NEWS
New Jersey Institute of Technology Hires a Leading Voice for Diversity.
New Jersey Institute of Technology has tapped David E. Jones, a leading voice for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in higher education, to become its first chief diversity officer. Jones, who starts Dec. 1, joins from William Paterson University, where he...
Register Now for the 2022 Healthcare Innovation Virtual Summit on 12/3/22
Digital Health and Connectedness The virtual Summit will be held this Saturday December 3rd and is centered around the themes of digital health and the innovative integration of digital technologies into clinical practice. The Summit will contain talks from prominent...
Improving Equity in Patient Engagement and Healthcare Communication.
Fostering connections and cultivating collaboration among scholars and advocates was the aim of the inaugural “Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Patient Engagement and Health Communication” held October 14, 2022 at the Heldrich Hotel in New...
Bariatric Surgery Decreases Risk of Heart Disease.
A Rutgers study of obese adults, all with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and morbid obesity (body mass index > 40), has shown that those who underwent bariatric surgery suffered far fewer extreme cardiovascular events subsequently. Reporting...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Chen's article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research titled, "Identifying Influences in Patient Decision-making Processes in Online Health Communities: Data Science Approach." In recent years, online health communities (OHCs) such as the Cancer...
Researchers discover behavior of immunity genes leading to worse COVID outcomes for men.
Why do men have worse outcomes than women from COVID-19? A new study suggests it’s not something wrong with males, it’s something right with females. Specifically, females’ innate immune systems.A team of researchers from Princeton University, Flatiron Institute of...
Sleeping Medications Used for Insomnia May Combat Drug and Alcohol Addiction.
Rutgers researchers think they have identified a biological process for drug and alcohol addiction and believe existing insomnia treatments could be used to reduce or eliminate cravings. A review in the December 2022 issue of Biological Psychiatry and previously...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Barrett's article in the American Journal of Public Health titled, "Community- Versus Health Care Organization-Based Approaches to Expanding At-Home COVID-19 Testing in Black and Latino Communities, New Jersey, 2021." Although free COVID-19 testing has...