Fall 2003

Checkup

Master Educators for 2003
$7,270,484 Grant for Neuroscience Research
2003 NJMS Grad Featured in People Magazine

New Chair of UMDNJ Board of Trustees
NJMS Orthopaedics Department Builds A House

Top Docs
Robert Johnson Named to DYFS Reform Panel
Reporting Violent Deaths

Carotid Artery Stents Reduce Stroke Risk
Got Pain?

Exubera May Eliminate or Reduce Need for Insulin Injections
Peter Cole Receives Clinical Investigator Award


Features

Latest Advances in Brain Tumor Surgery
by Maryann Brinley
State-of-the-art surgical innovations remove tumors once considered inoperable.

Autism Research Begins to Bear Fruit
by Eve Jacobs
Anecdote yields to fact as science directs a high beam on this mysterious disorder.

Fixing the Blues: Tackling Late-in-Life Depression
By Mary Ann Littell
Medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two offer hope.

House Calls
by Jerry Carey
A physician (and SOM alum) takes care and dedication on the road.

Scientists Report New Leads in the Surprising Evolutionary Biology of a Common Oral Pathogen
by Robert Kuska
An article about the research of Daniel Fine, DMD, reprinted from the NIH Web site.

CLINICAL TRIALS: Call for Volunteers

UMDNJ MATTERS

 


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