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New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Zahn's article in Micromachines titled, "A Cerebral Organoid Connectivity Apparatus to Model Neuronal Tract Circuitry." Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. The global burden has...
Rutgers Joins Alliance to Increase Diversity in Genetic Counseling.
Since its inception in 2017, the Rutgers Genetic Counseling Master’s Program has been preparing students for careers in one of the nation’s fastest-growing healthcare professions, securing 100 percent employment for its graduates. Now the program has joined with...
COMMENTARY: Leveraging the Urgency of Economic Disparities Driven by the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen the U.S. Safety Net
The adverse economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to socioeconomic and health disparities in the United States, with a disproportionate impact among low-income persons and communities of color. However, these disparities documented over the past...
Officials Question Why FDA Continues to Restrict Gay Blood Donors.
The guidance was originally put into place over concerns that MSM have a higher risk than the average person of having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the U.S., the estimated lifetime risk for HIV infection among MSM is one in six. In comparison, heterosexual...
OPINION: Asian and Pacific Islander health care providers are stressed, live in fear. They need help.
Ann M. Nguyen, an assistant research professor and scientist at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy and Nathan Stewart, a research coordinator at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, say Asian and Pacific Islander providers...
Salam Daher Wins Tech Innovator Award for Healthcare Simulation.
Salam Daher, assistant professor of informatics, this week received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Technology Innovator of the Year award in recognition of four projects addressing patient simulation. Daher joined NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing in...
Nonprofit offers free in-home overnight child care to low-income, single mothers
Along the Way in the Philadelphia region is geared toward helping overnight and weekend shift workers, particularly people with hotel, retail, and restaurant jobs who were the first to lose their positions during the pandemic. Read the Full Article.
Social Service Collaboratives Helping Families Fare Better During Pandemic.
As the old adage goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” According to groundbreaking research from Rutgers University–Camden, South Jersey families receiving assistance from the Whole Families Approach, a program that pools social-service providers...