Discrimination, Crime and Suicidal Thoughts Associated With Greater Odds of Firearm Ownership Among Black Adults.
Black adults – particularly Black women – with higher levels of education and experiences of discrimination and crime are more likely to own a firearm, according to a study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers. In a new study appearing in...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Geller's article in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making titled, "Mining of EHR for interface terminology concepts for annotating EHRs of COVID patients." Electronic Health Records (EHRs) provide a systematic account of patient health...
For NJIT Faculty, Artificial Intelligence is a Learning Opportunity.
Public artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT are being embraced by faculty across New Jersey Institute of Technology as the latest classroom tool, just like the introductions of videoconferencing, laptops, computer-aided drafting and pocket calculators that...
Rutgers Experts Aim to Uncover Barriers to Conducting HIV Research in Africa.
Rutgers has received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a four-year study to explore the legal and ethical barriers to conducting HIV research with youth populations in central, east, west and southern Africa. The goal of researchers...
Rutgers Researchers Find Flaws in Using Source Reputation for Training Automatic Misinformation Detection Algorithms.
Researchers at Rutgers University have found a major flaw in the way that algorithms designed to detect "fake news" evaluate the credibility of online news stories. Most of these algorithms rely on a credibility score for the "source" of the article, rather than...
A Two-Fold Crisis in Black Families: Caring for a Family Member with Dementia.
The slightest noise kept Sarah Paul up most nights. She was exhausted trying to care for her 92-year-old mother who was diagnosed with dementia, a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, which Black people get at twice the rate as the overall population. “I hear her cough. I...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Maturana's article in the Journal of Virological Methods titled, "Local and systemic administration of AAV vectors with alphaherpesvirus latency-associated promoter 2 drives potent transgene expression in mouse liver, kidney, and skeletal muscle."...
NIH Fellowship Grant Writing Workshop July 31st – Register Now!
Where Should I Start? Building a Research Fellowship Application Participants will learn the basics about constructing a NIH NRSA fellowship application with a focus on specific aims. This session will be held in-person for graduate students and postdocs in Piscataway...
The Power of Prevention: Transforming Healthcare for a Healthier Future.
Rutgers University is exploring a cutting-edge healthcare model that places a greater emphasis on primary care and preventive measures rather than emergency care in underserved communities. If more individuals have access to health insurance, it is imperative to be...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jimenez's article in Pediatrics titled, "Parental Depression Screening in Pediatric Health Care Settings: A Scoping Review." Parental depression affects as many as 1 in 5 families in the United States, with negative effects on parental and child...