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Rutgers Receives $3.2 Million From NIH to Study Micronanoplastics in the Digestive System.
Rutgers received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of micronanoplastics on the digestive system. The byproduct of environmental and industrial processes, micro- and nano-scale plastic particles and fibers increasingly...
Rutgers Health Clinical Research Work Group 10/28 at 12pm
New Dashboards and Reporting Capabilities Through OnCore Jonathan Carter, MBS Business Systems Analyst Clinical Trials Office We are back with another joint work group call. Jonathan will show the new reporting capabilities through OnCore, Rutgers’ clinical trial...
Testing a Revolutionary Treatment Against Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.
Rutgers Health researchers will enroll primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (p-MS) patients to see if an engineered immune cell therapy can halt the progression of the autoimmune disease. Mistargeted attacks by the body’s immune system and active...
Expert Offers Tips to Stay Calm Amid Rising Political Tensions.
Recent polling data reveal that 73% of adults feel anxious about the 2024 U.S. election. It’s a natural reaction made worse by social media algorithms, but science offers ways to mitigate it, said Petros Levounis, chair of psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. DeMarco's article in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science titled, "Digital badges in academia: An educational tool for the clinical research coordinator." A digital badge is a visual representation of a validated learned skill or...
NJIT Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Develop AI-Powered Solar Eruption Forecasting System.
NJIT researchers have been awarded a $593,864 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new AI system for more quickly and accurately predicting when explosive space weather events on the Sun will strike, from solar flares to coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The...
Genetic predispositions for psychiatric disorders are linked to divorce
Divorce is common worldwide. It is also consequential. Marital status has been linked to a range of psychiatric morbidities. Much of the effort to understand the links between divorce and psychiatric disorders has focused on examining whether disorders are likely to...
Shawna Hudson Is Elected to National Academy of Medicine.
For more than two decades, Shawna Hudson has been making inroads – through research and work in the community – to improve the health of underserved populations. This week, the Rutgers Health medical sociologist joins the ranks of 100 new members invited to join the...