Are e-cigarettes an important smoking cessation tool or an emerging public health concern? Olivia Wackowski, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, talks about her research into tobacco communication, product and risk perceptions and product use trends that have been critical to informing regulations in this Q&A.
During a class when Anthony Sacchetti plans to talk about hay quality, he can end up instead giving an impromptu lesson in how to clean and doctor a horse’s foot, working with Gus, a 27-year old Paint gelding being treated for a hoof abscess. That is the unpredictability of teaching students how to handle and care for horses at the Rutgers Farm.
This summer Arsany Makkar fulfilled his dream to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with the help of Choose a Challenge, a European-based travel organization that connects college students with international development agencies in need of funds and volunteers. The African adventure took Makkar, a student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, up the tallest freestanding mountain in the world and renewed his commitment to public health.
Rutgers alumnus Eyal Simchi, a 2007 graduate of Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, became an internet star after a video of him performing magic tricks for a young patient was viewed more than 30 million times on social media. He didn't expect the worldwide response but hopes that it might change children's perception of going to the dentist from scary to positive.
The days are longer, the schedules lighter and many members of the Rutgers community have summer reading on their minds. Rutgers Today wondered what books made faculty and staff members' must-read lists for the next few months. Check out some of the answers.
Rutgers physicians will assume role of Bergen County Medical Examiner, perform all forensic pathology duties for the county.
James Simon, professor of plant biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and his colleagues, created four new varieties of basil that have the aroma and flavor we expect minus the downy mildew that sends the plants to the trash. The seeds are on sale to commercial farmers to grow a more hearty variety of the popular herb.
Climate change is forcing fish species to shift their habitats faster than the world’s system for allocating fish stocks, exacerbating international fisheries conflicts, according to a study led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick researcher.
Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to allow health care practitioners to spend more time treating patients.
The Board of Governors named Peter D. Cole as the first holder of the Embrace Kids Foundation Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology, appointed Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut to a chair in Multiple Sclerosis, named John Kuo Wei Tchen as the first holder of the Clement A. Price Chair in Public History and the Humanities, appointed Ronald K. Chen, co-dean of Rutgers Law School, as a university professor, approved up to $7.4 million for renovations to one of the clinics at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and established two new master's programs.
The Food and Drug Administration’s ban on artificial trans fats goes into effect on June 18, restricting U.S. food manufacturers from adding the artery-clogging material to most of their products. Shauna Downs, an international food systems researcher, explains what this means for America’s health and whether consumers will notice a difference in what they eat.