The Fall/Winter 2007 issue of UMDNJ Magazine is now available on-line. The issue focuses on the careers of UMDNJ alumni.
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) was recently awarded a $12 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a four-year project aimed at growing the research areas of cancer prevention, control and population science. The effort will concentrate on preventing cancer and diagnosing the disease earlier.
The project also will focus on the development of a program dedicated to the needs of cancer survivors and will offer shared resources with other New Jersey health institutions, including the dissemination of data findings and cancer-related educational materials. CINJ is a center of excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Anne Jones, a fourth year student at UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine, is one of two osteopathic medical students in the country to be selected for the Osteopathic Health Policy Intern Program in 2008. Each year, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) select two students from among a nationwide pool of applicants to participate in the program.
Beginning in February, she will spend one month each in the government relations offices of the AACOM and the AOA in Washington, D.C. to develop an understanding of how federal health policy is formulated. During her internship, Jones' research will focus on the medical, social and political challenges of providing universal access to health care in America.
Wan-Ju Wu, a first-year medical student at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been selected as one of eight Global Health Scholars, a program of the American Medical Student Association. She was one of 364 applicants who applied nationally for this honor.
Wan-Ju has completed projects in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and southwestern China. Most recently she spent one year in Kenya conducting an independent research project on community-based programming and developing safe places where adolescent girls can build friendships, share thoughts, and gain access to sexual and reproductive health information.
She is currently interested in women's health issues including topics such as the intersection of gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS as well as economic and social disparities that place women at increased health risks.
