Inmates With Opioid Addiction Report Peer Navigators Are Crucial for Successful Community Reentry.
Recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder have trust in working with peer support specialists who recovered from addiction and faced similar life experiences, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Psychiatric Services, found...
Health & Wellness Can Cannabis Use Disorder Be Accurately Diagnosed?
Cannabis use disorder is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a problematic pattern leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, with symptoms that may include increased tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, strong desire to...
Children at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Often Go Undetected in Early Stages.
Criteria used by neurologists to assess for multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults may fail to identify the illness in children with imaging suspicious for the disease, an oversight that could delay treatment of the disease at its earliest stages, according to a...
Join the NJ ACTS Special Populations Core Seminar on 4/25!
The Role of Resilience in Addressing Biopsychosocial and Neurocognitive Health Outcomes in Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS Kristen Krause, PhD, MPH Instructor, Department of Urban-Global Public Health Rutgers School of Public Health April 25, 2023 1 -2 pm View Flyer...
Rates of Autism Climb to New Highs in the U.S., With California Setting Record Numbers.
New federal studies coauthored by autism experts at Rutgers found that more children have been diagnosed with autism than at any time since monitoring began more than two decades ago. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 4...
Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Probably Not.
A Rutgers expert discusses the importance of sleep — and how little we are getting. March 17 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. Maya Ramagopal, an...
Using Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Design to Save Patient’s Lives During the COVID19 Pandemic.
SARS-CoV-2 infection may lead to Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID19), which can severely hamper the function of a patient’s lungs and require that the patient utilize a medical device to help them respirate. One such device to help patients effectively respirate is a...
NJIT Machine Learning Expert Pan Xu Combats COVID Vaccine Inequity.
An NJIT computer scientist studied COVID vaccine data from Minnesota to design equitable methods of distributing vital resources during any widespread emergency. The resulting algorithm showed that giving everyone equal access to vital resources isn't necessarily the...
Join in: “Oh the Possibilities: Careers in Clinical Research” Apr 17, 2023 6:00 pm
The new Clinical Research Management (CRM) Network, formed and managed by Rutgers MS in CRM Alumni, is hosting their FIRST Panel Discussion called Oh the Possibilities: Careers in Clinical Research on Apr 17, 2023 at 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Kali...
The CTSA Steering Committee is accepting new Working Group Proposals!
Any CTSA member may submit a proposal by March 31st. Successful proposals will deliver well-defined projects that fill translational gaps and further the CTSA Program goals. Learn more: http://ow.ly/HcMr50N7Lh9