The New Jersey Health Foundation will honor 14 faculty with the 2015 Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research Awards, each selected by their respective schools, at the individual school convocations. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will present an Excellence in Research Award to Helmut Zarbl, PhD, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine and…
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CEED, in collaboration with EOHSI, is soliciting applications for its 2015 Pilot Project Program. Pilot funding supports new environmental health research with the potential to improve human health. The mission of CEED is to understand how environmental exposures are integrated with host and environmental factors to influence human diseases. Further, to use this information to…
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Today’s issue of Rutgers Today featured research of CEED member Dr. Jason Richardson and colleagues regarding a commonly used pesticide that may alter the development of the brain’s dopamine system and increase the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. The research published Wednesday in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology…
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In the 2014-15 program year, CEED reviewed 13 pilot proposals and awarded funds to 5 projects at approximately $25,000 per project. Following are summaries of the newly-funded projects. Effect of Nanotechnology-enabled Consumer Sprays on Personal Microbial Environment Gedi Mainelis and Donna Fennell (SEBS, Environmental Sciences) (1) Nanoparticles and their agglomerates released during the use of nanotechnology-enabled…
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