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Bridging the Autism Service Cliff with Job Interview Training.
For adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) trying to land a job, one-on-one interview training is a better way to prepare than group sessions, which may work for others, a Rutgers study found. “One of the first steps to obtaining employment is succeeding in a job...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Go behind the scenes at Rutgers’ World Trade Center Health Program.
Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, thousands of first responders and others who worked near the World Trade Center continue to suffer from health effects. With time, many of those ailments - from PTSD to cancer - are just now emerging or...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jimenez's article in Academic Pediatrics titled, "A Mixed-Methods Investigation Examining Site-Level Variation in Reach Out and Read Implementation." Pervasive racial and ethnic income-based inequities in developmental health are a major threat to...
Study Supports Widespread Use of Brain Research Probes in Epilepsy Patients.
Electrodes designed to collect research data while also locating epileptic seizures in the brain perform about as well as electrodes designed solely to locate seizures, according to Rutgers and UCLA researchers. “The finding could increase the usage of these...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Wei's article in Nature Communications titled, "Clustering of single-cell multi-omics data with a multimodal deep learning method." Single-cell RNA sequence (scRNA-seq) profiles a high-resolution picture inside an individual cell. Based on scRNA-seq...
Rutgers Researcher Victoria Abraira Named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Victoria Abraira’s grandmother had trouble seeing or hearing when she was in her 90s during the final years of her life. But Abraira said the matriarch of her family always knew when she came to visit simply from her touch. “She could feel that it was me when I...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Mahone's article in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse titled, "Opioid use disorder treatment and the role of New Jersey Medicaid policy changes: perspectives of office-based buprenorphine providers." In the US, seventy percent of...