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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Cooper's article in the Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science titled, "Changes in Companion Diagnostic Labelling: Implementation of FDA's April 2020 Guidance for Industry for In Vitro CDx Labeling for Specific Oncology Therapeutic Groups."...
Systemic Racism Is Associated with Emotional Eating in African Americans.
A national, Rutgers-led study examining the interplay between multiple forms of racism, emotional eating and physical and mental health in African Americans shows that some people who are Black engage in emotional eating as a response to discrimination and bigotry....
How College Students Perceive Academic Stress Affects Their Mental Well-Being.
Academic stress takes a toll on the mental well-being of certain groups of college students more than others – a correlation further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Rutgers New Jersey Medical School study. Published in the journal Frontiers in...
For Children Struggling With Extreme Adversity, Social Support and Community Cohesion Are Keys to Recovery.
Behavioral scientists have long researched how to help children cope with extreme adversity – such as poverty or exposure to violence. Yanping Jiang, a researcher at the Rutgers Institute for Health, thinks she’s found the answer in rural China. Building on previous...
Penn’s medical school formalizes its partnership with HBCUs in pursuit of greater diversity
Students are guaranteed admission and are exempt from taking the MCATs if they meet requirements including maintaining a 3.6 GPA, completing two summers of research and getting recommendation letters. RWJMS and NJMS are among schools with pathway programs to prepare...
Food Access Research Atlas
A helpful resource for seeing food deserts and disparities from the USDA. Healthy food security is a core social determinant of health and health-related social care. Read the Full Article.
2022 Request for Applications – Third KL2 Cohort – Career Development Scholar Program
The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS), NJ's CTSA, is delighted to announce that it is soliciting applications for its Institutional Career Development (KL2) program. The third class of KL2 Scholars will be appointed starting July 1,...
AP exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50 Year Anniversary
On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation. Based on documents leaked by Peter Buxtun, a whistleblower at the U.S. Public Health Service, the then...