New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Crystal's article in The Journals of Gerontology titled, "Impact of the 2008 Recession on Wealth-Adjusted Income and Inequality for US Cohorts." Inequality over the life course reflects interactions between persistent tendencies toward increasing...
New Research Sheds Light on Causes of Reproductive Disorders, Infertility, Miscarriage, Birth Defects.
Researchers at Rutgers University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University are teaming up to examine how the processes that regulate gene expression and chromosome behaviors can lead to health issues, including cancer,...
I Spy with my little eye … A colorful new childhood literacy campaign featuring real Philly kids is rolling out across SEPTA.
In Philadelphia, about two-thirds of children do not read at grade level by the time they reach fourth grade. A bright new early literacy campaign featuring real Philly kids rolls out across SEPTA – its public transit system. Sponsors say it's an invitation to turn a...
Rutgers Researchers Harness AI and Robotics to Treat Spinal Cord Injuries.
By employing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins, a team led by Rutgers researchers has successfully stabilized an enzyme able to degrade scar tissue resulting from spinal cord injuries and promote tissue...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Crystal's article in the American Journal of Epidemiologyy titled, "Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Association Between Pain Management Clinic Laws and Opioid Prescribing and Overdose Deaths." The United States is in the midst of a drug overdose...
Collaborating with Black Girls to Improve an Educational System that Punishes Them Disproportionately.
When Rutgers—University Newark researcher Jamelia Harris set out to study an educational system that disproportionately punishes and criminalizes Black girls, she relied on the girls themselves to help find answers. “Adults make the mistake of thinking we know better...
TODAY at 12:15 – The Force Awakens in the Cytoskeleton: The Saga of Shape-Shifter
Join Dr, Steven S. An for a Department of Biomedical Engineering Lecture 12:15pm - 1:15 pm In Person at Biomedical Engineering, Auditorium Room 102 Piscataway, NJ 08854 Or via Zoom
Fewer patients of color have health-care providers who look like them
New data shows that while nearly three-fourths of White patients have a health-care provider of the same race or who speaks the same language, the same is not true for patients of color. The disparity could have negative implications for patient-provider relationships...
COVID-19 Vaccines Breathe Life into Research Done 20 Years Ago.
Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen, who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA),...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled, "Depression in the Postpartum Year and Life Course Economic Trajectories." Perinatal depression affects 20% of childbearing individuals globally and 13% in the U.S. and...