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Fires that contribute to deforestation spiked six-fold in Colombia in the year after an historic 2016 peace agreement ended decades of conflict between FARC guerrilla and government forces, according to a study in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, has received multiple MarCom Awards for its new organizational rebranding, newly redesigned website, and a number of other communications initiatives.
ISPOR CEO and Executive Director Nancy S. Bergwas recently honored with 3 Stevie Awards®. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run.
An investigational immunotherapy drug has demonstrated efficacy and an acceptable safety profile in the treatment of follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and other B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes. The lead investigator from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shares more on the phase 1 trial.
Systems biology analyses by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers examining drug resistance to a common antibody therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma suggest calcium signaling may have an influence in addressing this treatment obstacle.
The Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Cooper University Health Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) are launching the Camden Opioid Research Initiative (CORI), a first-of-its-kind undertaking to investigate the genetic and biological factors that contribute to the development of opioid use disorder (also referred to as opioid dependence or addiction). Opioid overdoses continue to climb in New Jersey and nationally and the opioid addiction epidemic is one of the most urgent public health concerns of our time. This year is the deadliest year of this epidemic in the Garden State.
A $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the expansion of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey research focused on sun protective behaviors among young melanoma survivors -- an intervention delivered through social media.
United States Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J., 1st District), discussed a range of issues with Rowan student veterans and active military personnel Tuesday during a meeting in the Marketplace dining hall.
Safety, quality, and patient-centric care have long been a passion for Dr. Keith Lewis. After more than 30 years in the Boston area, he brings that passion and an enthusiasm for new program development, collaboration and team-building, and interprofessional education to Rutgers.
Finding suggests media bias influences the rates at which police engage black men
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming – into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products. The electrocatalysts are the first materials, aside from enzymes, that can turn carbon dioxide and water into carbon building blocks containing one, two, three or four carbon atoms with more than 99 percent efficiency.
Do you want to help scientists at Rutgers University keep track of the weather in New Jersey? The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), a nationwide volunteer network for observing precipitation, is seeking volunteer weather observers throughout the Garden State.
With more than 30 million Americans who suffer from type 2 diabetes, prevention is paramount. Many Americans are diagnosed or at risk for prediabetes, a precursor to diabetes. Anupam Ohri, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, explains how a prediabetes diagnosis does not automatically become diabetes, but can be prevented with lifestyle changes and knowledge of your risk.
ISPOR Europe 2018 concluded yesterday in Barcelona, Spain with record attendance. The Society had 5507 total attendees register for the event—the largest for any of its conferences to date.
Researchers team up with residents to provide scientific evidence that heavy truck traffic impacted a neighborhood’s air quality and compromised health
Research from investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that the cell recycling process of autophagy maintains an important tumor nutrient, arginine, in the blood supply, identifying a metabolic vulnerability of cancer.
ISPOR Europe 2018 session addresses challenges to open science, including data sharing, replication, and robustness of evidence from real-world data.
The third plenary of ISPOR Europe 2018 focused on the issue of budget impact and expenditure caps in healthcare.
A session at ISPOR Europe 2018 reported on the progress on its ISPOR Health Economics and Outcomes Research Competencies Framework™ initiative.
A session at ISPOR Europe 2018 explored how patient engagement is transforming healthcare.
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), presented a number of honorees with its annual HEOR awards this morning at ISPOR Europe 2018.
A session at ISPOR Europe 2018 explored the issue of valuing a cure in healthcare.
The second plenary at ISPOR Europe 2018, “Pharmaceutical Pricing: The Many Faces of Fairness,” sought to define “fair” in the context of pharmaceutical pricing.
A Rutgers-led experimental study found that women prefer and invest more in daughters, while men favor and invest more in their sons. The study of gender biases appears in the journal Scientific Reports.
Invited Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory talks at 60th American Physical Society-Department of Plasma Physics annual meeting.
ISPOR Europe 2018 session explored the evolving European Union policy landscape with panelists discussing if Europe is on the right path to improve outcomes research of medical devices.
ISPOR Europe 2018 session explored health technology assessment value-based pricing versus WHO fair pricing to assess which approach best delivers universal health coverage.
A session, “Healthcare X.0: Digital Technologies and Creation of Value,” at ISPOR Europe 2018 explored how digital technologies are creating the next generation healthcare system in Europe and beyond.
ISPOR Europe 2018 session, “Will Machines Soon Make Health Economists Obsolete?” explored the impact of machine learning on health economics.
ISPOR Europe 2018 opened this morning with its first plenary, “Joint Assessment of Relative Effectiveness: ‘Trick or Treat’ for Decision Makers in the EU Member States,” a session on the impact of the European Commission’s Draft Regulation on health technology assessment.
The cadavers of military veterans are being used to prepare medics to treat the devastating injuries they will encounter when deployed, through a unique collaboration between Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the United States National Guard.
To address challenges with clinical trial access for pediatric and young adult cancer patients, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will utilize a $50,000 infrastructure grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to provide additional support for a clinical research nurse.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, in collaboration with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) – New Brunswick, is the first in the Garden State to administer a form of targeted cancer treatment known as peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) for rare neuroendocrine tumors that have spread beyond the initial tumor site.