Register by 3/25 for NJ ACTS Special Population Core April 16th Seminar
NYU-HEAL: Academic-Public Partnership to Improve Quality of Care for People with Substance Use Disorders with Charles J. Neighbors, PhD, MBA Tuesday, April 16, 2024 12–2 pm ET (Seminar and Lunch) Rutgers Institute for Health 112 Paterson Street, New Brunswick or on...
Study Identifies Successful Methods to Recruit South Asian Women for Breast Cancer Research
South Asian American women increasingly are diagnosed with breast cancer at younger ages and with more advanced disease compared with other groups, a fact made even more alarming because they are underrepresented in studies, said Jaya Satagopan, an associate dean for...
Methadone Use in Early Pregnancy May Lead to More Birth Defects Than Buprenorphine.
Researchers from Rutgers Health and Harvard Medical School have found fewer congenital defects in children whose mothers treated opioid use disorder with buprenorphine rather than methadone during the first trimester of pregnancy. The study findings extend those from...
A Study of How Americans Die May Improve Their End of Life.
A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of life. “Identifying which paths people...
Push for new avenue to compensation for NJ 9/11 responders.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Boll was a Union Township police officer when he received a statewide alert to help remove debris from the World Trade Center towers and to find people who were trapped. He responded hours later with a group of fellow police officers. “It...
Join NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core for its NIH F-Series Grant Writing Workshop
Where Should I Start? Building A Research Proposal. Participants will learn about constructing their proposal for submission as a NIH F-series Fellowship Application All interested students and postdocs are welcome to attend this in-person session in . Others can...
Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Probably Not.
March 15 marks World Sleep Day, an annual call to action from the World Sleep Society to spread awareness of the need to get sufficient sleep to stay healthy. This year’s theme is “Sleep Equity for Global Health.” Maya Ramagopal, a professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers...
Antipsychotic Injections Linked to a Sharp Drop in Hospital Readmissions
Antipsychotic injections upon hospital discharge were associated with a 75 percent reduction in 30-day rehospitalizations when compared with oral antipsychotics, according to a Rutgers Health study. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical...
Spring 2024 LEARNING MENTORING, Tuesday 3/19-5/7, 10-11am
Are you a STEM grad student or postdoc, and committed to becoming an effective mentor? Join a virtual cohort of like-minded peers! A major component of many careers -- both within and beyond the academy -- is mentoring trainees, yet graduate students and postdocs...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...