RITMS Congratulates Qi Yang, PhD, on her Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award
Dr. Qi Yang was recognized for her outstanding contribution to scientific research, demonstrating excellence, innovation, and impact. This research award is presented annually to exceptional individual faculty members and teams who demonstrate outstanding...
Many Americans Misunderstand Medical Aid in Dying Laws.
Public misunderstanding about medical aid in dying in the United States falls into two distinct categories – misinformation and uncertainty – and each is driven by different forces, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in the Journal of...
Researchers Test Nutrition-Based Approach to Protect Brain Health in Older Adults at High Risk for Alzheimer’s.
Rutgers researchers are launching a clinical trial to explore whether alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)-enriched nutrition can improve memory and brain health in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, as well as carriers of the APOE4 genotype, the strongest known...
Researchers Find Intermittent Fasting Is No Better, or Worse, Than Conventional Dieting.
Intermittent fasting – the practice of restricting eating to certain hours of the day or certain days of the week – is promoted across social media and embraced by millions of Americans. But a Cochrane systematic review of the clinical evidence finds it produces...
Join the Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health on Friday April 10th
Creating and maintaining successful academic-community partnerships Hosted by the Prevention Science program and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement. Join us for an interactive, in‑person symposium focused on building and sustaining strong...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
The Search for Autism’s Origin Heads to the Womb.
n the decades-long search for autism’s origin, researchers have tested a range of theories, some dubious – such as bad parenting – others more plausible, such as pollution. Despite billions of dollars spent on research since the first diagnosis in 1943, science has...
Please Join RITMS TODAY for a Visiting Professor Lecture, 2-3 pm
Straight-Line to Relapse: How an Aligned Extracellular Matrix makes Neuroblastoma Therapy-Resistant presented by Dr. Jinseok Park University of Southern California Child Health Institute, Room 3209 View Flyer
Reynold Panettieri and Maria Gennaro Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Reynold Panettieri Jr., MD, Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science and Director, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science and Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was named for distinguished contributions to the...
Scientists are still trying to identify what a healthy gut microbiome looks like, but new research may offer a clue.
TikTok is packed with claims that high levels of cortisol are responsible for everything from sudden weight gain to fatigue and the way your face looks. With that, it’s understandable to wonder where your own cortisol levels stand. In case you’re not familiar with it,...