Saturday, October 21, 2023
Rep. Cotter honored by R.I. Health Center Association
Rep. Megan Cotter receives prestigious Chafee Award.
Representative Cotter (D-Dist. 39, Exeter, Richmond,
Hopkinton) was honored for her work to increase rural access to health care by
facilitating the purchase of a van for Wood River Health through the Rhode
Island Public Transit Authority, with 80 percent of the cost covered by federal
grants.
Another benefit of good sleep
New Research Reveals That Increased Deep Sleep Benefits Your Heart
By ETH ZURICH
By using brief tonal stimulations (pink noise)
during deep sleep, they observed enhanced heart performance, which could offer
potential applications in preventive medicine and athletics.
Sleep
plays an essential role in human well-being, with deep sleep being especially
vital for overall health. The brain recovers during this sleep stage, and the
rest of the body seems to regenerate then as well.
Recently,
researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich have shown
that increased deep sleep is of particular benefit to the cardiovascular
system: targeted stimulation with brief tones during deep sleep causes the
heart – in particular the left ventricle – to contract and relax more
vigorously.
As
a result, it pumps blood into the circulatory system and draws it out again
more efficiently. The left ventricle supplies most organs, the extremities, and
the brain with oxygen-rich arterial blood.
When
the heart contracts, the left ventricle is squeezed and wrung out like a wet
sponge. The more immediate and more powerful this wringing action, the more
blood enters the circulation and the less remain in the heart. This increases
blood flow, which has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system.
URI researcher awarded $2.5 million grant to study community impacts of offshore wind development
Emphasis on impacts of local communities
David
Bidwell, associate professor in the Department of Marine Affairs and principal
investigator for the five-year research grant, said the funding will support
studies of three cities, New London, Connecticut; New Bedford, Massachusetts;
and a third to be determined.
Before
issuing the call for proposals, the federal energy agency held workshops to
identify research needs. Bidwell said social science research in communities is
time-consuming, but most social science studies are only funded for two to
three years.
Friday, October 20, 2023
Rhode Islanders want more funding for education, green energy and don't like Dan McKee
New URI poll gauges Rhode Island attitudes on education, politics
The poll is the first from the Rhode Island Survey Initiative, a newly launched effort by a team of URI researchers to gauge public opinion across the state.
Led by
URI’s Harrington School of Communication and Media; Department of Political
Science; College of Arts and Sciences; and Social Science Institute for
Research, Education, and Policy, researchers plan to issue one poll each year,
surveying a wide range of issues impacting life in the state.
URI music department announces fall concert highlights
Introduces new director of symphony orchestra
By Benjamin Smith
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| University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra conductor Luis Viquez directs an opera performance before his arrival at URI. Photo courtesy of Lynn Vidler. |
When the University of
Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra takes the stage this fall, it will introduce a
new director with a long resume of success.
A native of Costa Rica, Luis Viquez has been nominated
for a Latin Grammy for best classical music album along with winning the
American Prize In Orchestral Conducting. He is a versatile musician, having
performed as a clarinetist, in orchestral and opera ensembles, and has been a
wind band conductor.
Before coming to URI, Viquez was a professor at the
University of South Dakota for seven years, leading its symphony orchestra to
national and international acclaim. At URI, he is serving as the director of
orchestral studies and assistant professor in orchestral conducting.
“The convenient location of Rhode Island in an artistic
region that is more welcoming to minorities, specifically Hispanic people, was
very attractive to me and my family in deciding to move to New England,” said
Viquez.
Love is on the road
DEM Cautions Drivers to be Alert for Deer Crossing Roadways During Mating Season
Deer tend to move around more frequently during this time, and November is typically the peak period for collisions with motor vehicles.
Some tips for avoiding or mitigating auto collisions with
deer include:
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Don't expect Dennis Quaid to save us
The Gulf Stream is warming and shifting closer to shore
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the global climate
system, bringing warm waters from the Caribbean up the East Coast of the United
States. As it flows along the coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean, this
powerful ocean current influences weather patterns and storms, and it carries
heat from the tropics to higher latitudes as part of the Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation.
Warming in and near the Gulf Stream at present compared
to the early 21st century is driven by heat from the atmosphere
as well as a gradual shift of the Gulf Stream toward the coast.
(Illustration by Natalie Renier
©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
A new study published today in Nature Climate
Change now documents that over the past 20 years, the Gulf Stream has
warmed faster than the global ocean as a whole and has shifted towards the
coast. The study, led by Robert Todd, a physical oceanographer at the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), relies on over 25,000 temperature and
salinity profiles collected between 2001 and 2023.
New medical staff at Wood River Health
Adds Behavioral Health Clinician and Pediatric Nurse Practioner
Wood River Health has expanded its team of
providers by hiring Behavioral Health Clinician Aprile Daley, MSW, LCSW and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Maria McGurrin, DNP, MSN, CPNP.
Aprile Daley
“I am delighted
that Aprile Daley and Maria McGurrin have joined our team of providers,”
stated President and CEO Alison L. Croke, MHA. “Our staff
are mission driven; they are dedicated to increasing the quality of life
of the members of this community. By expanding our staff, we are able to
connect more patients with the health care programs and services they require
to thrive.”
Aprile Daley, MSW, LCSW is a behavioral health clinician at Wood River Health who works with children, adolescents, and adults. Aprile graduated from Rhode Island College in 2022 with her master’s in social work and has over eight years’ experience working in the mental health field.
At Rhode Island
College, she also attained a certificate in integrated behavioral health and
has worked in several federally qualified community health centers in the state
of Rhode Island. 
Maria McGurrin
Daley’s specialties include working with patients with trauma, PTSD, grief, personality disorders, ADHD, Autism, depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. As a behavioral health clinician Aprile strives to create a safe space for her patients that fosters resilience, growth, and empowerment while helping her patients develop goals that align with their personal values and beliefs.
Maria McGurrin, DNP, MSN, CPNP joined Wood River Health in June 2023 as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She earned a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Bryn Mawr College in Anthropology with a focus on physical and medical anthropological practice.
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