New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in the Journal of Pediatrics titled, "Gestational Age at Term and Teacher-Reported Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Patterns." Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most common disorders of...
Plastic Particles Themselves, Not Just Chemical Additives, Can Alter Sex Hormones.
Amid rising evidence that additives designed to improve plastics also disrupt sex hormones, a Rutgers laboratory trial shows that plastic itself can do likewise when inhaled at moderate levels. Previous studies focused on chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) that make...
Join NJ ACTS Special Populations Core on May 24th!
Incarceration, Health, and the Life Course with Nathan Link, PhD Wednesday, May 24, 2023 1–2 pm Join on Zoom View Flyer Professor Link will discuss his research on the connections between incarceration and health, including how mental and physical health states impact...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jude's article in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology titled, "Obesity elicits a unique metabolomic signature in human airway smooth muscle cells." Obesity can aggravate asthma by enhancing airway...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in JAMA Network Open titled, "Association Between Housing Affordability and Severe Maternal Morbidity." In 2019, median housing costs grew faster than median household incomes for the eighth year in a row, contributing to an ongoing...
Battling Bias in AI.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in everyday life, concerns have grown around bias in its programming. Many of the tasks performed by AI are simple and innocuous, but as its capabilities expand, so does its potential for wide-ranging impact....
Rutgers Researcher Develops Mental Health App to Manage Distress.
To help people regulate their emotions in healthy ways, a Rutgers researcher pioneered the Storm/breaker Emotion and Behavior Management app as a standalone smartphone mental health intervention. Based on his research on emotion dysregulation and emotional cascades...
Achieving Prevention and Health, Rather Than More Healthcare.
If more people have access to health insurance, we have to be sure the death rates of those with certain chronic conditions are decreasing. This is one of the statements Gregory Peck, an acute care surgeon and associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical...
Study Explains How “Zombie” Cancer Cells Revive Themselves.
Mutating cells can prevent the spread of cancer by flipping themselves into a state of reduced activity called senescence. Cancer genes, however, can retaliate by reviving those cells so they can replicate again. The mechanism for reviving senescent cells, sometimes...
Propelus I-Corps Training Program – Apply by May 15th!
Propelus I-Corps Regional Program - June 2023 Through the program, I-Corps provides training and grants to support team-based customer research aimed at investigating the viability and societal impact of scientific and technological discoveries. Apply by May 15th....