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Learning Health System Scholars Training Program – 2025 RFA Open Now!
Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research in New Jersey 2025 Request for Applications The Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research in New Jersey (LHS STAR NJ) is excited to announce the 2nd cycle of its Learning Health System (LHS) Scholars...
Tracking Tiny Facial Movements Can Reveal Subtle Emotions in Autistic Individuals.
A study led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers suggests that tiny facial movements – too slight for the human eye to notice – could help scientists better understand social communication in people with autism. Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, the...
AI Ethics Lab Explores Impacts of the Technology’s Rapid Growth.
A global research initiative has emerged at Rutgers–Camden to tackle the pressing ethical challenges and opportunities posed by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, or AI. Launched last fall, the AI Ethics Lab, housed in the Digital Studies Center under the...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Salvatore's article in Behavior Genetics titled, "Alcohol use in Early Midlife: Findings from the Age 37 Follow-Up Assessment of the FinnTwin12 Cohort." Early midlife, defined as ages 30 to 40, is an understudied but important period in the...
Restoring Muscles by Stimulating the Brain.
Elisa Kallioniemi slides a circular disk over her head, stops above her right ear and clicks. Her left hand jumps. She moves it a couple of inches back, clicks again, and is suddenly speechless, mid-sentence. With a single pulse of electromagnetic energy, her device...
Fighting for Others: How Guilt and Obligation Drives the Desire for More Intensive Treatments in End-of-Life Cancer Care.
Guilt and shame – not hope for recovery – are among the most common reasons terminally ill cancer patients continue with minimally beneficial treatments at the end of life, according to Rutgers researchers. “In the United States, advanced illness care is enveloped in...
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...
Tracking Firearm Violence and Impact on Dental Health.
Higher firearm violence in neighborhoods is linked to lower rates of people going to the dentist and higher rates of total tooth loss, known as edentulism, according to Rutgers researchers. Their study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, used...