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December 18,2006
Post-Mastectomy Radiation is Underutilized as a Treatment Method in
Older Breast Cancer Patients
Study shows there could be a benefit for those at highest risk
San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 2006 – During a poster session this past weekend at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dr. Bruce G. Haffty, Associate Director and Chair of Radiation Oncology at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, along with colleagues from other institutions presented data that shows post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT), although associated with improved survival in high risk women, is relatively underutilized. The study is an updated analysis of a recent study published by the same group, with additional demographic data (Smith B, Haffty B et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 30, October 20, 2006: pp. 4901-4907). more...
December 11, 2006
Football Superstar Tiki Barber Visits The Cancer Institute of New Jersey to Talk to Children and Their Parents
About Coping with Sickle Cell Disease more...
December 1, 2006
Combination Therapy Improves Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients
Study Conducted at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Yale New Haven Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 1, 2006 – Giving radiation therapy and chemotherapy at the same time after a lumpectomy helps keep breast cancer from returning locally, according to a study released in the December 1, 2006 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. more...
November 27, 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Observes 25th Anniversary of AIDS
on World AIDS Day-- Free Rapid HIV Testing Available --
New Brunswick -- UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RJWMS) will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS as part of World AIDS Day on Friday, December 1. The theme will be “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.” more...
November 24, 2006
Professors Named Fellows of National Science Association
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Two professors at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and one professor at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, are among 449 scientists named 2006 Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). more...
November 14, 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Awarded $233,000 NIH Grant to
Support New Jersey Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
The National Institutes of Health awarded a $233,000 grant to a multidisciplinary team of leading UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School research faculty and other academic, industry and state partners. The grant will support the development of the infrastructure and training mechanisms needed to facilitate the translation of basic discoveries to clinical trials and apply the outcomes of clinical trials to patient care. more...
November 6, 2006
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Pediatric Metabolism Center at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Medical School Hosts Seminar to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for Families
New Brunswick – Learning how to promote and practice healthy lifestyles will be the focus of a free seminar hosted by The Bristol-Myers Squibb Pediatric Metabolism Center at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The seminar will feature Jeff Levine, MD, associate professor of family medicine, who will present “Confessions of the Biggest Loser: Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in our Families by Practicing What We Preach.” more...
November 1, 2006
$19 Million to Support Center for the Development of Medicines to Treat a Chemical Terror Attack
New Brunswick—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $19.2 million grant to UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey to support the creation of a Center of Excellence focused on the development of new and improved medical countermeasures against chemical threats. more...
October 26, 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Establishes
Department of Dermatology
New Brunswick-UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School recently established a Department of Dermatology, providing state-of-the-art clinical dermatology in an academic environment. Along with skin protection and skin cancer protection, the department’s services include medical dermatology and dermatologic surgery. more...
October 24, 2006
A Day on the Links Raises Dollars and Awareness for Prostate Cancer
Jon Runyan and other Tri-State Area Professional Athletes
Do Their Part in the Fight Against Cancer
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, October 24, 2006 – Celebrity sports figures including Hall of Fame members from the Philadelphia Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles met at Ramblewood Country Club in Mt. Laurel on October 3rd to help raise awareness of prostate cancer - a disease that will strike one in six men this year alone. Hosted by Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jon Runyan, the second annual Score for the Cure golf tournament brought in $100,000 to support prostate cancer research at the Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. more...
October 19, 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Offers Free Rapid HIV/AIDS Testing -
Oral Test Provides Results in 20 Minutes
New Brunswick-UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offers Free Rapid HIV/AIDS testing at multiple sites in New Brunswick, including the Chandler Health Center and the HIV Rapid Testing Center in Suite I off Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. These programs are among 106 grant-funded sites in the State of New Jersey offering confidential
Rapid/HIV testing and counseling for free. more...
October 9, 2006
Faculty at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Named Family Physician of the Year - Dr. Steven Levin honored for his ongoing commitment to underserved populations
During a ceremony of the AAFP’s Annual Scientific Assembly, Dr. Steven J. Levin, an associate professor at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, received this prestigious honor for his ongoing contributions to providing medical care to underserved men, women and children. more...
October 5, 2006
35th Annual George Boxer Memorial Lecture Slated for October 10, 2006
PISCATAWAY - Dr. Pasko Rakic, a world renowned researcher in the field of cellular and molecular development of the brain and the director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale University School of Medicine, will present "Making Maps of the Mind," the 2006 George Boxer Memorial Lecture, on October 10, at 4 p.m., in the Main Auditorium at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, in Piscataway . The Boxer Memorial Lecture series is a free public program offered by the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology. more...
October 3, 2006
Alumni Association Awards $200,000 in Scholarships and Loans to UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Students
New Brunswick – The Alumni Association Board of Trustees of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) awarded $200,000 in contributions to RWJMS for the 2006-07 academic year. Scholarships and low-interest loans totaling $175,000 were awarded to students. In addition, the association made its fourth $25,000 contribution to the $100,000 RWJMS Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. more...
September 20, 2006
What could bring together police officers, college students and the
New Brunswick business community?
…a desire to make a difference in the fight against cancer in their own backyard.
New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 20, 2006 – Individuals through-out New Jersey can join the fight against cancer on Sunday, October 1, 2006 when the Rutgers University Police Department hosts its annual High Speed Chase for the Cure! 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Patient Relief Fund at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ). This year’s race is in partnership with the Rutgers Student Movement Against Cancer, a student organization dedicated to helping the fight against cancer, and the Rutgers Daily Targum. The race is sponsored by Citigroup Smith Barney of New Brunswick. more...
August 29, 2006
UMDNJ Researcher Receives Grant from Leukemia Research Foundation
$100K award in one of largest in Foundation’s history
(NEW BRUNSWICK) – Dr. Chih-Cheng Tsai, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been named the recipient of a one-year, $100,000 research grant from the Leukemia Research Foundation. The $100,000 grant is the largest ever offered by the Foundation and is one of seven grants of that amount awarded as part of the Foundation’s 2006/2007 funding of blood cancer research at institutions from across the United States. more...
August 18, 2006
156 Students Participate in White Coat Ceremony at
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick-UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School hosted the 2006 White Coat ceremony on August 11 in the Courtyard of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Peter S. Amenta, MD, PhD, interim dean of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) opened the ceremony joined by Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD, interim president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The keynote speaker was Jeffrey Levine, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is the Director of Women's Health Programs in the Department of Family Medicine. more....
August 15, 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts MD/PhD Symposium
New Brunswick--UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) held its
second annual MD/PhD program symposium July 17 at the Child Health
Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ). Peter Amenta, MD, PhD, interim dean of
RWJMS opened the symposium along with Terri Goss Kinzy, PhD, MD/PhD
program director for the medical school, and Francesco Ramirez, PhD,
director of CHINJ. Ronald A. Morton, MD, chief of the Division of
Urology at RWJMS, and director of the Center for Clinical and
Translational Research gave the keynote address on Key Lessons on a
Career as a Physician Scientist. more...
July 2006
‘Help Defeat Cancer’ Project Launched Using IBM Technology to Speed Cancer Research
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., JULY 20, 2006 – Researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are working with IBM on a project aimed at advancing cancer research using the massive computational power of World Community Grid. more....
July 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Researcher Receives Funding for
Translational Research from The Michael J. Fox Foundation
New Brunswick - Mona Thiruchelvam, PhD, assistant professor of
environmental and occupational medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School is one of 10 recipients internationally to receive a
grant for translational research in Parkinson's disease (PD) from The
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. more...
July 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Offers Specialized Cardiac Care
for Children -Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Available in New Jersey-
New Brunswick--UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) has
expanded options for children with serious heart problems through the
only comprehensive academic pediatric cardiac program in New Jersey.
RWJMS faculty members staffing the pediatric cardiac unit at the
Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital (RWJUH) are bringing complex surgical procedures,
previously unavailable in the state, to the New Brunswick campus. Among
such advances is a pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory which is
the vanguard of catheterization facilities for children. more...
July 2006
UMDNJ Researcher Finds Oral Medication
Improves
Breathing for Scleroderma
Patients,
Study Published in New England Journal of
Medicine
An oral medication improves overall lung function and reduces
lung-related inflammation associated with the deadly skin disease
scleroderma, says a researcher at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey who was part of a national study. more...
July 2006
Breastfeeding Linked to Reduced Bed-wetting
Study Shows the Longer a Woman Breastfeeds Her Infant,the Less Likely Her Child Will Exhibit Bed-Wetting
Results of the study, publishing in the July issue of Pediatrics, found that children who were breastfed for less than three months were twice as likely to experience bed-wetting as compared to those who were breastfed for more than three months. more...
June 2006
Cystic Fibrosis Program Teams with Boomer Esiason Foundation
To Raise Funds in Support of Research
New Brunswick, N.J. - The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's
(RWJMS) Division of Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis and the Cystic
Fibrosis Center at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will team with the Boomer
Esiason Foundation at a golf exhibition on July 8 to raise funds for the
fight against Cystic Fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic respiratory
disease. The event will be held at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club and
feature head-to-head competition between National Football League
players Boomer Esiason and Mark Rypian, and Ladies' Professional Golf
Association players Michelle McGann, Natalie Gulbis and Kate Golden. more...
June 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Announces Special Arrival
SimBaby Arrives on Medical School Campus
Christine W. Hunter, MD, associate professor and chair, Department of Anesthesiology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is pleased to announce the recent arrival of SimBaby, the newest member of the simulator family. Weighing 21 pounds, and measuring 27.5 inches, the infant mannequin realistically simulates the anatomy and physiological responses of a child three months to two years old.
“Simulation studies are an important addition to the medical curriculum,” explains Christine Hunter, chair of Department of Anesthesiology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “The life-like mannequins help residents as well as medical students improve competency training and critical thinking skills.” more...
June 2006
Award of Hope Honorees Announced - Annual Event To Honor Long-time Friends and Supporters and Leading Breast Cancer Physicians
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the honorees for the Eleventh Annual Award of Hope Gala and Benefit Auction. Governor Christine Todd Whitman and John R. Whitman will receive the Award of Hope for their years of support to bring a cancer center of extraordinary quality to the citizens of New Jersey and for their leadership to continue to advance cancer care and discovery. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) breast oncologists Dr. Deborah Toppmeyer and Dr. Tom Kearney will be honored with the Leadership in Patient Care Award for their dedication to their patients, their research, and the community. more...
June 2006
UMDNJ Orthopedic Surgeon Receives NIH Grant
to Develop Laboratory-Produced Knee Cartilage Replacement
An orthopedic surgeon at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a tissue engineered implant replacement of badly damaged knee meniscus that will effectively restore function. more...
June 2006
Public Invited to Free Asthma Awareness Health Fair in New Brunswick
Families are invited to attend a free Asthma Awareness Health Fair, which is being hosted by medical students from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, on Sat., July 15, at 10 a.m., at the Eric B. Chandler Health Center, 277 George Street, New Brunswick. more...
June 2006
Play to Win: New Jersey Pride and CINJ Come Together to Battle Breast Cancer State’s Only Men’s Professional Lacrosse Team Pairs With State’s Only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The New Jersey Pride, the Garden State’s only professional lacrosse team, announced today that it will pair with The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) for the team’s August 5 game to promote breast cancer awareness. The partnership is in conjunction with the Pride’s celebration of women’s lacrosse, and $5 from every ticket sold for that game will be donated back to CINJ to provide support for research, education and support programs. more...
June 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Announces New Health Services in New Brunswick Area Also unveils Spanish version of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center
website
Dr. Vladeck led the cutting of a ribbon during a ceremony marking the official opening of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center Church Street Annex. Patients of this new location will receive primary care and preventive health services at 123 Church Street in New Brunswick. The Annex, which is part of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is
a satellite branch of the Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). more...
June 2006
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Surgeon
Introduces Unique Alternative to Total Hip Replacement
Dr. David Harwood, associate professor of Surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and attending physician at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is one of approximately 50 surgeons in the U.S. offering the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) System, a bone-conserving alternative to total hip replacement surgery approved May 9 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in this country. more...
May 2006
Three Professional Associations Honor CINJ Clinical Dietitian Awards Support Research, Continuing Education and Recognize the Importance of Nutritional Support for Those Diagnosed with Cancer
The American Dietetic Association (ADA), recognized as the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals and it’s New Jersey chapter, along with the state’s largest volunteer women’s service organization, have honored a member of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s (CINJ) clinical team for her research and commitment toward providing the best in nutritional care to patients living with cancer. more...
May 2006
Former Dean Addresses Future Physicians at Medical School Convocation on May 23
Dr. Harold L. Paz, former dean of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 1995 to 2006, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2006 in the presence of their family and friends. Dr. Paz is currently a senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the College of Medicine and chief executive officer of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State. more...
May 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts
Internationally-Renowned Bioethicist
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, director, Division of Bioethics at Montefiore Medical Center, and professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y., will hold a lecture for professionals and caregivers about managing conflict when choosing appropriate care in end-of-life situations. The free community seminar is part of the annual Mates David and Hinna Stahl Memorial Lecture on Bioethics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and will be held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at the Clinical Academic Building, room 1302, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick. more...
May 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts
High School Students During Mini-Medical School
One hundred sixty-one high school students will complete Mini-Medical School at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. The students were selected from more than 450 applicants statewide. Mini-Medical School, a program pioneered by the National Institutes of Health, is a community program that educates the attendees about the diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative issues in clinical medicine and scientific research. The RWJMS program also provides high school students with an understanding of the many career options that are available in medicine and biochemical research. more...
May 2006
Dr. Sidney Pestka Receives the Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Sidney Pestka, chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will receive the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award for his seminal work on interferons. This work led to groundbreaking treatments for chronic hepatitis B and C, multiple sclerosis and cancers. more...
April 2006
U.S. News & World Report Ranks
New Brunswick--UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is included in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s Best Graduate Schools as one of the top medical schools in research and primary care in the nation. more...
April 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Physician-Scientist Joins National Board of Autism Speaks
New Brunswick-- Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, professor of Neuroscience & Cell Biology and Pediatrics (Child Neurology) at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks is a national organization dedicated to changing the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. more...
April 2006
Local Scientist Selected as One of Twelve
Researchers Worldwide to Receive Prestigious Award
Faculty member at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey to conduct groundbreaking cancer research more...
April 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Researcher
Says Hypertension Drug
May Prevent Deadly Aortic Aneurysms in Those with Marfan Syndrome
- Study Published in April 7 Issue of Science Magazine - more...
March 2006
Major NFL Player Set to Tackle Prostate Cancer
Philadelphia Eagles’ Jon Runyan Joins
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey in Effort to Fight Cancer
New Brunswick, N.J., March 31, 2006 – On the playing field, Jon Runyan is considered to be feisty, aggressive and competitive. In the cancer world and to The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Runyan is a true team player, announcing today his support and involvement in activities to raise funds for prostate cancer research. more...
March 2006
American Association for Cancer Research Elects CINJ Director,William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D. as its New President-Elect
New Brunswick, N.J, March 23, 2006 – William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D., New Jersey native and Director of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), has been voted President-Elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest scientific organization dedicated to cancer research. more...
March 2006
Medical Students Selected to Ride For World Health
3,700-Mile Bike Ride Across the Country to Raise Money, Awareness
Two medical students from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will join 23 other medical professionals on a 3,700-mile bike ride to raise money for and awareness of global health issues. more...
March 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Researcher
Says Women and African-Americans Least Likely to Receive Invasive Cardiac Procedures Statewide Study Reported at American College of Cardiology Convention more...
March 2006
Success Marks Match Day at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Class of 2006 proved once again the strength of the medical school’s teaching programs by achieving a 98 percent match rate during nationally-celebrated Match Day on Thursday, March 16. more...
March 2006
VLADECK RECOMMENDS PETER AMENTA INTERIM DEAN OF
UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL
Interim President Dr. Bruce C. Vladeck today recommended Peter Amenta, M.D., Ph.D, interim dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. more...
March 2006
Dean Accepts New Position
Harold L. Paz, MD, dean of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has accepted the position of senior vice president of health affairs, dean of the College of Medicine, and chief executive officer of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State. more...
March 2006
Governor Jon S. Corzine holds Town Hall meeting at RWJMS
Governor Jon S. Corzine held a Town Hall meeting at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Piscataway campus on Thursday, March 2. Governor Corzine introduced Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD, interim president of UMDNJ and expressed his support for the university to the standing-room only crowd. The main auditorium held over 350 faculty members, students and staff. The meeting was broadcast to four remote locations throughout the state and the governor took questions from each location for approximately two hours.
February 2006
UDMNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
In Joint Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Venture
The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), in conjunction with the Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital , has opened a pediatric cardiac surgery program at the New Brunswick hospital, staffed by RWJMS faculty. The partnership includes the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University Medical Center , and the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. more....
February 2006
UMDNJ Researcher Says Estrogen Offers Little Protection
To Postmenopausal Women Against Heart Attack Risk
--Findings Reported in February Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine--
Younger postmenopausal women who use estrogen therapy to treat menopause symptoms may not reduce the risk of developing heart disease, but that risk may increase among older postmenopausal women, says a researcher at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey who participated in the study that was funded by the National Institutes of Health. more...
February 2006
Medical Students Host Science Day for New Brunswick High School Students
Students in the Health Professions Scholars Program at the New Brunswick Health Science Technology High School will explore medical career opportunities during Science Day at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS). The annual program, hosted by medical students in the Gold Humanism Honor Society at RWJMS, provides opportunities for the ninth-grade students to learn about health professions through hands-on activities and discussion groups with medical students and faculty members. more...
February 2006
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Awarded Grants for Stem Cell Research
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) scientists garnered six of 17 New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology (NJCST) grants — more than any other institution — for continued study of stem cell research. more...
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