News
- At SOM, CARES Institute's Web-based Training Helps Mental Health Professionals Worldwide. Over the past six years, more than 100,000 mental health professionals - an average of nearly 1,400 per month - have registered for a free online training program that teaches an innovative therapy to help children recover from post-traumatic stress caused by abuse, violence or natural disaster.
- At SOM: Important Human Genetic Structures Identified for the First Time. Discovery may lead to therapies for genetically triggered diseases. New research led by Dmitry Temiakov, PhD, of UMDNJ-SOM, has identified important mechanisms of the genetic transfer process for the first time. These new findings, published in the journal Nature, open the door to developing potential therapies for several serious diseases including cancers. They also add to basic knowledge of the functioning of the healthy human body.
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UMDNJ Advisory Committee Report Calls for SOM to Remain Part of New Jersey Health Sciences University
On January 25, 2012, the final report of the UMDNJ Advisory Committee was accepted by Governor Chris Christie at a Trenton press conference. We are proud that the report recognized that "SOM is among the nation's top schools of osteopathic medicine" and pleased that "The committee accepts the premise that SOM can fulfill its educational, research and clinical care roles only within a public research university." The recommendations call for SOM to remain part of UMDNJ, which will be operationally streamlined and renamed the New Jersey Health Sciences University. Some of the report's other comments about SOM included:
- Provide(s) diverse training to students through interdisciplinary instruction and collaboration with health sciences faculty from other areas of the university;
- A strong, vibrant … academic enterprise;
- Important relationships with health care systems across the state and particularly in southern New Jersey;
- A very positive force in the state.
- Dean Cavalieri writes in The Gloucester County Times: Can we afford not to fund graduate medical education? Two issues pending in Washington, D.C., have the potential to determine whether or not New Jersey will have enough doctors to meet the needs of the state’s growing and aging population.… Like many medical schools across the country, we have responded aggressively to the looming physician shortage. In just the past few years, we have increased the number of medical students at SOM by 50 percent.… (more)
- Robert Nagele and His Research Team Honored at Reception. Robert Nagele, PhD, professor, Medicine and CellBiology, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging (NJISA), and his team—Cassandra DeMarshall,master's student, UMDNJ-GSBS, Min Han, MD, aPhD candidate, UMDNJ-GSBS and Eric Nagele, '15,UMDNJ-SOM—were the guests of honor at a reception on October 3rd celebrating their recent accomplishments in Alzheimer's research.
- Stratford Fall Festival. UMDNJ-SOM physicians, students and staff greeted more than 10,000 area residents at the 4th Annual Stratford Fall Festival on Saturday, October 1st. The University Doctors of UMDNJ-SOM provided free screenings and health information, as well as an opportunity to "Ask the Doctor."
University Doctors' Events
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Heart Healthy Superfoods Every Woman Needs
Cheri Leahy, RD
Monday, February 13
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Maintain Your Brain – Keep Dementia Out
Terrie Ginsberg, DO
Reduce your risk of dementia with a brain-healthy lifestyle.
Thursday, February 16
2 noon - 1 pm Are you thinking of Obesity Surgery?
Meet the Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery Program team. Attend a FREE Seminar on adjustable gastric banding, laparoscopic sleeve, laparoscopic gastric bypass, single port approach (scarless) and revisional surgery. Meet recent bariatric surgery patients.
Tues, February 21
6-6:45 pm-
What is My Thyroid and How Does it Affect My Health?
Elizabeth Helfer, DO
The thyroid gland influences almost all of the body's metabolic processes. If properly diagnosed and treated, most thyroid problems can be managed well.
Thursday, February 23
11am -12 noon
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Don't Skip Your Check-up!
Jennifer Caudle, DO
Dr. Caudle provides tips and information on how to promote your health and well-being with preventive medicine.
Wednesday, March 7
11am -12 noon
