#NowHiring: NanoNewron, a biotech company founded by Dr. Luciano D'Adamio, is recruiting a PhD candidate (within 3 months of defending) or recent PhD graduate (within 12 months) to join the New Jersey Innovation and Research Fellowship Program. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/phd-research...

We’re thrilled to announce the 2025-2026 BHI Trainee Travel Award winners! These exceptional Rutgers neuroscience MD/PhD students and postdocs were selected by BHI Focus Area Working Groups to receive a $500 award to attend a national/international conference focused on #neuroscience & #MentalHealth

We are excited to welcome Dr. Morgan Firestein as a Core Faculty Member at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute! youtu.be/_mO1M5jSWSY?...

The Rutgers Addiction Research Center at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute hosted its Fall Symposium on Sept. 5, bringing together neuroscientists, clinicians, and early-career researchers to explore groundbreaking advancements in #addiction science. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025/09/16/d...

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Natasha O'Brown, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Neuroscience at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and member of our Rutgers Brain Health Institute, on being named a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)! sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/r...

Check out the September Featured Funding Opportunities from Rutgers Brain Health Institute! We’ve curated a selection of federal (NIH) and non-federal (private and nonprofit) opportunities relevant to neuroscience, brain health, and mental health research. myemail.constantcontact.com/BHI-Monthly-...

Congratulations to NanoNewron, founded by Dr. Luciano D’Adamio, Core Member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and Krieger Klein Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Research Center, on being awarded a $2.5M NIH STTR Phase 2 grant! www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

🎉 We are excited to congratulate Dr. Mark A. Rossi, Core Faculty at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, for receiving the 2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Basic Sciences Research (Early Career Investigator)! brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025/09/10/d...

📢 #NowHiring: Lead Technologist Radiology The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research in the Rutgers Brain Health Institute is seeking a research #MRI technologist to perform imaging procedures for research studies. jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/250... @rutgersu.bsky.social

📢 #NowHiring: Chief Technologist Radiology (MRI) The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research in the Rutgers Brain Health Institute is seeking a Chief Technologist Radiology (MRI) to perform imaging procedures for research studies. jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/258... @rutgersu.bsky.social

📩 Check out the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) August Monthly Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our latest faculty achievements, upcoming events, activities, opportunities, and more. 🔗 myemail.constantcontact.com/BHI-August-M... #neuroscience #brainhealth #mentalhealth #BHINewsletter

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca to the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Research Center! youtu.be/LFu2TxLkiq8

We were honored to welcome Rutgers University President William Tate and Chancellor Brian Strom to the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) on August 22!

In part three of Rutgers Brain Health Institute's educational series on #fentanyl, Dr. Elizabeth Stone, health services and policy researcher at Rutgers University @rutgersu.bsky.social, shares policy-level solutions and community engagement tactics. youtu.be/CtCJUsfFlUI

This September, we’re honored to welcome world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Huda Akil as the keynote speaker for the 2025 RARC Fall Symposium at Rutgers. Join us as Dr. Akil shares groundbreaking insights into the biological roots of temperament—and how they shape our understanding of addiction.

💡August Featured Funding Opportunities We’ve curated a selection of federal and non-federal opportunities relevant to neuroscience, brain health, and mental health research. myemail.constantcontact.com/BHI-Monthly-...

In part two of our educational video series on #Fentanyl, Dr. David Barker explores the neurological mechanisms of #addiction and shares evidence-based approaches for treatment and #overdose prevention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEc5...

Rutgers researchers weigh in on a groundbreaking Cell study that repurposes cancer drugs to restore memory & cellular function in #Alzheimer’s. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025/08/07/r...

📩 Check out the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) July Monthly Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our latest faculty achievements, upcoming events, activities, opportunities, and more. 🔗 myemail.constantcontact.com/BHI-July-Mon... #neuroscience #brainhealth #mentalhealth #BHINewsletter

Understanding Fentanyl: A Clinical Perspective with Dr. Ethan Cowan We’re launching a new educational video series to help the public better understand #fentanyl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdpr...

📢 #NowHiring: Postdoctoral Associate in the Addiction Neuroimaging, Motivation, and Interventions (ANMI) Lab Dr. Suchismita Ray, Associate Professor at Rutgers School of Health Professions and BHI Core Member, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate. 🔗 brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/postdoctoral...

🧠 New research from Dr. Bonnie Firestein, Distinguished Professor at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences and BHI member, shows a critical role for the brain protein cypin in maintaining strong connections between brain cells—essential for #learning and #memory. www.rutgers.edu/news/key-rol...

💡July Featured Funding Opportunities We’ve curated a selection of federal and non-federal opportunities relevant to neuroscience, brain health, and mental health research. Explore the full list to find the next opportunity to support your research! brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/funding-oppo...

🚨Call for Abstracts! We’re now accepting submissions for the 2025 RARC Fall Symposium, taking place Friday, September 5 on the Busch campus. Faculty and trainees are invited to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations by August 5. Learn more: loom.ly/EGW3YgA

How Decision Science at Rutgers Brain Health Institute is Redefining Addiction Treatment Mental health conditions affect one in five Americans, yet effective care remains out of reach for many. brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/2025/06/26/b...

📩 Check out the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) June Monthly Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our latest faculty achievements, upcoming events, activities, opportunities, and more. myemail.constantcontact.com/BHI-June-Mon... @rutgersu.bsky.social #neuroscience #brainhealth #mentalhealth

We celebrated June Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month by highlighting a groundbreaking study led by Dr. Sharon Sanz Simon, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a core member of the Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center and BHI youtu.be/d77FpdHCY3k?...

💡The NIH Funding Opportunities section is now live on the Rutgers Brain Health Institute website! Each month, we share a curated list of NIH Requests for Applications (RFAs). Check out June’s featured RFAs. 🔗 brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/funding-oppo... #NIHfunding #funding #FundingOpportunity

The Neurodevelopment Focus Area Working Group (ND-FAWG) at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) brings together faculty and trainees across Rutgers University to advance research on how the #brain develops—from basic science on early development to clinical studies. youtu.be/dwnfdqSU1Pk?...

A review article by Dr. Peng Jiang and colleagues at Rutgers was recently published in Neuron, a top journal in the field of #neuroscience. The review summarized the status of cutting-edge neuroscience research involving the use of human-rodent chimeric brain models. www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...

📩 Check out the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) May Monthly Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our latest faculty achievements, upcoming events, activities, opportunities, and more. 🔗 conta.cc/3T42hLp @rutgersu.bsky.social #neuroscience #brainhealth #mentalhealth #BHINewsletter

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Wayne Fisher on receiving the 2025 Brian A. Iwata Award from the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior! Dr. Fisher is the first living recipient of this honor—recognizing his career achievements and lasting impact on applied behavior analysis & #autism research.

5/ Keynote alert 🚨 Dr. Gary Aston-Jones is breaking down the role of the brain orexin system in addiction. #KahlertSymposium

9/ ‼️ Our second keynote of the day is happening now. Dr. Konova is presenting on longitudinal and computational cognitive neurosciences approaches to furthering addiction understanding and treamtent. #KahlertSymposium

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Nina Cooperman, a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been promoted to Professor I with tenure! 👏 @rutgersu.bsky.social

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Huijuan Hu, a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at New Jersey Medical School, has been granted tenure! 👏 @rutgersu.bsky.social

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Alison Bernstein, a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! 👏 @rutgersu.bsky.social

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Brian Daniels, a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and faculty in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! 👏 @rutgersu.bsky.social

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Victoria Abraira, a member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and faculty in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! 👏 @rutgersu.bsky.social

Meet Nitya Kathiravan, an 11th grader from Rutgers Preparatory School and 1st Place Winner of the 2025 Newark NJ Regional Brain Bee — and a Top 12 Finalist at the USA Brain Bee Championship! 🧠🌟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRdI...

ABC News highlights BHI’s Dr. Petros Levounis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, on the significant decline in #overdose deaths—and the critical steps still needed to address the crisis. Read the full article: abcnews.go.com/Health/us-dr...

🧠 A new study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia finds that people informed they don’t have Alzheimer’s-related brain changes show emotional relief, but their motivation to maintain healthy lifestyle changes may decline over time. www.rutgers.edu/news/knowing...

📩 Check out the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) April Monthly Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our latest faculty achievements, upcoming events, activities, opportunities, and more. 🔗 conta.cc/4jZr8vq @rutgersupress.bsky.social #neuroscience #brainhealth #mentalhealth

🧠 Free Webinar Series: The Complex Causes of #Autism Join the 3-day webinar series (May 20–22) exploring the causes of autism. Rutgers University professors will break down their research and findings in simple terms. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dr. David Zald, Director of the CAHBIR at the BHI, has received a $3.7M grant from the NIMH to study why some people struggle to resist #temptations & how that may play a role in #MentalHealth conditions, including #addiction, #depression, impulse-control problems www.rutgers.edu/news/why-can...

🧠 Check out the new preprint from Dr. Linden Parkes, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Core member of Rutgers Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) and BHI! @lindenmp.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎉Congratulations to Drs. Avram Holmes & Victoria Abraira on receiving the Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence! The fellowship honors faculty who have made outstanding contributions to research during their early years at Rutgers academicaffairs.rutgers.edu/2024-2025-fa...

We're thrilled to host the 2025 Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) Postdoc Recruitment Event on April 22–23! We welcomed 19 graduate students & postdoctoral fellows for an all-expenses-paid visit to explore #postdoctoral opportunities in #neuroscience & #brainhealth research at Rutgers University.

New CDC Report: #autism rates in the U.S. have reached a record high — 1 in 31 children (3.2%) - 22% increase since 2020, 375% rise since 2000 - New Jersey’s rate is even higher at 3.4% - A demographic shift, more prevalent among minority than white children www.rutgers.edu/news/autism-...

🗓️ Join the Rutgers Brain Health Institute for our 2025 Plenary Seminar Series on Tuesday, April 29, at 12 PM. David Weinshenker, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine "Mechanisms and Consequences of Locus Coeruleus Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease" brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/event/2025-b...