RI-INBRE - 2287 - 4th Northeast Regional IDeA Meeting

The 4th Northeast Regional Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Meeting was held on August 10 - 12, 2011 at the picturesque seaside campus of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. The participants represented all 5 IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Programs and 17 Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Programs in Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The meeting provided the attendees opportunities to share scientific discoveries and discuss issues of common interest in a relaxed environment, promoting new collaborations and solidifying existing ones. Welcoming remarks were provided by Dr. Zahir Shaikh, Director of the Rhode Island INBRE Program at the University of Rhode Island and meeting organizer; Sister Jane Gerety, President of Salve Regina University; and Dr. Peter Alfonso, Vice President of Research and Economic Development at the University of Rhode Island.  IDeA Program updates were provided by administrators from the National Centers for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.  US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) also addressed the attendees and shared his views on biomedical research and its importance in innovative discoveries in healthcare and also in creating jobs in the US.

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