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Virtual Hospital, Real-World Impact: How Faculty Are Reimagining Health Education

2026-03-17T17:23:22-04:00March 17, 2026|Tags: , |

Virtual Hospital, Real-World Impact: How Faculty Are Reimagining Health Education Thanks to an off-the-cuff remark, a highly specialized teaching tool has blossomed into a comprehensive and vibrant health care system.Rebecca Brody, professor and Jason Stevens, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventative Nutrition Sciences at Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) [...]

Shristi Rawal Awarded NIH Grant to Continue Work on Remote Monitoring for High-Risk Pregnancies

2026-03-17T17:23:15-04:00March 17, 2026|Tags: , |

Shristi Rawal Awarded NIH Grant to Continue Work on Remote Monitoring for High-Risk Pregnancies Shristi Rawal, associate professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), building on two prior NIH-funded projects focused on developing and evaluating digital [...]

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Rewriting the Future of Rehabilitation: Gamified, Brain-Smart Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy

2026-03-02T10:32:18-05:00February 24, 2026|Tags: , , , , |

Rewriting the Future of Rehabilitation Gamified, Brain-Smart Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy For many children with cerebral palsy (CP), therapy is both essential and exhausting.They practice the same hand movements and repeat words and sentences over and over. Sessions are often scheduled in different clinics for different problems: speech in one place, arm [...]

Using AI to train the next generation of clinicians: Inside Rutgers School of Health Professions’ Emerging Virtual Health Care Simulator Initiative

2026-02-24T13:22:23-05:00February 24, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |

Using AI to Train the Next Generation of Clinicians Inside Rutgers School of Health Professions’ Emerging Virtual Health Care Simulator Initiative With just a few words, a clinician can turn a patient’s life upside down. Mr. Smith, a 65-year-old patient, sits across from the student clinician who delivers the news: “Your biopsy shows [...]

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From Scientific Discoveries to Clinical Impact: How Rutgers SHP Is Re-defining Behavioral Interventions

2026-03-17T17:21:49-04:00January 13, 2026|Tags: , , , , |

From Scientific Discoveries to Clinical Impact How Rutgers SHP Is Re-defining Behavioral Interventions Significant advances in modern health care have led to discoveries that improve lives, yet the gap between innovation and real‑world implementation often prevents those benefits from reaching the people who need them most.People with serious mental health problems can thrive in [...]

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Researcher Awarded NIH Grant to Help Improve Pregnancy Health

2026-03-17T17:22:16-04:00December 8, 2025|Tags: , |

Researcher Awarded NIH Grant to Help Improve Pregnancy Health Shristi Rawal, associate professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, has received a two-year, $406,531 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the first phase of a five-year project grant totaling $1.26 million. Shristi Rawal The project will develop [...]