Dr. Jonathan Foulds, director of the Tobacco Dependence Program at UMDNJ-School of Public Health, was one of the researchers who recently targeted the misunderstandings and unnecessary safety concerns that keep many from effectively using nicotine patches and other aids to overcome tobacco addiction. Their concerns were expressed in an article published in the journal Addictive Behaviors.
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The Department of Family Medicine at UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine received a three-year, $587,104 grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a program that improves the ability of young physicians to care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases. HRSA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving access to healthcare services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
With the HRSA grant, the School will develop, implement and evaluate a residency training program that focuses on delivering effective clinical care that is consistent with current scientific evidence, identifies appropriate community resources that can help meet patient needs, and empowers and prepares patients to manage their health and their healthcare.
Thirty students and four faculty members from UMDNJ-School of Nursing will participate in a Nursing Service Leadership Trip to the Dominican Republic from August 4 to 9. Participants will work with local medical professionals in clinics held in schools and other public buildings in rural towns and villages. Common conditions treated at such clinics include infections, aches and pains, malnourishment, and the problems of aging, in particular hypertension and diabetes.
Service trip participants are paying their own expenses and collecting medical supplies to bring with them. The students from UMDNJ are enrolled in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program, which draws career changers seeking to enter the nursing profession.
An article by a collaborative research group from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School's Department of Psychiatry was ranked number 5 on a list of the "Top 10 most read and clinically relevant Psychiatry & Mental Health journal articles of 2007" from Medscape's Best Evidence newsletter. The article, "Continuation Electroconvulsive Therapy vs. Pharmacotherapy for Relapse Prevention in Major Depression", was published in the Archives of General Psychiatry and featured in a commentary in the July 18th issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The article discussed a trial designed to compare the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to pharmacologic treatment in the prevention of depression relapse. Dr. Charles Kellner, department chair and assistant dean for clinical research, is the first author; and Drs. Georgios Petrides, Chitra Malur and Kevin O'Connor, also in the Department of Psychiatry, are co-authors.
