Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season from the faculty and staff at Rutgers Institute for Health 🌲❄️

Today’s #TBT takes us back to earlier this month when CSHP & @rutgersifh.bsky.social Assistant Research Professor John Palatucci and Instructor Dan Treglia attended this year’s @apha.org Annual Meeting and Expo. Learn more: go.rutgers.edu/15ty5t3

A new U.S. study of over a million Medicaid enrollees, newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder, shows most are not receiving access to vital drugs within six months. Findings, revealed ahead of looming budget cuts, show Black people are impacted worst ⚠️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Many people with disabilities report worse experiences with the healthcare system than those without disabilities. IFH researcher Elizabeth Stone @elizmstone.bsky.social discusses the need for disability-competent healthcare with @northjerseynews.bsky.social. www.northjersey.com/story/news/w...

Today’s bit of #WednesdayWisdom comes from CSHP/ @rutgersifh.bsky.social Associate Research Professor @annnguyen4.bsky.social. She spoke with #TheDailyTargum about her #research examining trends and gaps in #cancer screening practices for #Medicaid enrollees in #NewJersey: go.rutgers.edu/cf1ksuku

@vanhookjenny.bsky.social & @marasheftel.bsky.social —“Growth & Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants”—find that the undocumented population has diversified beyond Mexico & C.A. & those from newer origins tend to arrive at older ages. @rutgersifh.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Personalized Feedback in Parent-Based Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Adolescent Drinking (new #openaccess Perspective in @jsadjournal.bsky.social 86/5) @kristiejrutgers.bsky.social @mailysteers.bsky.social @rutgersarc.bsky.social @rutgersifh.bsky.social www.jsad.com/doi/full/10....

Director of IFH's Center for Healthy Aging, Dr. William Hu, comments on racial disparities in the accuracy of blood tests for Alzheimer's disease in @sciam.bsky.social ↓ www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

📢 The Center for Health Services Research at Rutgers IFH is hiring! We’re seeking an exceptional health services researcher to join our multidisciplinary team. Apply now to advance impactful work in policy & health care delivery: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/259...

IFH is thrilled to welcome informatics expert Dr. Leslie Lenert to @rutgersu.bsky.social @rutgershealth.org as the new director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Health AI. www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...

In a @healthaffairs.bsky.social published study, @rutgershealth.org researchers led by IFH's Stephen Crystal find that Medicaid plays a key role in helping people access treatment for opioid-use disorder. Learn more about the national and state-by-state trends: www.rutgers.edu/news/researc...

On Weds., September 3 at 1pm, join @healthaffairs.bsky.social for a virtual event where authors from their special issue including IFH's Stephen Crystal will discuss their research on the opioid crisis in America. Register to attend: www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/h...

Joel Cantor @rutgerscshp.bsky.social @bloustein.rutgers.edu talks to @whyy.org about the growing issue of housing instability in New Jersey and the resources needed to make improvements. whyy.org/articles/cam...

@rutgershealth.org researchers sought to understand the risk factors of memory decline in older Chinese Americans. New research led by @michellechenphd.bsky.social found that internalizing stress may be a factor leading to cognitive decline in this population. www.rutgers.edu/news/interna...

Researchers including Soko Setoguchi of IFH & @rwjms.bsky.social discuss how certain medications can change how people's bodies manage heat. Learn how to prepare for & manage heat risk during the summer heat via @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/07/30/n...

In a recent @njpolicylab.bsky.social blog, members of the Center for Health Services Research write about the importance of equitable access to medication for opioid-use disorder in NJ emergency departments ↴ policylab.rutgers.edu/publication/...

Congratulations to IFH pharmacoepi researcher, Dr. Daniel Horton, who was awarded a CARRA-Arthritis Foundation grant to support his research on juvenile idiopathic arthritis medication prescribing! prn.to/44OrBdW

Reminder! The submission deadline for IFH Data Core's Pilot Program is Monday, July 14. The program invites proposals from @rutgersu.bsky.social @njit.bsky.social & Princeton faculty or trainees to leverage our data to address health challenges. Learn more: ifhcore.rutgers.edu/rfa

Patients & physicians should be cautious when reviewing blood biomarker test results for Alzheimer's disease - as recent research led by IFH's Dr. William Hu reveals that these tests may be less reliable for Black patients than other ethnic and racial groups. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

Center for Pharmacoepidemiology & Treatment Science researcher Monica D'Arcy led research on risks of lung cancer for those who have never smoked, pointing to long-standing inflammatory disorders as risk contributors. Learn more in Physician's Weekly: www.physiciansweekly.com/copd-gerd-ti...

Researchers in IFH's Center for Pharmacoepidemiology & Treatment Science, Chintan Dave & Gloria Ho, led new research offering evidence supporting the cardiac safety of lamotrigine, a popular seizure medication. www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...

IFH researcher @annnguyen4.bsky.social @rutgerscshp.bsky.social coauthored an article in @milbankfund.bsky.social on the state of behavioral health care & what policymakers & health care systems can do to better integrate behavioral health care into primary care. www.milbank.org/2025/05/inte...

IFH's Data Core announces its Pilot Program RFA: inviting proposals for innovative pilot studies that leverage our electronic healthcare data or survey data to address challenges in public health, health systems, patient care, and/or pop health. Visit: ifhcore.rutgers.edu/rfa

Today we’re sharing a #FindingsFriday insight from a study co-authored by CSHP / @rutgersifh.bsky.social Assistant Research Professor Ann Nguyen. The study explores how patient-provider #communication is impacted by #loneliness and isolation among #Medicare beneficiaries: go.rutgers.edu/9lxy9tiv

"It’s truly extending the quality of life for a longer period of time.” In the latest @rwjbarnabashealth.bsky.social Healthy Together magazine, Dr. William Hu talks about Leqembi - a new drug with the potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. www.rwjbh.org/blog/2025/ma...

With the leadership of @rutgersifh.bsky.social and their world-class team of researchers, New Jersey is on the cutting edge of using AI to achieve breakthroughs in healthcare and biomedicine. I'm proud to continue supporting their work in developing the next generation of lifesaving healthcare.

IFH member Zeeshan Ahmed discussing artificial intelligence & machine learning approaches to discovering biomarkers & predicting diseases @ the Rutgers Center for Biomedical Informatics and Health AI symposium today in New Brunswick. @rutgershealth.org @rwjms.bsky.social

CSHP / @rutgersifh.bsky.social Assistant Research Professor Ann Nguyen is quoted in this article from @njspotlightnews.org highlighting the groundbreaking rule change soon to be adopted by #NewJersey regulators to greatly expand access to outpatient #integratedcare: go.rutgers.edu/8d3ctldw

What’s the cost of early antibiotic use? New study, led by Daniel Horton, MD, @rutgersifh, links frequent prescriptions before age 2 to a greater asthma & allergy risk later in life—possibly tied to gut microbiome disruption. www.hcplive.com/view...

New research led by Dr. Daniel Horton in @jidjournal.bsky.social finds that frequent use of antibiotics in infants and young children could increase the risk for asthma and allergies later in life due to impact on the gut microbiome. Read more ↴ www.rutgers.edu/news/frequen...

We’re sharing #WednesdayWisdom from CSHP/ @rutgersifh.bsky.social Assistant Research Professor Ann Nguyen. She provides important context for a recent @rutgershealth.org study identifying strategies for integrating #behavioralhealth services into #primarycare settings: go.rutgers.edu/snf5jx85

New findings from @rutgershealth.org researchers led by Soko Setoguchi of IFH & @rwjms.bsky.social find disparities in how healthy people's diets are and how healthy they think their diets are. 🥤🥗🍔 🗒️ rdcu.be/eh1xn

Learn how potential changes to healthcare licenses may improve integration and access to patient care in NJ - featuring commentary from IFH's Dr. Ann Nguyen in @njspotlightnews.bsky.social. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/nj-h...

Rutgers research led by IFH member Login George finds that guilt and shame – not hope for recovery – are among the most common reasons terminally ill cancer patients continue treatments at end of life. @rutgerscancer.bsky.social @rutgers-nursing.bsky.social www.rutgers.edu/news/fightin...

Behavioral improvements to diet, exercise and sleep can improve clinical outcomes for many conditions. New research from IFH's Ann Nguyen highlights 6 ways behavioral health services can be integrated into primary care visits. www.rutgers.edu/news/researc...

Dr. Stephen Crystal @rutgershealth.org @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social shares insights and concerns with @nbcnewyork.com @chuckreports.bsky.social about what tariffs on prescription medications could mean for the market and consumers. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/health/...

For the first time in 10 years, drug overdose deaths in NJ dropped across all racial and ethnic groups. Dr. Stephen Crystal comments on factors contributing to the decline in @nj.com @starledger.bsky.social. www.nj.com/healthfit/20...

New publication out with @dbnelson.bsky.social and Aditi Vasan in AJPH! We find that COVID-19 continuous coverage increased Medicaid stability for children, particularly children in families with incomes 200-399% of the FPL and Hispanic children ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

IFH's Yanping Jiang attended the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine annual meeting to present research on child maltreatment & whole person health using a biopsychosocial approach. She also chaired a symposium on immigration, stress & cardiometabolic health. #SBSM2025Seattle

New paper in Health Services Research with Maria Steenland and Sarah Gordon! We examine how extended postpartum Medicaid during COVID-19 affected coverage continuity overall and coverage inequities by race and ethnicity and by state Medicaid expansion status onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Almost 4.9 million people use Medicaid for addiction treatment. IFH member @elizmstone.bsky.social comments on the impact of potential federal budget cuts on people recovering from opioid addiction in @yahoonews.com www.yahoo.com/news/cutting...

Congratulations to Nora Sullivan & Yingning Xie who were named IFH's 2025 Howard Leventhal Scholars! Our scholarship helps support promising RU doctoral students pursuing independent population health research. Learn more about this year's scholars: ifh.rutgers.edu/highlight/20...

In a new paper out in Health Affairs, my coauthors and I find that the Medicaid unwinding has led to fewer children with Medicaid and CHIP. We found that state 12-month continuous eligibility and Medicaid expansion CHIP structures were protective against some Medicaid loss doi.org/10.1377/hlth...

Dr. Stephen Crystal of IFH's Center for Health Services Research sheds light on the issue of violent maternal deaths in America and what factors may be contributing to these devastating outcomes. Read in @medscape.com: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Today is Day 2 of #RUGivingDays! IFH's fund supports our Summer Research Internship Program which gives students hands-on experience with population health research. Learn about last year's amazing interns: ifh.rutgers.edu/highlight/st... Support us today: go.rutgers.edu/bhx9ckgp

During #RUGivingDays this week, your generosity will help support IFH’s Summer Research Internship Program! 💡🔎📄 Join us in supporting the next generation of researchers → go.rutgers.edu/bhx9ckgp

“It’s really important to understand what is at stake with cutting back public health programs, cutting back Medicaid.” Health services expert Dr. Stephen Crystal comments on life expectancy in NJ and the impact of #Medicaid funding in @nj.com. www.nj.com/mosaic/2025/...

New research led by @elizmstone.bsky.social finds that people with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers than people without disabilities. www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...

Rutgers names new director of IFH's Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science after international search: Dr. Vin Lo Re. IFH & @rutgershealth.org look forward to working with you to advance pharmacoepidemiology research! www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...

According to new findings from IFH researchers Login George, Ayse Akincigil & Benjamin Bates, the end-of-life care received by a cancer patient may be heavily influenced by their oncologist. www.rutgers.edu/news/cancer-...