Elizabeth Roberts KINGSTON, R.I. — May 12, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted, perhaps more than any other period in recent history, the critical importance of the healthcare system, and the need for a multidisciplinary approach to health care and public health. Subscribe The University of Rhode Island Academic Health Collaborative's mission is to bring together students, faculty, clinicians and researchers engaged in interdisciplinary work in the health sciences. Its director, Elizabeth Roberts, has extensive experience in several areas of the healthcare system, and shares the collaborative's mission to bring together students and faculty members from multiple disciplines to learn, research and train together.