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

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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Make a gift to help the Institute for Health address challenges in healthy aging along with health equity, services & policy research.

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.

03/27/2026

In our new ✨Researcher Spotlight✨ series, you can meet our fantastic faculty members and learn what types of health challenges they tackle through research.

Dr. Min Hee Kim of IFH's Center for Health Services Research & Rutgers School of Nursing studies health care interventions and diagnoses and their results on patient health.

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03/24/2026

The Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center led by IFH core member Michal Schnaider Beeri hosted their annual symposium today with talks on Alzheimer’s treatment, cognitive vulnerability, new research cohorts, and more. Speakers included IFH members Mara Sheftel and Luciana Fonseca!

03/23/2026

Discussing AI in research and healthcare all day today with fantastic speakers and panels and a great crowd of faculty, students, and industry partners at IFH’s Center for Biomedical Informatics & Health AI’s annual symposium.

03/17/2026

The Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans (RCASIA) hosted its annual retreat in February in New Brunswick, bringing together researchers, clinicians and trainees from Rutgers Health, New York University, and other institutions, as well as community leaders from the NJ-NYC area committed to advancing behavioral, social and economic research related to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Read about this year's retreat: https://ifh.rutgers.edu/retreat-highlights-research-mentorship-and-community-engagement-in-alzheimers-and-dementia-research/

02/16/2026

Rutgers Institute for Health's Summer Research Internship program is accepting applications. 📢

Undergrad & grad students can now apply to work on a faculty-led research project this summer.

Learn more & apply by April 6! https://go.rutgers.edu/1p5gtna9

12/23/2025

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