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Simulations Unlock Secrets of Blood Vessel Growth.
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the University of Florida have made a groundbreaking discovery about how blood flows through the tiniest new blood vessels in our bodies, findings that could revolutionize our understanding of everything...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Professors Push for Bridging the Biomedical-Behavioral Health Divide.
At Family Medicine at Monument Square, a Rutgers Health primary care clinic in New Brunswick, N.J., doctors, nurses and even front-office staff are trained to connect behavioral-health services to every patient who needs them. When patients present with mental health...
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Seeks to Fix Medical Assistant Shortage.
Damian Melendez never thought about working in health care until his father had a heart attack. That’s when his personal experience turned into a professional calling. In his early 20s, working in customer service at a New York airport and taking care of his father,...
Herbal Mouthwash Targets Gum Germs While Letting Helpful Bacteria Flourish.
Mouthwashes have long bragged about killing 99.9% of germs in your mouth, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest this scorched-earth approach may harm oral health by eliminating beneficial bacteria along with the bad. A study in Frontiers in Oral Health from...
Researchers Target Alzheimer’s Risk and Resilience Among Brazilian Immigrants.
Researchers at the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute have launched the Brazilian Aging in New York–New Jersey Study – one of the first United States–based studies to investigate aging and brain...
Rutgers Center for Recovery & Wellbeing Begins Outpatient Services in Plainfield, Bringing Compassionate Care and Community Healing.
Since April 2025, the Rutgers Center for Recovery & Wellbeing (RCRW), located in the heart of Plainfield, has been steadily offering outpatient (OP) services to adults seeking recovery from substance use and co-occurring behavioral health conditions. OP care...
Researchers Target Alzheimer’s Risk and Resilience Among Brazilian Immigrants.
Researchers at the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute have launched the Brazilian Aging in New York–New Jersey Study – one of the first United States–based studies to investigate aging and brain...