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Clock on fall leaves.

This Sunday morning, most people in the United States will turn their clocks back by one hour in observance of daylight saving time, but won’t get “an extra hour” of sleep. Daylight saving time just changes our circadian rhythm, which can disrupt our biological clocks and impact our health.

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Research by Ellen C. Francis, assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health, contributed to a new international consensus report on precision medicine in diabetes prevention and care. The report highlights opportunities for the immediate or near-term adoption of precision diabetes medicine in clinical practice, while also emphasizing the critical knowledge gaps that are essential to address.

Headshot of Jon-Patrick Allem.

Jon-Patrick Allem, Ph.D., M.A., has joined the Rutgers School of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy as an associate professor. He is also an associate professor of general internal medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and a core member of the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies.