The JGPT hosted our 1st Lunch & Learn of the year with Dr. Gary Grover. Dr. Grover used his informal meeting with trainees to discuss his successful career in pharma, balancing competing priorities, and of course cardiovascular pharmacology. His insights were based on his own experience as well as those of many colleagues. Students and postdocs […]
Category: Student & Postdoc News
Dr. Lauren Walker Highlighted on SOT Instagram
JGPT Postdoctoral Associate Lauren Walker was highlighted on the Society of Toxicology Instagram page – see full story here.
JGPT Students Receive Grants from the Lipid Research Center
In November 2021, the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research awarded nine trainees with grants to further their research in lipid signaling and targeted interventions. Two of the awardees are students in the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology – Zakiyah Henry in the laboratory of Dr. Grace Guo and Jeffrey Burns in the laboratory of Dr. […]
Rutgers Trainees Sweep MASOT Toxicology Awards at the Fall 2021 Meeting
The Fall 2021 meeting of the MidAtlantic Society of Toxicology meeting was held on Oct 8th in collaboration with the MidAtlantic Reproductive and Teratology Association. The focus of this meeting was on Advances in Reproductive Toxicology. Eleven trainees were selected for oral presentations to the two societies including 10 from Rutgers. They include Candace Longoria, Shengjie […]
Skye Kelty and Jake Lessing Visit Upstate NY Superfund Sites
Skye and Jake made a trip to locations in upstate New York to engage with Citizen Science organizers. Here is Skye’s accounting of the experience: My postdoc plan changed radically when an international pandemic brought face-to-face, community-engaged research to a halt making the environmental justice fieldwork that drives me impossible. As the country started to […]
JGPT and SURF Trainees Bring Art to Science
The JGPT students and postdocs hosted a Pizza & Paint night with the SURF interns. This fun event provided the opportunity for networking and discussions of career paths including graduate education.
Ice Cream to Cool Off the RATS
A new tradition for the JGPT is here – ice cream truck visits to the EOHSI Institute. With hot summer days and experiments piling up, what is better than stepping out and reconnecting with colleagues over an ice crream cone? Thank you Mr. Softee!
JGPT Students Shine at the Smile with Science Symposium
JGPT PhD Candidates Ayeshia Morris (lab of Dr. Ron Hart) and Jennifer Schaefer (lab of Dr. Andy Babwah) were selected for highly competitive feature speaker talks at the Smile with Science Symposium hosted by Colgate-Palmolive. Ayeshia’s seminar was entitled “The Synergistic Effects of Environmental and Genetic Contributions to Alzheimer Disease Pathology” and Jennifer’s presentation covered “GPR83 […]
Rulaiha Taylor Honored with the Paul Robeson Renaissance Award
Rulaiha Taylor, PhD Candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Grace Guo, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Paul Robeson Renaissance Award. This prestigious award is given in honor of Paul Robeson, distinguished alumni, accomplished scholar, athlete, actor, singer, global activist and quintessential 20th century Renaissance man. The recipient of this award shall possess […]
PhD Candidate Ayeshia Morris Featured Speaker at the J&J Open House
Ayeshia Morris, PhD Candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Ron Hart was selected as an invited speaker at the Johnson and Johnson Open House. Her talk was entitled “Synergistic Induction of AD Pathology by APOE and DDT/DDE”. This was a virtual event that was broken down into 3 days. Each day covered informative presentations about the […]