The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at the Rutgers School of Public Health has received a $111,638 grant to bring The Armory Project, a voluntary, temporary firearm storage program designed to help prevent suicide, to New Jersey.

Brands that market hemp-derived, intoxicating cannabinoid products are capitalizing on lack of oversight on social media platforms to reach consumers, according to Rutgers Health researchers. 

Personal care products are among the largest everyday sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and high schoolers who follow social media influencers or watch beauty tutorials seem to use considerably more of them, according to Rutgers researchers.

A brief chat about firearm safety can sharply increase the willingness among gun owners to consider temporarily storing their firearms outside the home during times of crisis, a step that could help reduce suicide risk, according to a Rutgers-led study. 

JUUL, a popular e-cigarette brand in the U.S., began gaining traction among American teenagers in 2017, leading their use of electronic cigarettes to surge in 2018, but the brand didn’t appear by name on the National Youth Tobacco Survey until 2019. The delay in identifying JUUL as the market catalyst kept regulators from getting ahead of the problem and led them to fund a new monitoring system designed to detect emerging tobacco threats in real time.

Engaging vulnerable pregnant patients in oral health screenings and referrals can improve access to dental care, according to a Rutgers researcher

Earlier this spring, faculty, trainees, and researchers from across Rutgers gathered for the third bi-annual Reproductive and Perinatal Research Summit.