Daniel Rizzolo, PhD student in Toxicology, has been selected as recipient of the 2020-21 Shatkin scholarship. The scholarship is named after Aaron Shatkin, who was the founding director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM). Congratulations Dan!
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Scala Scholar Recipients for 2020
Dr. Jaclyn Skye Kelty and Dr. Cassandra Meakin joined the JGPT as postdoctoral fellows in 2020. Mr. Jeremy Lessing began his Ph.D. studies as part of the M.D./Ph.D. program. Dr. Kelty is co-mentored by Drs. Andrew Gow and Debra Laskin. Dr. Meakin is working with Drs. Lauren Aleksunes and Emily Barrett. Mr. Lessing is […]
Dahea You – Drug Metabolism and Disposition Highlighted Trainee Author
Dr. Dahea You is the Drug Metabolism and Disposition Highlighted Trainee Author for the June 2020 issue
JGPT Family Supporting First Responders
We are grateful for the generous donation from Janis Grover and Vicenzi USA Inc for their donation of cookies for first responders at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Our Toxicology students and postdocs were excited to participate in the celebration of this generous philanthropy.
RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awarded
Skye Kelty was awarded the RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant for her project “Tools for intentional integrity, diversity, and equity in community research”. Community research joins professionally trained researchers and broader community members to answer questions that are important to the community. Service learning, community-based participatory research (CBPR), and citizen science are examples of community research strategies. The […]
Jacklyn Andres wins second place in EOHSI Earth Day poster contest
Jacklyn Andres a Ph.D student in the JGPT won second place in the Graduate and Adult category in EOHSI Earth Day 2020 Contest. Congratulations Jackie!
Michael Campbell Selected as the Inaugural Grover Fellow
First year student Michael Campbell was selected as the first recipient of the Grover Fellowship. This award has been established by Dr. and Mrs. Gary Grover for an incoming Ph.D. candidate within the JGPT. Dr. Grover and his wife Janis are both alumni of Rutgers and continue to serve the university. Dr. Grover spent 25 […]
Sheryse Taylor – iCURE Scholar and JGPT Alum
Interview with Sheryse Taylor Featured in National Minority Health Month Spotlight…
Risk Assessment Projects Presented at Colgate-Palmolive
In March 2020, JGPT students and postdocs were invited by Dr. Dan Bagley and colleagues at Colgate-Palmolive to present their risk assessment projects as part of the Consumer Product Safety and Sustainability course. After completing their presentations, trainees learned how to make toothpaste.
New NIH CTSA Grant Offers Postdoc Training
In March 2019, Dr. Rey Panettieri, a JGPT faculty member, was awarded a $29 million NIH grant to enhance clinical and translational research opportunities within NJ as part of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS). The grant will allow Rutgers and its partners to train the future translational science workforce; […]