Addressing the Need for Nurses.
To alleviate the New Jersey nursing shortage, an anonymous donor created a $2 million nursing scholarship for first-generation students. New Jersey—especially Essex County—needs nurses. Now, one Newark high school and a generous donor to Rutgers School of Nursing is...
Help is on the Way.
For Rutgers, addressing the youth mental health crisis—now exacerbated by the pandemic—is a top priority. Enter the Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, which provides innovative and equitable services to vulnerable young people across the state. And not a moment too...
Oncology Researcher to Join Rutgers Global Health Institute.
Wilfred Ngwa, a global oncology researcher and medical physics expert who is developing technologies that integrate with radiation therapy to reduce cancer treatment times and costs, will join Rutgers Global Health Institute. Ngwa, who will become a Rutgers...
Advancing the Art of Digital Dentistry.
When Jessica Mitri’s father, Australian digital dentistry technology entrepreneur Georges Sara, died in a New York City hospital in November 2020, she was buoyed by support from an unlikely place—the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Sara, 56, had become ill with...
NJ Leader on How NJIT Is Paying Dividends in Economic Growth.
A New Jersey leader in economic development is impressed by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to commercialize research, forge international partnerships and generally be “commercially minded.” Joseph Kelley, deputy chief of staff for economic growth under...
At Rutgers, the Rapid COVID-19 Test Was Just the Beginning.
The Rutgers Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases made worldwide news last year when its researchers developed a multivariant COVID-19 test that was faster, easier and cheaper than anything previously available. Now leaders of the institute believe...
People with HIV Experience Higher Rates of Inflammation and Immune Activity During Pregnancy.
People with HIV have a higher chance of having chronic systemic inflammation during pregnancy, according to a Rutgers study. Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the study examined the impact of inflammation and the biomarkers that activate the immune...
Student-Run Health Clinic Emphasizes Socially Conscious Care.
On the Newark campus of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, a health clinic run by medical students has been changing lives—and no doubt saving them—for more than 50 years. The Student Family Health Care Center serves the severely underserved: city residents who...
As Long COVID Cases Soar, Rutgers Clinic Offers Free Care.
Patient numbers have likewise grown at the Comprehensive COVID-19 Neurology Care Center of Excellence at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, which treats patients suffering from long COVID. Although the clinic has seen a rise in demand for services, it’s continuing to...
Rutgers M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate Wins American Medical Association’s National Research Competition.
A one-size-fits-all approach to health care – especially when it comes to infertility – didn’t sit well with Leelabati “Leela” Biswas. So, the aspiring physician-scientist sought answers in a genetics lab at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. All those hours on Busch...