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UMDNJ Research on Nervous System Development is Published in the April 2 Issue of The Journal of Neuroscience
The findings of a study by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School showing how neuronal connections are made appear in the April 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. more...

US News and World Report Selects UMDNJ for "America's Best Graduate Schools"
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey figured prominently in the newest list by U.S. News & World Report of America's best graduate schools. The magazine's list of top medical schools for 2009 included the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine among the nation’s best for Geriatrics, while the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School was selected for both Research and Primary Care. In the magazine’s list of the nation’s best graduate health education programs, the UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions was picked for its Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Counseling and Physician Assistant programs. more...

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Physician Advocates for Treating Hypertension in Very Old Persons 
In an editorial released today that will appear in the May 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, John B. Kostis, MD, the John G. Detwiler Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine and chair, department of medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and chief of medical service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, advocates that it is never too late, or too early, to start drug treatment of hypertension. more...

UMDNJ Sends 297 New Physicians to Hospitals Nationwide
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 nearly 300 medical students nervously opened envelopes that held the most important news of their budding medical careers: their first jobs as physicians. Today was Match Day across America, the day when thousands of medical students discover where they will spend their years of residency training following graduation from medical school.
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Eric B. Chandler Health Center Celebrates 20 Years
The Eric B. Chandler Health Center, a federally qualified community health center, has played a key role in the New Brunswick community for the past 20 years, offering medical services to all who are in need, regardless of a person’s or family’s ability to pay. In celebration of this milestone, a gala to benefit the center will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at The Heldrich.  New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill has graciously agreed to serve as Honorary Chair for the Gala. more...

Racial Differences in Mutation Frequency in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene Looked at
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. more...

American Medical Student Association Selects Global Health Scholar from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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. more...

UMDNJ Faculty Members Named “Top Doctors” by New Jersey Monthly
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. more...

36th Annual George and Lily Boxer Memorial Lecture
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.  more....