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December 17, 2007
Researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Present Findings at International Conference
Racial Differences in Mutation Frequency in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Looked at
New Brunswick, N.J. – During a poster session this past weekend at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, researchers from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) presented data, which may have implications in the testing of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 in young women. The research focused on the similarity in the frequency of mutations in those particular genes among young African-American, Asian and Caucasian women with breast cancer. Read More...
December 13, 2007 
End-of-an-Era
Paul Stein Retires After 40 Years
New Brunswick, NJ – It was 1967 when Paul Steinarrived on the campus of the state’s first medical school. Now, 40 years later, Stein, adjunct assistant professor of surgery and director of the Kessler Teaching Labs, will retire, leaving a legacy unmatched by any at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Read More...
December 13, 2007 
Carolyn Bekes, MD, Earns Prestigious
Courage to Lead Award
New Brunswick – Carolyn Bekes, MD, professor of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is one of onlythree recipients nationally to receive the 2008 Courage to Lead Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Read More...
December 7, 2007
American Medical Student Association Selects Global Health Scholar from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick -Wan-Ju Wu, a first year medical student at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been selected as one of eight Global Health Scholars, a program of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). A resident of Edison, New Jersey, Wan-Ju was one of 364 applicants who applied nationally for this honor. Read More...
December 5, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Collecting Toys for Children in Need
New Brunswick – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is holding its annual toy drive through December 18, 2007. New, unwrapped toys are being collected at the reception desk of the Clinical Academic Building, 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick. All donated toys will be distributed to area children through the Eric B. Chandler Health Center in New Brunswick. Read More...
November 30, 2007
Children’s Hospital Dedicates Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology Center Made Possible By Gift From Bristol-Myers Squibb
New Brunswick, NJ – The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School today dedicated the last of three centers of excellence in the treatment of childhood diseases – The Bristol-Myers Squibb Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology Center. Read more...
November 28, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School observes
World AIDS Day: “Take the Lead, Stop AIDS”
New Brunswick – UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will present “Take the Lead, Stop AIDS” as World AIDS Day is observed on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 from 10 am until 2:30 pm. The event will take place in the Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Read more...
November 20, 2007
Mark Merlin, DO, Honored as
New Jersey’s
EMS Physician of the Year
New Brunswick, NJ – Mark Merlin, DO, was named EMS Physician of the Year by the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Council and the Office of Emergency Medical Services of the Department of Health and Senior Services. Dr. Merlin, of Livingston, NJ, is assistant professor of emergency medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Emergency Medical Services and Critical Care Transport Medical Director at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Read more...
November 15, 2007
Pediatricians Work to Improve Health Care for South Asian Community
Edison Town Meeting Focuses on
Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity and Nutrition
New Brunswick, N.J. -- The South Asian Total Health Initiative at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a multifaceted, community outreach and research program aimed at addressing the health-related needs of the South Asian community, is sponsoring a free town meeting in collaboration with Edison Township to promote healthy habits in children. The event will be held Thursday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Edison Council Chambers, 100 Municipal Boulevard, Edison, and will feature Fred M. Jacobs, MD, JD, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to several nutrition and obesity experts. Read more...
November 8, 2007
UMDNJ Researchers Receive Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards
(Newark) – Researchers from the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and the New Jersey Institute for Technology (NJIT) are among the winners of this year’s Thomas Alva Edison Patent of the Year Awards presented by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey. The researchers were honored at the council’s annual awards dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Basking Ridge. Read more...
November 1, 2007
UMDNJ Faculty Members Named “Top Doctors” by New Jersey Monthly
NEWARK - More than 180 faculty members at UMDNJ have been named “Top Doctors” by New Jersey Monthly magazine. The list, published as part of the New Jersey Monthly’s annual survey of New Jersey’s practicing physicians, appears in the November 2007 issue of the magazine. Read more...
October 15, 2007
UMDNJ Faculty Member Receives $500,000 Commitment
to Advance Breast Cancer Diagnostics
NEW BRUNSWICK –— Kiran Madura, Ph.D., founder and chief scientific officer of CellXplore, Inc. and professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), has received a $500,000 commitment from Foundation Venture Capital Group, LLC, to advance research that could help in the non-invasive diagnosis of breast cancer. details...
October 10, 2007
Researcher Strives to Reverse and Prevent
Neurodegenerative Disorders in Infants and Adults
Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil, MD, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience and member of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and her team of researchers have identified new molecular signals responsible for brain development and repair. Details...
October 5, 2007
George and Lily Boxer Memorial Lecture to be Held October 17, 2007
Piscataway – Peter J. Novick, PhD, a professor of cell biology at Yale University School of Medicine, will present “Regulation of Membrane Traffic by Rab GTPase Cascades” at the 2007 George and Lily Boxer Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, October 17, at 4 pm, 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 pathology and laboratory medicine. Details...
September 20, 2007
International Stem Cell Research Collaboration
-Quebec/New Jersey Stem Cell Workshop Brings Scientists Together-
Piscataway - International collaboration in the field of stem cell research took a major step forward this summer when participants of the Quebec/New Jersey Stem Cell Workshop met to discuss the future of stem cell research. The workshop was organized by representatives from McGill University, Quebec, Canada; Jewish General Hospital, Quebec, Canada; and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey. more...
September 17, 2007
UMDNJ Researcher Receives Prestigious MERIT Award from the
National Institutes of Health
Study focuses on new approach to the transfer of genetic information
NEW BRUNSWICK – An expert in the metabolic processes of DNA at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has received a prestigious $2.5 million MERIT Award, Method to Extend Research in Time, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant provides long-term funding to Smita Patel, PhD, professor of biochemistry, in support of her research into gene transcription, or how genetic information is transferred from mitochondrial DNA to RNA, the molecules that carry genetic information to protein cells. more...
September 6, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Holds MD/PhD Symposium
Piscataway--UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School held its third annual MD/PhD program symposium August 2 at the Life Sciences Building, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Peter S. Amenta, MD, PhD, interim dean of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School opened the symposium along with Terri Goss Kinzy, PhD, assistant dean for medical scientist training and MD/PhD program director and Lori Covey, PhD, Rutgers liaison to the MD/PhD program. Samuel S-H Wang, PhD, gave the keynote address discussing state of the art microscopic approaches to observe brain activity. more...
September 5, 2007
Newly Opened Autism Center in New Brunswick Brings Together Clinical and Research Partners to Help Patients and Families
NEW BRUNSWICK-The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has established the Robert Wood Johnson Autism Center, a collaborative effort between the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, The Children’s Specialized Hospital, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Center, under the direction of Dr. Michael Lewis, will address the unmet needs of children and their families with autism. more...
August 30, 2007
Dr. Karen Lin Named NJAFP Family Physician of Year
NEW BRUNSWICK - Dr. Karen W. Lin, of Piscataway, an associate professor of Family Medicine at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the Family Medicine residency program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, has been selected as the 2007 New Jersey Family Physician of the Year by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. The award is one of the Academy’s highest honors and is given annually to a family physician who serves the community with compassionate, comprehensive and caring medical service while being directly involved in community affairs and activities that enhance the quality of life in the community. more...
August 21, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Holds White Coat Ceremony
- Expert in Health Disparities Addresses First-year Students -
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School hosted the 2007 White Coat ceremony on Friday, August 10 in the Arline and Henry Schwartzman Courtyard at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. The keynote speaker was Denise V. Rodgers, MD, executive vice president for academic and clinical affairs at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and professor of family medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Highly-regarded as an expert on excess mortality in minorities, racism in medicine, and cultural competency, Dr. Rodgers is particularly interested in leveraging the resources of UMDNJ to improve the health status of all New Jersey residents, with special attention to minority and underserved populations. more...
August 15, 2007
UMDNJ Physicians Named “Top Docs” by South Jersey Magazine
STRATFORD - More than 30 faculty members at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey have been named to the “Top Physicians 2007” list published in this month’s edition of South Jersey Magazine. The names of the UMDNJ faculty included in the list, along with their medical specialty, follows this release. more...
August 14, 2007
Kiron M. Das, MD, PhD, Honored for
Mentoring Junior Physician-Scientists
--Noted for Translational Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Gastrointestinal Cancers --
New Brunswick, NJ – The American Gastroenterological Association Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (AGA) announced that Kiron M. Das, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology and director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center of New Jersey at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was honored for his exemplary contributions to gastroenterology through mentoring. The 2007 Mentors Research Scholar Award (RSA) will be permanently endowed in his name and the names of his fellow honorees. more...
August 2, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Researchers Recruit Participants for New Stop Smoking Study
New Brunswick, N.J. -- Researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) are testing a new stop smoking non-nicotine patch. Approximately 75 people are being recruited to participate in the study conducted by Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. more...
July 27, 2007
Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology Names First Woman President
New Brunswick - Nicola C. Partridge, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (resident of Somerville, NJ) was named president-elect of the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology (ACDP). Dr. Partridge will be the first woman to serve as president of the organization. Her term is for three years and her presidency will begin in December. more...
July 16, 2007
Researchers Recommend Additional Study on the use of Soy Protein to Prevent Prostate Cancer
CINJ Scientists Look at Relationship Between Soy Supplement Powder and
Testosterone Levels
New Brunswick, N.J. – Researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey are urging more study of the use of soy protein powder in respect to the prevention of prostate cancer. This recommendation by Susan Goodin, PharmD, FCCP, BCOP, director of pharmaceutical sciences at CINJ and associate professor of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and her team of investigators, follows the recent release of a published paper (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16(4). April 2007) pertaining to their study of healthy males and their use of soy protein supplement powder. more...
July 13, 2007
UMDNJ Researcher Receives $9 Million Grant from NIH
Study focuses on new approach to chronic diseases
(NEW BRUNSWICK) – Following their recent discovery of previously unknown molecules that affect cell growth, scientists at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have launched an innovative research project that could change medical science’s understanding of – and fight against – chronic disease. This promising new research has been funded by a five-year, nine million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Together with UMDNJ, several universities will participate in this multidisciplinary project, including the University of Hawaii, the University of Washington and the University of Iowa. more...
July 13, 2007
The Boomer Esiason Foundation Pro Sports Challenge
To Raise Funds in Support of Research
– Celebrity Golf Exhibition Match on July 21 –
New Brunswick, N.J. — The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s 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 up with the Boomer Esiason Foundation at a golf exhibition on July 21 to raise funds for the fight against Cystic Fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic respiratory disease. The Pro Sports Challenge will be held at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club and feature head-to-head competition between professional athletes including Mark Rypien and Nat Moore from the National Football League; George Bell of Major League Baseball; and Maurice Lucas of the National Basketball Association. Sports broadcaster Bonnie Bernstein will provide running commentary of the day’s events. Details...
June 29, 2007
UMDNJ Physicians Named “Best Doctors” by New York Magazine
NEWARK-More than 100 physicians within the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey were selected among the prestigious list of New York Magazines “Best Doctors” for 2007, including 46 from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. more...
June 21
State awards $5.7 Million for Stem Cell Research by UMDNJ Scientists
$800K additional in matching funds for start-up technologies
NEWARK - UMDNJ researchers received more than $5.7 million in Stem Cell Research Grants from the NJ Commission on Science and Technology (NJCST) to fund crucial lines of inquiry on projects that include bioengineered human stem cells, new therapies for heart disease and lung cancer, and the development of techniques that use stem cells to deliver biotherapeutics to attack cancerous tumors. more...
May 31
UMDNJ Manual Designed to Help the Mentally Ill to be Distributed Nationally
Mental health professionals will use to help patients quit smoking
NEW BRUNSWICK-Mental health professionals treating nicotine addicted mental illness patients will now have access to a manual offering a special group treatment intervention approach to stem tobacco use and dependence. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is distributing nationally Learning About Healthy Living, a wellness publication funded by the New Jersey State Division of Mental Health Services. more...
May 28, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Receives $1 Million Gift
A generous gift of $1 million to the Foundation of UMDNJ from Central New Jersey residents Dr. Gary and Janis Grover will help finance research for scientists in physiology and biophysics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. more...
May 8, 2007
UMDNJ Educators and Executives Receive Excellence in Medicine Awards
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY - Four individuals from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey have been included among this year's recipients of the prestigious Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Awards. Since 1939, these awards have been presented to exemplary physicians and leaders whose dedication to education, research and public service have had a significant impact on the delivery of healthcare in New Jersey. more...
May 7, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Names Chair of Family Medicine
New Brunswick, NJ – Peter S. Amenta, MD, PhD, interim dean of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), announces that Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH, has been named associate professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Tallia, a resident of Pottersville, N.J., served as acting chair of the department since 2005. more...
May 3, 2007
Hormone Treatment Study Underway in Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
New Brunswick, NJ -- Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Multiple Sclerosis at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will participate in a new study testing estrogen as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The program is one of only seven nationwide participating in what is the first large-scale clinical trial of a female sex hormone for the treatment of MS, an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system. more...
April 23, 2007
Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group
Hosts Skin Cancer Screening
Somerset, NJ -- The Department of Dermatology at the Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group will hold a free skin cancer screening for the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12. The screening is part of a national program sponsored by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). According to the AAD, regular screenings are essential because skin cancer, the most common form of cancer, has a 95 percent cure rate, if detected early. more...
UMDNJ Faculty Serves on New State Advisory Board
NEW BRUNSWICK / PISCATAWAY - Four faculty members from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are among those picked to serve on the Health Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council (HEPAC) recently established by Dr. Fred M. Jacobs, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Two of those UMDNJ faculty members will fill the roles of chair and vice-chair of the 52-member council that has been charged with the responsibility of supporting continued enhancements to New Jersey's all-hazards approach to health systems preparedness and public health response. more...
April 5, 2007
UMDNJ Programs Named 'America's Best'
NEWARK - The annual list by U.S. News & World Report of America's top
graduate schools for 2008 includes the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School and the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine among the best
medical schools in America. Each year, the magazine surveys all the
United States medical schools and then ranks them in ten different
categories. The magazine named the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School among the country's best for research and the UMDNJ-School of
Osteopathic Medicine for geriatric medicine. In the health programs
category, the physician assistant program at the UMDNJ-School of Health
Related Professions was named one of the country's best. more...
March 26, 2007
UMDNJ Researcher Receives $331K Grant for Spinal Cord Research
NEW BRUNSWICK - Is it possible that a microscopic organism could one
day yield the answer that will allow thousands of paralyzed humans to
walk again? more...
March 22, 2007
The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Awards Grant to The Boggs Center
to Develop Resource Booklet for Faith Communities on Autism
NEW BRUNSWICK - The UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is pleased
to announce that The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental
Disabilities, Department of Pediatrics, has received a $15,199 grant
from The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation to support the development and
production of an interfaith resource booklet on autism and the ways that
clergy and congregations can support and include individuals with autism
throughout their lifespan and their families. more...
March 15, 2007
UMDNJ Sends More Than 300 New Physicians to Hospitals Nationwide on Match Day
NEWARK/NEW BRUNSWICK/CAMDEN - Laughter, tears and shrieks of joy erupted at noon today on the campuses of the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical
School and the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School moments after
312 medical students opened envelopes that contained their futures.
Today was Match Day across America, the day when thousands of medical
students discover where they will spend their years of residency
training following their upcoming graduation. more...
March 15, 2007
Study on Heart Attack Outcomes Shows Day of Hospital Admission
as a Factor in Mortality Rate
New Brunswick-Researchers at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School report that patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) who were admitted to a hospital on a weekend experienced higher mortality rates than patients who were admitted for the same diagnosis on a weekday. The study, which appeared in the March 15th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, concludes that the higher mortality rates may be due to the lower use of invasive cardiac procedures on the weekends. Invasive cardiac procedures included cardiac catheterization, PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention, such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery. more...
March 7, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts
Internationally-Renowned Bioethicists
-- Seminar to Focus on Genetic Enhancement --
New Brunswick, N.J. – Two internationally-recognized bioethicists will be the featured speakers at a free community seminar, Remaking Human Nature: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dan W. Brock, PhD, the Frances Glessner Lee professor of medical ethics in the department of social medicine and director of the division of medical ethics at Harvard Medical School, and Lee M. Silver, PhD, professor of molecular biology and public affairs at Princeton University will discuss if the manipulation of human genetics should be considered therapy or enhancement, who makes decisions about genetic manipulation and who benefits from it. more...
March 5, 2007
Could a Vaccine Prevent the Reoccurrence of Prostate Cancer?
New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 5, 2007 – One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. It is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men, other than skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are currently investigating a new way to help prevent prostate cancer from reoccurring through the development of a vaccine for the disease. more...
March 5, 2007
New Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery,
But May Have Better Post-Operative Outcomes Than Adults
New Brunswick - At a time when there are growing concerns about a national epidemic of obesity among teenagers, a new study focusing on morbidly obese teens who have last resort bariatric surgery has found that the procedure poses no greater risks for them than for adult patients, and that, in fact, they have a zero death rate and a faster rate of recovery than older patients. more...
February 13, 2007
Women Take Heart
Understanding Risk Factors and Unique Symptoms Helps Avoid Heart Disease
New Brunswick - It’s no secret that February is American Heart Month, when information about heart disease can be found daily in all types of media. It’s also no secret that coronary heart disease is America’s number one killer, according to the American Heart Association. Although the affects of heart disease are well known, the secret may be the unique differences in the symptoms that affect men and women. In fact, many symptoms found in women are easily, and often, overlooked, shrugged off as just a part of the stress that comes with life. more...
February 1, 2007
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Announces New Leadership
New Brunswick, NJ, February 1, 2007 - Peter S. Amenta, M.D, Ph.D., Interim Dean of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has announced the appointment of Joseph R. Bertino, MD, a world-class researcher and clinician, as the Interim Director of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ). more...
January 22, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Hosts Alzheimer’s Seminar
New Brunswick, N.J. -- Tiffany Chow, MD, clinician-scientist at the Rotman Research Institute, staff behavioral neurologist at Baycrest’s Brain Health Centre Memory Clinic and assistant professor of Neurology and Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada, will hold a discussion with caregivers about Alzheimer’s disease and treatment at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2007. The free community seminar is part of the annual Artiss Powell Memorial Lecture at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and will be held at the Clinical Academic Building ( room 1302), 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick. more...
January 17, 2007
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Study: Premature Birth NotAlways A Bad Outcome But Ananth/Vintzileos Research Cites Issues about Care Disparities,
Placental Disease
NEW BRUNSWICK - According to a professor at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, not all premature births are bad. In fact, Cande Ananth, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at RWJMS, says statistics demonstrate conclusively that
many such births save babies from being stillborn. more...
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