Jordan Lee was selected as the Scholars and Early Stage Advancement (SEA) Trainee for the month of February in recognition of receiving the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Jordan was awarded the F31 fellowship for her project “Casein Kinase 2 […]
On April 23, 2026, we held our semi-annual craft exchange in EOHSI – students, staff, and faculty were matched for the exchange of custom designs. Impressive and wide-reaching skills were on display – quilting, paper flowers, crochet, painting, beading, wood working, painting and cross-stitch! Care was taken to design each piece for the recipient.
On April 23, 2026, the RATS (and others) held another Craft Exchange. We had a wonderful turnout from among EMSOP and EOHSI students, faculty and staff. All the creations were remarkable!
Tony (Tiancheng) Hu, Ph.D. Student in the JGPT, was recently awarded the Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) Award from the Society of Toxicology (SOT). The STEP Award is designed to help students get additional scientific/professional training in concepts outside of their research. Tony chose to attend a lipidomics course run by UC Davis West […]
Excerpted from article on School of Public Health news blog: Alyssa Juenke, a Ph.D. student in toxicology at the School of Graduate Studies and an Epidemiology Methods Certificate student at the Rutgers School of Public Health, studies how a common food contaminant – zearalenone – may affect reproduction, pregnancy and early child development. “I decided […]
I was selected to receive a Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) Award from the Society of Toxicology this past year where I could participate in a proposed career development activity of my choice. I chose to attend a Continuing Education course at the American College of Toxicology (ACT) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. In […]
Dr. Rachel Buckley in the laboratory of Dr. Lauren Aleksunes was selected to receive a pilot grant from MPRINT, an NIH hub for precision maternal-pediatric therapeutics. Dr. Buckley will work with scientists at MPRINT to refine a novel untargeted metabolomics method to identify novel substrates of human placenta transporters. Congratulations Rachel!
The JGPT is excited to announce that our trainees won the top poster prizes at the recent toxicology meeting. This year’s meeting was hosted at Kean University and focused on Novel Approach Methodologies. Congratulations to our winners!
JGPT Students Jennae Whited (Rivera-Nunez lab), Taina Moore (Stapleton lab), and Sam Adams (Stapleton lab) participated in a Beauty Justice Event hosted by Clean Water Action. Under the mentorship of Drs. Emily Barrett and Zorimar Rivera Nunez, the students educated community members about how to read labels on beauty products and select options that with […]
“The Eagleton Institute Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government is a one-year program aimed at furthering fellows’ understanding of government, public policy, and how American politics impacts their field of study. Third year PhD student Alyssa Juenke has been chosen as a 2025-2026 Eagleton Graduate Fellow. In the fall, fellows take the Perspective in […]
