Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research

07/20/2026

Check out new research in Annals of Internal Medicine led by Dr. Chintan Dave.

A new study analyzing U.S. insurance claims data found that people with who started GLP-1 receptor agonists had a modestly higher rate of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION), a condition causing sudden vision loss, compared with those taking SGLT2 or DPP-4 inhibitors. However, the absolute risk was very low, suggesting the findings may be influenced by differences in patient health characteristics rather than the medications themselves. https://bit.ly/4ymYCMj

07/06/2026

Fewer than one in five adults older than 65 report discussing their cannabis use with clinicians, according to Rutgers Health researchers. 

06/03/2026

In our next Researcher Spotlight, we're highlighting the innovative work by Dr. Luciana Mascarenhas Fonseca, a core member of the Alzheimer's Research Center and an assistant professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She is studying aging and dementia, including early markers of dementia, in underserved populations. 🧠🔬

04/30/2026

IFH was honored to be joined this week by Dr. Jeremy Greene director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at for a fascinating lecture on the history and impact of single-use plastics in healthcare ♻️ 🩺

04/22/2026

This Friday is Rutgers Giving Day!

Donations to IFH will support our summer internship program & data scientist pathway program - two initiatives that offer mentorship and hands-on research experience to the next generation of health researchers!

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04/20/2026

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School internal medicine residents joined faculty and staff from IFH’s Center for Climate, Health, and Healthcare (CCHH) for an afternoon of cooking, learning, and a little culinary creativity at Rutgers Cancer Institute's Morris Cancer Center’s Teaching Kitchen.

CCHH's Drs. Aayush Visaria and Soko Setoguchi teamed up with nutrition professor Dr. Nurgul Fitzgerald from Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Chef Erin Clarke to serve up a tasty session featuring stuffed sweet potatoes with krispy kale and tahini. The session gave residents a fresh way to think about nutrition beyond the textbook. This flavorful gathering is part of an ongoing series designed to help medicine residents build their nutrition knowledge one bite at a time.