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.
Industrialist and philanthropist Henry M. Rowan has died at age 92
Rowan University researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect early-stage Parkinson's disease and differentiate it from later stages of the disease. The test can also distinguish Parkinson's from other neurological (Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis) and non-neurological diseases (breast cancer).
Long an innovator in broadening participation in the engineering education of underserved and underrepresented minorities, the Rowan University Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering now is taking a lead in transforming science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community.
Newly published research from the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine explains why up to half of older adults who undergo general anesthesia develop postoperative delirium – the sudden onset of confusion, aggression or agitated behavior that could progress to dementia.
Researchers from the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine presented findings at the “2015 Hurricane Sandy Conference: Translating Research into Practice,” showing that strong neighborhood relationships reduced the incidence of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among older adults exposed to Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that devastated the Northeast United States. The findings provide new information about how the neighborhoods where older adults live can be bolstered in the face of natural disasters.
Rowan's School of Osteopathic Medicine has received a $2.55 million dollar HRSA grant to establish the New Jersey Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (NJGWEP). An coalition of several area organizations, Rowan’s NJGWEP is the only New Jersey based project to share in the $35.7 million HRSA awards this fiscal year.
Rowan University and Bamboo Therapeutics, Inc. have entered into an asset transfer agreement to commercialize a novel gene therapy for the treatment of Canavan disease, a rare but devastating neurological disease that tragically takes a child’s life by age 10. Canavan disease is one of the most common and complex degenerative cerebral diseases in infants.
Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, opened a one-of-a-kind Virtual Reality Center, poised to support R&D and find solutions to real-world problems in New Jersey and around the world.
Thanks to a $1-million commitment from the Give Something Back Foundation (GSBF), some 50 high school students will be able to attend Rowan University (Glassboro, New Jersey) at no cost for tuition or room and board.
Prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation after critical illness is an emerging public health challenge; however, long-term outcomes are incompletely understood. Critical care and emergency medicine researchers at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and Cooper University Hospital have published a study on the long-term outcomes for critically ill patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, a specialty journal of The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals.
Rowan University will host the New Jersey Big Data Alliance’s (NJBDA) second annual symposium on Wednesday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m in the Eynon Ballroom in the Student Center on the Glassboro, New Jersey, campus. “Big Data and the Transformation of Society” will include a keynote address by Raymond Blum, Google’s “International Man of Mystery,” as well as panel discussions that delve into how Big Data (digital data) transforms transportation, healthcare and the workforce, as well as ramifications for privacy.
Professor provides tips for families whose children have just been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Dr. Douglas Mann is coordinating the first "psyching team" for the New Jersey Marathon & Half-Marathon and providing tips for runners dealing with race-related anxiety.
The NIH-National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has awarded Brian W. Roberts, MD, of Cooper University Health Care and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), a grant to study post-resuscitation partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest
A newly published study is the first to report an association between bisphenol-A (BPA), a common plasticizer used in a variety of consumer food and beverage containers, with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children.
A Rowan University researcher has been awarded a three-year, $477,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to develop a stem cell-based therapy for Canavan disease, a rare but devastating neurological disorder in children that typically takes a child’s life by age 10.
Researchers at the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine have discovered a molecular ‘switch’ that controls replication and transcription of mitochondria DNA, a key finding that could influence the development of targeted therapies for cancer, developmental processes related to fertility and aging.
The Henry M. Rowan Family Foundation has committed $15 million to Rowan University’s College of Engineering, which will be named the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, Rowan President Dr. Ali Houshmand announced today.
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