PROVIDENCE - The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a $2.4 million, five-year grant to fund the new Cardiopulmonary Research Training Program at Rhode Island Hospital, which will take four to eight M.D....

The authors, at Harvard Medical School and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, found that children commonly receive free drug samples from their doctors. One out of every 20 American children received free...

Brown University and lead partner Women & Infants Hospital have been awarded a $12 million, five-year contract to expand their participation in the National Children's Study, a groundbreaking research project aimed at improving...

The Providence Business News reports that new construction projects at partner hospitals are essential to remain competitive in a regional market still dominated by Boston's academic medical centers, and to keep up with advances...

In the September 19th issue of Science, Tricia Serio, associate professor of medical science, department of MCBB, is featured as the only member of a '91 Yale class to hold a tenured faculty position. Read more...

Congratulations to Bess Marcus, PhD, Professor of Professor of Community Health and Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and Director of the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Warren Alpert...

Professor Kenneth R. Miller Professor of Biology Kenneth R. Miller will receive the 2008 Distinguished Service Award of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) next month at its annual conference in Memphis. Read...

Emma M. Simmons, MD, Assistant Dean of Minority Affairs recently sat down for an interview with Providence Business News on her recent appointment. Her values make a difference. Here is what she said... Read more...

Despite drawing laughs with his jokes, new Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Edward J. Wing, MD was there for more than a standup routine. About 50 chattering students, some still in their scrubs, came to MacMillan...

Diane Lipscombe, Professor of Neuroscience, is featured in this month's Genome Technology for her work in gene splicing. Read more...

Student volunteers in the Brown Interpreter's Aide Program are breaking down linguistic barriers at Rhode Island Hospital. Student interpreters in the program help doctors and non-English speaking patients at the hospital...

Biology Professor, Ken Miller is not afraid to show his keen sense of style as seen in Sunday's New York Times Magazine College Issue. Professor Miller was one of six professors who make academia look good. The Times article...

Providence Business News spoke with Dr. Sandra A. Carson, medical director for The Center for Reproduction and Infertility at Women & Infants Hospital , a professor at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,...

If you want to know where The Warren Alpert Medical School is headed, the Doctoring course is a good indicator, because it embodies key principles guiding the school's ongoing transformation Read more...

A major clinical trial for colorectal screening finds that more patients stand to benefit from a comprehensive, less invasive method to accurately detect colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps. The Brown Center for Statistical...