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Released: 27-Sep-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Young Women Who Reduce Binge Drinking Could Decrease Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Study Shows
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers analyze subgroups of women and how their substance-use patterns and personal characteristics correlate to how they have been impacted by COVID-19.

Released: 11-Sep-2022 7:00 PM EDT
Tobias Gerhard Named President of International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Tobias Gerhard, interim director of Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and founding director of Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, has been named president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE).

Released: 16-Aug-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Rutgers Will Conduct the Most Comprehensive Study Ever Done of High-Risk Children Newly Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers researchers will conduct the largest and most comprehensive study of children at high risk of developing a life-threatening complication of Type 1 diabetes with funding from JDRF.

Released: 2-Jun-2022 12:00 PM EDT
New Jersey Health Data Project Tackles State’s Pressing Health Needs
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Center for State Health Policy launched the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project this week to address some of the state’s most pressing health care issues with a virtual Research Consortium.

Released: 16-May-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Diverted Buprenorphine May Help Prepare People With Opioid-Use Disorder for Treatment
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

New research finds people who were using buprenorphine obtained without a prescription were more likely to remain in treatment for opioid-use disorder, underscoring need to expand access to this medication.

Released: 12-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Researchers outline need for new approach to COVID-19 vaccine testing
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers researchers are calling for a change in our approach to developing COVID-19 vaccines, and vaccines to fight future pandemics, to incorporate both conventional and challenge trails.

Released: 24-Mar-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Primary care tele-mentoring program model shows potential to lead to improved patient care
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

According to a new study, primary care physicians and nurse practitioners who participated in a Rutgers Project ECHO complex endocrinology tele-mentoring program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) improved care for patients with diabetes.

Released: 10-Mar-2022 9:00 AM EST
Teens and young adults overdosing on drugs for common mental health issues
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers researchers examined how often youth who overdosed on a benzodiazepine or stimulant had a recent medical prescription for that drug.

Released: 1-Mar-2022 9:00 AM EST
People with multiple sclerosis benefit from telehealth services
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

While many people skipped regular health check-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research indicates that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) used online telehealth services more frequently to keep in contact with their health care providers and were highly satisfied with the outcome.

Released: 29-Nov-2021 11:00 AM EST
Climate action can lessen poverty and inequality worldwide
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

According to a Rutgers study, if all countries adopted the same tax on carbon emissions and returned the revenues to their citizens, it is possible to keep the global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius while also benefiting wellbeing, reducing inequality, and alleviating poverty.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Rutgers and NYU Receive Federal Grant for New Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, in close collaboration with New York University, has received $11.6 million in funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop the Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity (CAHPE).

Released: 27-Sep-2021 8:00 AM EDT
Smartphone Sensor Data Has Potential to Detect Cannabis Intoxication
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

New report published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence demonstrates how phone sensor data, such as GPS, can be used to detect cannabis intoxication in young adults.

   
Released: 2-Dec-2020 2:20 PM EST
Rutgers Institute for Health Receives $10M to Study Health and Well-Being in New Jersey
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research has received $10 million in funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Rutgers University to support the New Jersey Population Health Cohort study – the largest study to date to explore factors that influence health and well-being in New Jersey.

     
Released: 8-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
The Future of Precision Medicine
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Precision medicine is a rapidly growing approach to health care that focuses on finding treatments and interventions that work for people based on their genetic makeup, rather than their symptoms. Zeeshan Ahmed, director of the new Ahmed Lab at Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, discusses the future of precision medicine, what needs to be done to successfully analyze the data necessary to develop individualized treatments and the role genetics play during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   


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