Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

“Over 70% of primary care visits have a behavioral health component, so we aren’t treating the whole person unless we are treating both physical and behavioral health together,” says Ann Nguyen of Rutgers Center for State Health Policy in NJ Spotlight News Learn how potential changes to healthcare licenses may improve access to patient care in NJ. https://lnkd.in/e_b3_m4Y

Very excited to share my latest publication with Frank Thompson on Medicaid’s great unwinding and the efforts by the Biden administration to mitigate its negative consequences. As with much of health policy, we note a stark partisan divide in state level responses to this challenge. https://lnkd.in/ermS5Vby

Join the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) for the next installment of their Special Populations Core 2025 Seminar Series! Dr. Julie Gaither will provide attendees with an overview of how the #pediatric community has been impacted by the #opioidcrisis. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/eMAA2AHK

Rutgers Health Chancellor Brian Strom is among this year’s Health Care Power List published by NJBIZ. Each year, the list recognizes leaders in #NewJersey’s health care industry. Chancellor Strom has overseen the successful growth of biomedical and #healthsciences research at #Rutgers and he highlighted the Center’s contributions at our 25th anniversary event last November. https://lnkd.in/ecXJHkdG

🚀 Paid Student Research Assistant Opportunity (Up to 20h/week) Are you a Rutgers University graduate student fluent in Mandarin and English? Join the STRESS Lab at Rutgers Institute for Health to support research on older Chinese Americans! 🔍 Role: Assist with participant recruitment and data collection and management. 💡 Great for: Gaining hands-on experience with complex smartphone-based surveys and biological health data. 📅 Apply by April 21, 2025 – Send your CV and a brief note on your experience/interest in aging research to: Tian Zhang tz246@sph.rutgers.edu. Yanping Jiang Rutgers School of Public Health Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers Health Division of Student Affairs | Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Rutgers research led by Dr. Login George of IFH, Rutgers School of Nursing & Rutgers Cancer Institute, finds that guilt and shame – not hope for recovery – are among the most common reasons terminally ill cancer patients continue treatments at end of life. Learn how these research findings could have significant implications for end-of-life planning for those with advanced serious illness. https://lnkd.in/eu_mnMji

Behavioral improvements to diet, exercise and sleep can improve clinical outcomes for many conditions. New research led by Ann Nguyen of IFH's Rutgers Center for State Health Policy highlights 6 ways behavioral health services can be integrated into primary care visits. https://lnkd.in/eaJzypRm

Congratulations & thanks to our Rutgers Health Service Corps colorectal cancer screening team who distributed over 1600 home stool test kits to low income patients in New Brunswick, NJ in partnership with the Eric B. Chandler Health Center. March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Please have a conversation with your 45-75 year old family, friends (& self) about getting tested! https://lnkd.in/ev6YnjHf #colorectalcancer #populationhealth

Bioinformatics and AI/ML approaches using multi-omics data to accelerate diagnosis and delivery of precision care for patients with rare diseases. Our latest chapter/article published in book: Methods in Cell Biology. https://lnkd.in/ePXZefkK Authors: Kritika Singh, Sarah Usman, Saman Zeeshan, Naveena Yanamala, MS, PhD, FASE, Mark Nichols, Ph.D., Vikram Bhise, Sabahat Bokhari, Partho Sengupta, and Zeeshan Ahmed

The Boggs Center's New Jersey Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NJLEND) program is recruiting graduate fellows for 2025-2026. Our public health discipline is seeking a New Jersey graduate student (MPH/MS/PhD/DrPH) with at least one year of graduate coursework completed. The program offers leadership training, a stipend, and the potential for academic credits. The selected fellow will join an interdisciplinary community of students, self-advocates, family members, and other experts that is dedicated to addressing the needs of children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (and related developmental disabilities) and other maternal and child health populations. Please share with students who may be interested in the public health program or another graduate discipline, and reach out to Carrie Coffield or Jillian Guzik to learn more. Students can apply here: https://lnkd.in/eSuhwazp