About Southern Rhode Island AHEC
Who We Are:
The Southern Rhode Island Area Health Education Center (sriAHEC) is one of three AHECs in Rhode Island, and is part of the National Area Health Education Center Organization (NAO) which focuses on increasing the diversity of health practitioners and improving primary and preventive health-care in underserved communities. Since the summer of 2009, sriAHEC has been hosted by the College of Nursing (CON) at the University of Rhode Island – an affiliation that resulted from a grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) submitted by Dayle Joseph, Dean of the CON, and former Associate Dean Laurie Lauzon Clabo.
Our Center’s Mission:
Expand the supply of a high quality, culturally competent health-care workforce; collaborate with community partners to address health-care disparities in the southern regions of RI; recruit, and provide training support to students as they progress through their academic careers.
What We Do:
- Encourage historically underrepresented students of color and economically disadvantaged students in southern RI to enter into health-care careers
- Increase the diversity of health-care professionals in southern Rhode Island’s medically underserved communities
- Improve health-care delivery to underserved populations in the southern RI catchment area
Top Section (green) = Northern RI AHEC
Northern RI AHEC Service Areas: Providence County (Est. 2006)
Northern RI AHEC is an independent 501C3 located in Woonsocket, RI
Providence = RI AHEC Program Office at Brown University (Est. 2005)
Middle Section (blue) = Central RI AHEC
St. Joseph’s Health Services/Central RI AHEC Service Areas: Providence, Kent & Bristol Counties (Est. 2005)
During the current fiscal year (FY 2011), criAHEC will be dormant
Bottom Section (purple) = Southern Rl AHEC
University of RI, College of Nursing/ Southern RI AHEC Service Areas: Washington & Newport Counties (Est. 2007)
2 Heathman Rd., White Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: (401) 874-2768
Fax: (401) 874-2753
