by Brown University challenges the long-held belief that providing nutrition through feeding tubes helps prevent bed sores or helps promote their healing in this group of patients. Read more…

Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame

Vania Figueiredo — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:28:41 +0000

Dr. William Oh, a neonatologist at Women & Infants Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School, was one of two physicians inducted into the Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame this spring. Read more…

NIH Medical Research Scholars Program Announces First Class

Vania Figueiredo — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:01:40 +0000

The National Institutes of Health has selected a talented pool of 45 medical, dental, and veterinary students, including
Alpert medical student Arkady Rasin. Read more…

Brittle stars move like people

Vania Figueiredo — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:35 +0000

Brown University evolutionary biologist Henry Astley discovered that, although not bilaterally symmetrical like humans, brittle stars have come up with a mechanism to choose any of its five limbs to direct its movement on the seabed. Read more…

Ship Street Square

Vania Figueiredo — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:04:24 +0000

Brown University has marked the official opening of the Ship Street Square, which sits across from the Warren Alpert Medical School and is the site of a new farmers market operated by Farm Fresh Rhode Island. Read more…

Women & Infants to receive Innovation Award

Vania Figueiredo — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:20 +0000

Women & Infants Hospital to receive more than $3.2 million to expand the Transition Home Plus Program, under the leadership of Betty Vohr, MD, medical director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Program, for mothers in Rhode Island who have pre-term babies. Read more…

Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award

Vania Figueiredo — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:24:11 +0000

The RI Chapter presents Richard W. Besdine, MD, FACP, with this year’s award, to recognize his outstanding contributions to the field of Internal Medicine. Read more…

Rethinking Recess

Vania Figueiredo — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Esther Entin, M.D., a pediatrician and clinical associate professor of Family Medicine at Warren Alpert School of Medicine, says recess gives children time to be physically active, which helps them concentrate in school. Read more…