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CONGRATULATIONS DR. PHOEBE STAPLETON!
What is your current position and what is your favorite aspect of it? I am an Assistant Professor in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Dept of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. I have two favorite aspects of my position, pertaining to research and teaching. I love...
Bringing Health Care Into Communities
Community health workers at the front lines of the pandemic are providing essential care for underserved populations. Across the world, some of the most important factors contributing to poor health are rooted in social determinants of health, including the cost and...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Geller's article in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making titled, "Missing lateral relationships in top-level concepts of an ontology". Ontologies house various kinds of domain knowledge in formal structures, primarily in the form of concepts and...
No cases of mutant COVID strain identified in NJ so far, but experts are wary
A mutant strain of the coronavirus that surfaced in the United Kingdom last month has not been reported in New Jersey — yet. Virus experts are watching warily, conceding that its spread is virtually inevitable. New York State reported Monday that a man in his 60s in...
Rutgers expert: We likely will need COVID-19 vaccines annually
In an interview about COVID-19 vaccines, Richard Marlink, the director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, discusses that people may need to get vaccinated annually as well as the importance of a global approach to controlling the pandemic. The following is an excerpt...
NJ ACTS Special Seminar
A special seminar by Michael Kurilla, MD, PhD, Director of Clinical Innovation in NCATS, will take place on Monday, January 25, 2021 from 4:00-5:00 pm. Dr. Kurilla will speak on: NCATS Perspectives: ‘Let’s Do This’. His talk will be the inaugural lecture of the new...
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Takes Aim at Racial Gaps in Health Care
The incoming administration’s task force on health equity will address a terrible reality of American medicine: persistent racial and ethnic disparities in access and care. Read the Full Article.
Student Volunteers Are Essential to Rutgers’ COVID-19 Testing Strategy
The Rutgers Global Health Institute Student Council has organized a volunteer effort to help the university execute its COVID-19 testing strategy. The university offers SARS-CoV-2 PCR saliva testing (for the active virus that leads to COVID-19) to employees and...