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Neuroscientist Offers Insight on Causes and Treatment of Autism.
April is Autism Awareness Month, and according to a 2023 CDC report, 1 in 36 U.S. children under the age of 8 have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This rate is four times higher than when the CDC began collecting nationwide data on the disorder in...
Novus I-Corps Program at Rutgers University – Register before May 12th!
Learn about the impact your research or innovation could have in solving real-world problems by attending our Novus I-Corps Program at Rutgers University, a half-day introduction to I-Corps, co-sponsored by Rutgers Innovation Ventures and the Northeast I-Corps Hub!...
Those Who Avoided COVID-19 Precautions Early in the Pandemic Are More Likely to Buy Firearms.
People who avoid COVID-19 precautions to prevent illness are more likely to purchase firearms – a pattern of behavior most common among moderate and conservative individuals, according to a Rutgers study. The researchers surveyed a sample of 6,404 adults from three...
NJIT Data Science Students Have New Opportunities with Bayer in Latest Industry Partnership.
The global life sciences and health care giant Bayer has partnered with New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Stevens Institute of Technology to create unique learning opportunities for data science students that will educate, engage and inspire the next...
NJIT Design Student and Oncologist Work to Make Life Easier for Patients with Mediports.
Johmary Adames ’24 and Dr. Krupesh Patel have joined forces to create a protective cover to shield patients’ mediports. Adames is an industrial design major, and Dr. Patel is a pediatric oncologist, who’s close to finishing his MBA at NJIT. Mediports are small,...
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...
Rutgers-Newark Receives $4.7 Million Grant to Study Exercise and Alzheimer’s Risk in African Americans.
A five-year federal grant awarded to Rutgers University-Newark will soon begin examining whether something as simple as rigorous exercise can help stave off Alzheimer's disease in African Americans. The funding, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the...
Rutgers Launches Lyme Disease Vaccine Study.
The university is participating in the effort to determine the efficacy of what could be the first vaccine to prevent Lyme disease in children ages 5 to 17. Rutgers has been selected as a clinical trial site for the national research study by drug company Pfizer Inc....