Jamie Moscovitz received a Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) Award from the Society of Toxicology to attend the Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) Course at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. FIR is an intensive 6 week laboratory and lecture based course for scientists-in-training seeking a career in the Reproductive Sciences. Lectures covered topics […]
Sheryse Taylor was recently selected as a Fellow for the Rutgers PreDoctoral Leadership Development Institute. Over the next two years, Sheryse will participate in courses and group projects that provide mentoring and advising in the leadership arena. The program aims to develop the next generation of leaders and prepare predoctoral students for future employment. More […]
Jayson Chen, Raj Shah, and Blessy George received Gallo Awards at the 2015 Annual Retreat on Cancer Research in NJ. Each JGPT student was selected to share their research findings as podium speakers. Ronald Udasin, Jennifer Barrett, John Szilagyi, Allison Isola, and Ruijin Zheng also presented their latest data as posters during the retreat. […]
Submitted by Alison Isola, Ph.D. Candidate Students from the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology attended the 2015 Annual Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Research Day on April 28th, where they presented their latest exciting research. Students submitted abstracts and created posters that showcased the research being performed in their laboratories. Faculty, staff, fellow graduate students […]
Submitted by Alison Isola, Ph.D. Candidate The Rutgers Association of Toxicology Students hosted an Industrial Toxicology Career Panel on April 16, 2015. The panelists included scientists from different industry sectors: pharmaceutical (Novartis and Bristol-Myers Squibb), personal care (L’Oréal), Fragrance (Research Institute for Fragrance Materials – RIFM) and chemical (FMC) companies. Students interacted with the career […]
Submitted by Blessy George, Pharm.D. Several JGPT students and faculty attended the Experimental Biology Conference held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA from March 28 to April 1, 2015. Students received Travel Awards from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) to attend this year’s conference: Jamie Moscovitz, Kristin […]
Fourteen students from the JGPT program attended the MidAtlantic Society of Toxicology meeting on October 16th and learned about the Human Microbiome and Toxicology. This event is a great forum for students to meet local scientists and share their research findings. Kristin Bircsak received the 2015 Geoffrey Hogan Memorial Award and Jamie Moscovitz won 2nd […]
Every September the Rutgers Association of Toxicology Students (RATS) sponsors a start-of-semester barbeque to which everyone is invited. Yesterday’s event was its usual success, with plenty of sunshine, food, and fun. Many thanks to Wilson Rodriguez and his camera for capturing so many smiles.
Kristin Bircsak, from the Aleksunes Laboratory, was awarded a 2014 Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation. This fellowship will fund her last year of graduate studies.
JGPT students, led by Alessandro Venosa, Jamie Moscovitz, and Thea Odgers, celebrate a successful summer toxicology program for high school students. The Toxicology, Health, and Environmental Disease (THED) program was initiated in 2013 and continues to be an exciting opportunity for high school students to meet scientists and clinicians and learn exciting laboratory techniques. Students […]
