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Register for 5/26, 12pm CTSA Webinar: What Biomedicine Can Learn about Reproducibility from Social & Behavioral Research
Stanford CTSA Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility in collaboration with Duke, Indiana, Harvard, and Columbia, cordially invites you to: What Biomedicine Can Learn about Reproducibility from Social & Behavioral Research: The SCORE Project. This webinar...
This mom had a cervical cancer tumor the size of a baby’s head. A clinical trial saved her life.
Aricca Wallace never thought she'd still be here. In fact, in 2012, she was told she likely had less than a year to live. The Kansas mother of two, now 49, knew something was wrong when she was 33 and noticed bleeding during intercourse. Her gynecologist at the time...
NJ ACTS K12 Request for Applications Open!
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) is delighted to announce the next cycle of its Clinical-Translational Scientist Junior Faculty Award Program (K12), supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Center for...
Should New York City Burn Its Parks? This Scientist Thinks So.
Aaron Sexton, an assistant professor of plant science from Cornell University, was addressing employees of the city’s parks department last year when he made a startling suggestion. “We should burn New York City parks,” he said. His audience laughed, but he wasn’t...
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...
New Jersey Becomes a Rising Regional Hub for Abortion Care.
New Jersey has become an increasingly important access point for abortion care in the years following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, though disparities in availability remain throughout the state, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their...
Rutgers Startup Seeks to Stop Chronic Diseases Before They Begin.
After losing family members to chronic conditions, including his father, Ilker Hacihaliloglu decided something needed to be done to ensure that preventable diseases are discovered early rather than too late. His innovation, developed at Rutgers, The State University...
How GLP-1s Are Shifting the Story of Weight, Wellness and Self-Acceptance.
The final weeks of the year are often filled with celebration and connection, prompting a great deal of reflection on what the next 12 months may hold. With the New Year on the horizon, many people feel a familiar pull toward self-improvement that can inspire a...