Rhode Island
Rhode Island- North Eastern NAIPI Region
Rhode Island, a U.S. state in New England, is known for sandy shores and seaside Colonial towns. It’s home to several large cities, including Newport, which is famed for sailing and Gilded Age mansions, such as The Breakers. Providence, its capital, is home to Brown University, green Roger Williams Park, landscaped Waterplace Park and Riverwalk, with the famed WaterFire art installation.
Below you will find State INBREs, State COBREs & CTRs.
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John “Jack” Reed
Senior Senator Democrat Since Jan 7, 1997 Next Election in 2026 |
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Junior Senator Democrat Since Jan 4, 2007 Next Election in 2024 |
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Rhode Island 1st District Representative
Democrat Since Jan 5, 2011 |
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Rhode Island 2nd District Representative
Democrat Since Jan 3, 2001 |
IDeA Funding in Rhode Island
Rhode Island Principal Investigators
Rhode Island Funded Programs
Rhode Island Hospital Injury Control Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
PROJECT SUMMARY (Overall) Injury is the leading cause of death for individuals 1-44 years of age and contributes to over 30 million emergency department visits annually1. There is a tremendous need for greater scientific understanding [...]
Injury Control COBRE
Injury occurrence is typically thought of as “bad luck” or fatalistic; however, over the last fifty years the field of injury control science has grown to demonstrate that injuries can be controlled. Many injuries can [...]
COBRE for Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR)
The Initiative on Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) was formed in 2019 with support from the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. The STAR Initiative aims to foster transdisciplinary collaborations within Brown University, to provide training opportunities for researchers and [...]
COBRE: Stem Cells and Aging
This Phase II COBRE application entitled ?Stem Cells and Aging? focuses on neural and hematopoietic stem cells, their microenvironments and the impact of aging, fibrosis, and senescence on their regulation and evolution to diseases of [...]
COBRE Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Discovery
Overall Resistance to antimicrobial therapies is a national and international crisis that threatens clinical practice from fundamental primary care to the most advanced medical interventions such as cancer chemotherapy and organ transplantation. Much of what [...]
Center for Central Nervous System Function
Purposeful human behavior requires attention, decisions and construction and production of abstract sequences, all basic functions mediated by brain networks primarily located in the neocortex, but modulated and shaped by sub-cortical processing. In a general [...]
Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation
Substance use (SU) negatively affects the risk, management, progression, and outcomes of chronic disease and contributes to socio-economic and racial/ethnic disparities. Prevalence rates of medical conditions among patients with versus those without substance abuse disorders [...]
RI- Advance Clinical and Translational Research (CTR)
The universities, hospitals, government agencies and community organizations in Rhode Island are well positioned to bridge the gaps between the worlds of clinical and basic science. Rhode Island's small size, population demographics, and organizational structure [...]
COBRE: Center for Computational Biology of Human Disease
We propose to establish and build the COBRE Center for the Computational Biology of Human Disease at Brown University and affiliated hospitals. The motivation for this effort lies in the joint promise that personalized genomic [...]
COBRE for Perinatal Biology
The scientific aims of our COBRE have been to increase our understanding of reproductive biology and cardiopulmonary development, to enhance our understanding of perinatal diseases, like preeclampsia and preterm birth, and to develop new opportunities [...]
CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology COBRE
The vision of the CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CPVB COBRE) is to advance understanding of vascular diseases affecting the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems. This vision will be accomplished through research performed [...]
Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
The overarching goal of Rhode Island-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE) is to improve institutional capacity for biomedical research excellence and to expand student experiential training opportunities in the State of Rhode Island. We [...]
COBRE for Reproductive Health
Pregnancy is a critically important time in a woman's life and it is recognized as a window into women's future health. Although the overwhelming majority of patients have a healthy outcome, pregnancy complications have been [...]
COBRE Center for Neuromodulation
The COBRE Center for Neuromodulation (CCN) will be centered at Butler Hospital, a freestanding psychiatric and neuropsychiatric hospital affiliated with the Alpert Medical School at Brown University. This COBRE will create key infrastructure and support [...]
COBRE Center for Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This COBRE will establish a Center on Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the EP Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island. Bradley Hospital is unique in the US as a psychiatric [...]
COBRE for Skeletal Health & Repair
The long-term goal of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Skeletal Health and Repair is to develop a multi-disciplinary translational research center focusing on discovering mechanisms of cartilage joint diseases and developing prevention [...]
COBRE Center on Opioids and Overdose
We propose to build and sustain the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital and affiliated research institutions. The motivation for this effort lies in the tremendous need [...]