News Advisory: äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ to announce $20 million grant to further expand biomedical research capacity in R.I.

Embargoed until Monday, June 10 at 12:30 a.m.

WHAT: A äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾-based initiative that has successfully expanded biomedical research capacity at nearly all of Rhode Island’s universities and colleges has been awarded another $20 million in federal funding to further expand the program over the next five years. The Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE), which has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2001 with $61 million in previous grants, was established to expand statewide research capacity in the biomedical sciences. The äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ partners with Brown University, Rhode Island College, Providence College, Bryant University, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University and the Community College of Rhode Island in the program.

WHO: äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ President David M. Dooley, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Vice President for Research Peter Snyder; äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Professor of Pharmacy Bongsup Cho, program director, and representatives from all of the participating universities and colleges.

WHEN: Monday, June 10, 2019, 10 a.m.

WHERE: Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upper College Road, Kingston Campus

PARKING: In lot behind the Higgins Welcome Center, off Briar Lane.

TO MAKE COVERAGE ARRANGEMENTS: Contact Dave Lavallee, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Marketing and Communications, 401-874-5862, dlavallee@uri.edu