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This piece describes five leading scientific and engineering PPPL accomplishments of the past year.

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Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have finished designing a novel component for the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, which recently opened at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) in Griefswald, Germany.

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The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) announced today that its Latin America Consortium Publications Committee has published its first Science Policy Brief—Budget Impact Analysis: New Norms (El Análisis del Impacto Presupuestario: Nuevas Normas).

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently welcomed board certified Adult and Pediatric Otolaryngologists Mursalin M. Anis, M.D., Ph.D. and Seth McAfee, M.D. Both Dr. Anis and Dr. McAfee will play vital roles in expanding the surgical team’s capabilities and treatment for patients with diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, throat (ENT), and related structures of the head and neck.

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Aiming to enhance the training of cancer surgeons, a two-year fellowship program is now being offered by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The program offers board-eligible surgeons an opportunity to subspecialize in the intricacies of cancer care both in the clinical and research arenas.

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The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) announced today that it has published a new Global Health Care Systems Road Map—Denmark Pharmaceuticals. ISPOR Global Health Care Systems Road Maps provide an overview of country-specific, health care delivery systems.

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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have produced self-consistent computer simulations that capture the evolution of an electric current inside fusion plasma without using a central electromagnet, or solenoid.

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Article describes mechanism that halts solar eruptions

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The Meridian Cancer Care team is proud to welcome James Bosscher, M.D., a gynecologic oncologist with expertise in robotic-assisted surgery.

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PPPL physicists win Torkil Jensen Award to conduct key experiments on DIII-D

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Graduate students from two British universities install a critical new diagnostic on NSTX-U

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The FDA recently proposed a ban on tanning bed use by those under 18. Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey behavioral scientist Jerod L. Stapleton, PhD, whose research aims to understand why young people frequently engage in indoor tanning, shares some insight into the topic.

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With her wife by her side, a Rutgers graduate pursues her love of acting and improving the lives of urban children

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A team of female students in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, are developing kits to teach young girls the fundamentals of engineering.

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Drs. Anthony Lowman and Kenneth Blank, of Rowan University, have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of their impact to the economy through innovative discoveries, creating startup companies and enhancing the culture of academic invention.

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Brian Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, is leading an Institute of Medicine-sponsored committee of scientists studying whether Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can be eliminated. Story lists all committee members.

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Schweickhard “Schwick” von Goeler, an award-winning physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) for more than 35 years and the inventor of numerous X-ray diagnostics used in fusion experiments worldwide, died of leukemia on Dec. 6 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was 84.

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As Ocean Medical Center prepares to kick-off construction on a multi-million dollar cancer center expansion and renovation project, Ocean Medical Center Foundation has received a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor to support the project.

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Bernard named communications director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

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Human beings do not have gills, but swimming underwater as if we did has long been a basic urge. With his “amphibious respirator unit,” a prototype for what the world now calls SCUBA gear, Christian Lambertsen, Rutgers Class of 1939, made diving feasible for millions of people.

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On Saturday, December 12, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Meridian Community Resource Center at Freehold Raceway Mall (located near Macy’s on Level One) , will host a gift wrapping extravaganza called Wrapped in Love. The center will offer gift wrapping services for shoppers and accept voluntary donations in support of K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital – the most comprehensive provider of pediatric care in Monmouth and Ocean counties.

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The Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine has entered into a two-year $973,000 agreement with the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health Addiction Services to provide early intervention and treatment services for individuals who have, or are at risk for, substance abuse disorders.

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry M. Rowan has died at age 92

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Rutgers University-Newark’s Robin Gaby Fisher has spent her career writing about tragedy and resilience

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center, home to K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital, creates magical holiday experiences for patients by hosting a variety of entertainers and special performances.

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Fantasy sports look a lot like sports betting when you look at the way Internet sites have changed the game entirely, and the billions they are making in the process.

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The Eighteenth Annual Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Gala, Building a Better Future, took place on Saturday, November 21 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch. This signature fundraising event raised over $720,000, a record in the event’s 18-year history, which will benefit Meridian's not-for-profit hospitals and community health programs throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties.

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When it comes to learning about the safety of e-cigarettes, physicians are the most trusted source. The research from investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers School of Public Health appears in the November 2015 issue of 'Preventive Medicine Reports.'

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An innovative multimedia archive at Rutgers Libraries collects ephemera from New Brunswick’s music scene from the 1980s to today

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Article about a proposed plasma-based method for treating nuclear waste.

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ISPOR announced today a new Student Network benefit that now provides ISPOR student members with complimentary access to FormularyDecisions.com®.

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This article describes the discovery of two new sources of turbulence in compact spherical tokamaks.

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At the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the spirit of tinkering lives. This past summer a team of engineers invented a mechanical device designed to be installed on ITER, the multinational fusion machine being built in the south of France, using 3D printing and parts bought at Walmart.

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The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 18th Annual European Congress recently concluded in Milan, Italy. Health ministries and government officials from more than 40 countries convened in Milan on 7-11 November, 2015 with over 5,000 ISPOR delegates.

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Research from investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey examining the inner workings of a rare benign kidney tumor has revealed a mechanism to prevent this type of tumor from becoming malignant.

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Rutgers eating behavior expert gives tips on maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the holidays

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Rob Goldston wins 2015 Nuclear Fusion Award for best paper published in 2012

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A team of physicists led by Stephen Jardin of the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has discovered a mechanism that prevents the electrical current flowing through fusion plasma from repeatedly peaking and crashing. This behavior is known as a "sawtooth cycle" and can cause instabilities within the plasma's core.

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researcher ‘Jessie’ Yanxiang Guo, PhD, has received a $628,884 grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate the role of a cell survival mechanism known as autophagy in lung cancers driven by the active Kras protein, which is responsible for cell division. The aim is to provide a new strategy for lung cancer treatment.

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Katherine Lau used her biomedical engineering know-how to help create a prosthesis for a 4-year-old girl using 3-D printing.

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Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories working on very different types of fusion experiments have begun a novel collaboration. Under the arrangement, the DOE’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will design a diagnostic system to provide high-resolution analysis of research on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

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Most people are aware of the cancer signified by pink, but do they know the ribbon color of lung malignancy, a disease that kills more women each year than breast tumors? It is a bit of a trick question. Todd L. Demmy, MD, FACS, FCCP, chief of thoracic oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, explains.

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In conjunction with the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has opened a clinical trial for patients with metastatic kidney cancer. The study is examining a combination of pembrolizumab, a type of drug known as a “checkpoint” inhibitor, with bevacizumab.

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Rutgers University graduate Simeon DeWitt and his former classmates kept in touch through eight years of war

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ISPOR recognized its 2015 ISPOR Award recipients at the 18th Annual European Congress in Milan, Italy.

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ISPOR's 18th Annual European Congress third plenary session — Recommendations from the ISPOR Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Emerging Good Practice Task Force and Remaining Controversies — was held this morning at the MiCo – Milano Congressi in Milan, Italy.

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Jersey Shore University Medical Center, part of the Meridian Health family, will break ground on the HOPE Tower Project – a $265 million building development on the hospital's east campus that will provide a new healing outpatient experience for the community. HOPE Tower's expected date of completion is early 2018.

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ISPOR 18th Annual European Congress Workshop 12 focused on the issue of, “Optimizing Patient Involvement in Payer Health Care Decisions to Access New Therapies.”