Rutgers Institute for Health
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Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy & Aging Research is a nationally renowned hub for population health research celebrating 40 years in 2025.
How can behavioral health and primary health care be integrated to improve patient outcomes? @Ann_M_Nguyen @RutgersCSHP & Dr. Alfred Tallia @RWJMS discuss how bridging this divide can cut costs and improve health. rutgers.edu/news/professor…
Today’s #FindingsFriday insight comes from a new @JAMAHealthForum article co-authored by CSHP Assistant Professor @eleliason. The article explores the association between #COVID-era continuous #Medicaid eligibility and children’s #healthcare access: go.rutgers.edu/uzxcj9mj
Congratulations to IFH pharmacoepi researcher, Dr. Daniel Horton, who was awarded a CARRA-Arthritis Foundation grant to support his research on juvenile idiopathic arthritis medication prescribing! @carrainc prn.to/44OrBdW
Today we're featuring one of our fantastic IFH summer research interns, Elyse! Through data collection and analysis, she is supporting Dr. Elizabeth Stone's important research evaluating New Jersey's mental health programs.
This week’s #FindingsFriday insight comes from a 2024 @BMJ_Open article co-authored by CSHP/@RutgersIFH Associate Research Professor @Ann_M_Nguyen. The paper identifies structures and processes in #primarycare that support #chronicdisease management: go.rutgers.edu/75re8m7o
Reminder! The submission deadline for IFH Data Core's Pilot Program is Monday, July 14. The program invites proposals from @RutgersU @Princeton @NJIT faculty or trainees to leverage our data to address health challenges. Learn more: ifhcore.rutgers.edu/rfa
IFH's Data Core announces its Pilot Program RFA: inviting proposals for innovative pilot studies that leverage our electronic healthcare data or survey data to address challenges in public health, health systems, patient care, and/or pop health. Visit: ifhcore.rutgers.edu/rfa
A new publication coauthored by Dr. Shar Williams and Dr. Joel Cantor @RutgersCSHP examines the impact of inequities in suicide trends and police-perpetrated killing for Black compared with White Americans. doi.org/10.1111/1468-0…
Meet Varun, another one of IFH's fantastic summer interns! Varun is studying computer science at @RutgersU and is supporting @MichelleChenPhD this summer with her innovative digital health and neuropsych research.
Patients and physicians should be cautious when reviewing blood test results for Alzheimer's disease - as recent research led by @williamhu43 @RWJMS reveals that these tests may be less reliable for Black patients than other ethnic and racial groups. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06/s…
Congratulations to former co-director of IFH's @RutgersCSHP, Dr. Susan Reinhard @susanpolicy, on her historic appointment as the chair of @RWJBarnabas board of trustees!
Today, we announce the appointment of Susan C. Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the new chair of the @RWJBarnabas Board of Trustees, effective July 1. She is the first woman and the first nurse to hold this position for our health system. "We are thrilled to welcome Susan as our new…
This week's #FindingsFriday insight comes from an article co-authored by CSHP/@rutgersifh Assistant Research Professor Mandi Spishak-Thomas. The article evaluated the financial burden of #childbirth on #patients with different types of #healthinsurance: go.rutgers.edu/wxkmaxmh
Congratulations to IFH researcher, Dr. Min Hee Kim, on receiving the Hurdis M. Griffith Faculty Research Award from @RU_nursing, recognizing Dr. Kim's outstanding research efforts!
New research alert from @rutgersifh published in @JSADJournal highlights bias in how we measure marijuana-related beliefs among youth. Traditional tools missed key group differences—advanced methods revealed what was hidden. 📖 Read the full study: loom.ly/gKM_K0g
Meet another Rutgers Institute for Health summer intern, D'Naija! D'Naija is supporting important @RutgersGHI research on women's cancer screening and diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. 👏
For #FindingsFriday, we’re sharing an insight from a new journal article co-authored by CSHP/@rutgersifh's @Ann_M_Nguyen. She and colleagues identify barriers and facilitators to implementing the Primary Care #BehavioralHealth (PCBH) model in #NewJersey: go.rutgers.edu/64frlaxu
Check out a new publication from @rutgershealth IFH researchers Tammy Chung, Carolyn Sartor, Nicolle Kennelly & former IFH summer intern Margret Powell ↓
Measurement equivalence of the Marijuana Effect Expectancies Questionnaire-Brief across sex, race/ethnicity, and their co-occurring social identities for Black, Latinx, and non-Latinx white youth .... (new in @JSADjournal) @rutgersifh @RutgersARC @Baylor jsad.com/doi/abs/10.152…
IFH lucked out with the weather for a nice summer town hall and luncheon! We are grateful for the chance to come together, reflect on a successful year, and celebrate our amazing researchers and staff as we wrap up the academic year.
IFH is thrilled to welcome this year's cohort of Summer Research Interns! ☀️ Meet one of our awesome interns, Anna! 🌟 She's supporting research on how neighborhood and interpersonal factors impact the health of older adults.
PETS researchers Chintan Dave and Gloria Ho led new research in @GreenJournal offering evidence supporting the cardiac safety of lamotrigine, a popular seizure medication. Rutgers Health Researchers Challenge FDA Warning on Common Epilepsy Drug rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-h…
IFH researcher @Ann_M_Nguyen @RutgersCSHP coauthored a recent article in @MilbankFund on the state of behavioral health care today and what policymakers and health care systems can do to better integrate behavioral health care into primary care settings. milbank.org/2025/05/integr…
