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2021-2022 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab: Ethical Challenges of AI in BioMedicine
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has great potential to assist in biomedical decision making. However, such systems are not immune from making erroneous recommendations, struggling to maintain patient privacy, and which give rise to vexing questions about their...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
Covid’s lingering effects can put the brakes on elective surgery
Waiting to undergo surgery for at least seven weeks after a Covid-19 infection reduced the risk of death, recent research shows. Read the Full Article.
For Americans struggling with poverty, ‘the safety net in the United States is very, very weak,’ expert says
According to Mark Robert Rank, author of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty, “…the reach of poverty is really wide. It affects a lot of different people in a lot of different situations. And it’s not just this one image that we often have.” Read...
Demand For Vaccines Are Dropping — So Local Doctors Are Working To Convince Patients
COVID-19 vaccine mega-sites across the U.S. are closing down due to the drop in demand for the shot. Much of the hard work of getting people vaccinated will now fall on primary care providers. Read the Full Article.
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jarrín's article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthy titled, "Timing of Home Health Care Initiation and 30-Day Rehospitalizations among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity." In the United...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Aleksunes' article in Toxins titled, "Impact of Fusarium-Derived Mycoestrogens on Female Reproduction: A Systematic Review." Zearalenone (ZEN) is a secondary metabolite of Fusarium fungi and is one of the most common mycotoxin contaminants in global...
How to Get Ahead of COVID-19 and Prepare for Future Pandemics
Two Rutgers–Camden professors are leading projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to combat COVID-19. The first, Andrey Grigoriev, a biology professor and founding director of the Rutgers–Camden Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, has...