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Dr. Zorimar Rivera-Núñez Awarded R21 Grant and ECHO Grant from the NIH
Dr. Zorimar Rivera-Núñez, an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health and Resident Scientist in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) was awarded her first R21 grant and an ECHO grant from the National Institutes of Health...
NJIT’s Xu is Developing a Timed-Release mRNA Vaccine with an Extended Shelf Life
Xiaoyang Xu, a chemical and materials engineer at NJIT who specializes in nanomedicines, has secured a $1 million award from the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation to develop the next generation of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Xu’s immediate goal is to...
Apply for NCATS Translational Science Interagency Fellowship!
The Translational Science Interagency Fellowship (TSIF) program is jointly sponsored by NCATS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and aims to provide training in both translational science and regulatory science. Fellows will be trained in preclinical...
Faculty Member Receives NIH Grant to Implement a Mobile Messaging Intervention to Enhance Feeding Practices in Senegal
Rutgers Global Health Institute core faculty member Shauna Downs has received a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study behavior change communication strategies to improve infant and young child nutrition...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Wei's article in IEEE Access titled, "An Omnibus Test for Differential Distribution Analysis of Continuous Microbiome Data." The human body harbors more than 1 trillion microbes, which are proved to contribute to the host’s health and growth. The...
Register for the upcoming Pathways to Prevention (P2P) Workshop
Pathways to Prevention (P2P) Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication October 12-14, 2021 (Virtual). Click HERE for more information and to register!
Translational Neuroscience Event on October 13th
Translational Neuroscience Event will feature TWO panel sessions to discuss Advances in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and CNS Models. Agenda Advances in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Keynote - Samuel Gandy, Sinai Professor of Alzheimer's DiseaseResearch...
Rutgers Alumni, Graduate Student Suggest New Term for Anxiety about Returning to the “New Normal”
Returning to work, school and everyday activities is leaving many individuals who hadn’t suffered from anxiety before the COVID-19 shutdown with Pandemic-Acquired Risk Avoidance (PARA) – a new way that psychologists characterize pandemic-related stress and...