Methadone Use in Early Pregnancy May Lead to More Birth Defects Than Buprenorphine.
Researchers from Rutgers Health and Harvard Medical School have found fewer congenital defects in children whose mothers treated opioid use disorder with buprenorphine rather than methadone during the first trimester of pregnancy. The study findings extend those from...
Push for new avenue to compensation for NJ 9/11 responders.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Michael Boll was a Union Township police officer when he received a statewide alert to help remove debris from the World Trade Center towers and to find people who were trapped. He responded hours later with a group of fellow police officers. “It...
A Study of How Americans Die May Improve Their End of Life.
A Rutgers Health analysis of millions of Medicare records has laid the groundwork for improving end-of-life care by demonstrating that nearly all older Americans follow one of nine trajectories in their last three years of life. “Identifying which paths people...
Join NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core for its NIH F-Series Grant Writing Workshop
Where Should I Start? Building A Research Proposal. Participants will learn about constructing their proposal for submission as a NIH F-series Fellowship Application All interested students and postdocs are welcome to attend this in-person session in . Others can...
Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Probably Not.
March 15 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. This year’s theme is “Sleep Equity for Global Health.” Maya Ramagopal, a professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers...
Antipsychotic Injections Linked to a Sharp Drop in Hospital Readmissions
Antipsychotic injections upon hospital discharge were associated with a 75 percent reduction in 30-day rehospitalizations when compared with oral antipsychotics, according to a Rutgers Health study. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical...
Spring 2024 LEARNING MENTORING, Tuesday 3/19-5/7, 10-11am
Are you a STEM grad student or postdoc, and committed to becoming an effective mentor? Join a virtual cohort of like-minded peers! A major component of many careers -- both within and beyond the academy -- is mentoring trainees, yet graduate students and postdocs...
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Retains Position as the State’s Only Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, together with RWJBarnabas Health, has been redesignated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, placing it among the top centers in the country reviewed in 2023. The designation from the NCI,...
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research 2025 Grant Cycle – $6M in Funding Available
The Research Program Guidelines for the 2025 Grant Cycle is located on the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research website at: https://www.nj.gov/health/spinalcord/ For all grant categories, applicants must complete an online application. Online applications...
Most People with TB Report No Persistent Cough.
A significant proportion of people in the community with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have subclinical disease, according to a meta-analysis involving survey studies across Africa and Asia. In adjusted analyses, 82.8% (95% CI 78.6-86.6) of participants with TB reported...