April 7, 2023
The latest news and updates from Dean Amy P. Murtha, MD!
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A Former SEAL Medic, Medical Student Shane Kronstedt’s Experience in Battle Inspired His Medical School Research on Genital and Urologic Injuries |
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Shane Kronstedt spent a decade as a medic in the Navy SEALs before enrolling at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Shane is an MD candidate in the Class of 2023 with an unusual distinction on his resume: lead authorship of seven peer-reviewed studies.
Few medical students lead peer-reviewed studies, but Shane had an understandable passion for researching combat-related injuries in his chosen field of medicine.
His recently published study, featured by Rutgers Today, looks at how the rising use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has resulted in thousands of service members emerging from combat zones without working sex organs or in many cases, any chance of having biological children.
Shane and fellow researchers who analyzed the U.S. Department of Defense Trauma Registry found that 7.2 percent of hospitalized service members had wounds to their genitals and urinary system wounds. IEDs and other explosives created nearly two-thirds of these devastating injuries.
“The shift from enemies shooting you from above to bombing you from below, along with the improvement in upper-body armor, has led to a shift in injury patterns,” said Shane, first author of the study, published in the Journal of Urology. “These injuries are rarely fatal, but they are often traumatic, both in the moment and forever after.’’
In another article, Shane talked to Rutgers Today about what drives his research.
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Dr. Runnels Named Research Ombudsperson |
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Congratulations to Loren W. Runnels, PhD, professor of pharmacology, who was appointed as the new Research Ombudsperson for the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, serving as a designated, confidential resource available to assist our faculty, staff and trainees on issues, disputes and problems related to research, benefiting our research community and its reputation for excellence.
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Women on the Cutting Edge -- Conference Showcases Women Investigators at Rutgers |
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The Women's Health Institute at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, led by Director Gloria Bachmann, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, hosted the Women on the Cutting Edge conference in partnership with the Rutgers Office for Research, the New Jersey Black Women Physicians Association, the Association for Women in Science New Jersey, and the New Jersey Health Foundation.
Dean Amy P. Murtha, MD, joined Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, PhD, and Vice Chancellor for Research at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Kathleen Scotto, PhD, who also is professor of pharmacology at the medical school, in welcoming guests and speaking to the importance of women's representation within research, scholarship, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
M. Maral Mouradian, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neurology; William Dow Lovett Endowed Chair for Parkinson's Research; director of the medical school's Institute for Neurological Therapeutics; and vice chancellor for faculty development, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, participated on a panel focused on women and entreprenuership.
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy delivered the keynote address, highlighting the Nurture NJ initiative, which is committed to ensuring equity in maternal and infant health outcomes for Black and brown women, and to reducing overall maternal and infant mortality and morbidity in the state.
Learn more about the conference here.
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Faculty Participate in DEI Retreat |
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The medical school's faculty champions in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) participated in the first Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences DEI retreat last week, hosted by Chancellor Brian Strom, MD, MPH, and Sangeeta Lamba, MD, vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion. The networking event, which included DEI champions from all of the RBHS schools allowed for the exchange of ideas and planning for future DEI strategies that promote a welcoming environment for everyone in the Rutgers community.
Pictured from left to right are: Ibiyonu Lawrence, MD, associate professor of medicine; Sonia Garcia Laumbach, MD, associate professor of family medicine and community health, and assistant dean of student affairs; Charlotta Ayers, MD, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences; Patricia Whitley-Williams, MD; professor of pediatrics and senior associate dean for inclusion and diversity; Shilpa Pai, MD, associate professor of pediatrics; and Kusum Punjabi, MD, MBA, associate professor of emergency medicine.
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Last Chance to Take the DEI Survey! Share Your Experience Now |
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Don't miss your chance to win an iPad for taking 10-15 minutes to share your experiences and thoughts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rutgers University. The survey will close on Monday, April 10 and we need to hear from you!
You should have received a reminder email from Joshua Patterson at surveys@srsrv.com on Friday, March 31 with the subject, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Campus Climate Survey – Less than 15 minutes to Share Your Experience!" The email contained your personalized link to access the survey; please do not share your link. If you deleted the message, a final email with the survey link will be sent today.
Your experiences as members of the Rutgers community will be critical to creating an equitable campus climate where everyone can feel welcome and be successful. To learn more about the Rutgers DEI Campus Climate Survey, watch the recording of the webinar or visit the diversity website to review frequently asked questions.
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to complete the Rutgers DEI Campus Climate Survey. We appreciate you sharing your experience as a member of the university community.
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STAFF: Please Complete the Staff Engagement Survey! |
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On behalf of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, staff members hired before Jan. 1, 2023, are invited to participate in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) StandPoint™ Staff Engagement Survey. The medical school is participating in this survey to learn more about staff engagement and gain insight directly from our employees about how we can improve our workplace.
Instructions:
You can complete this web-based survey at your convenience (at home or at work).
Please check your email (including your spam or other folders) for an email with a link from StandPointSurveys@aamc.org and please do not share the link with others as it is unique to you. This personalized link will enable you to exit the survey and continue it at a later time. This will also protect any data you have entered if you experience a computer disruption.
If you experience any technical issues accessing this survey, please contact the Survey Help Desk at 202-828-0646 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or email StandPointSurveys@aamc.org. If you have any questions about the StandPoint Staff Engagement Survey efforts, please contact the AAMC at StandPoint@aamc.org. If you have questions or concerns about the confidentiality of this survey or your rights as a participant, please contact the AAMC Human Subjects Research Protection program at humansubjects@aamc.org.
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Professional Wellness Survey |
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RBHS and RWJBH are again collaborating on a professional wellness survey from April 3 to May 15 for the following professionals:
- All faculty at all the schools and institutes of RBHS
- Advance practice professionals, including advance practice nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists and physician assistants
- RWJBH credentialed medical staff members, residents and fellows
- Medical group physicians
Check your email for your unique survey link or search #RBHS.RWJBH.Wellness2023 in your inbox.
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at RWJUH Pediatric ECMO Program Earns National Award |
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Pediatric ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Program has been recognized as on the Path to Excellence in Life Support, achieving the Silver Level ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) Award for 2023-2025.
The ELSO Excellence in Life Support Award recognizes centers that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, staff training, continuing education, patient satisfaction and ongoing clinical care. ELSO is an international non-profit consortium of health care centers and individuals who are dedicated to the development, evaluation and improvement of ECMO and other innovative therapies for the support of failing organ systems in the neonate, child and adult.
“We are honored to be the recipient of such a prestigious award recognizing our program’s dedication to providing the most advanced, highest-quality life support care for our most vulnerable neonates and children,” said Jennifer Owensby, MD, medical director of BMSCH’s ECMO Program and associate professor of pediatrics at the medical school. “Earning this award is deeply gratifying because it affirms our commitment to education, evaluation and the development of this technology so that we can give children and families the best possible chance for successful outcomes and an opportunity to lead healthy and active lives.”
“ECMO is a perfect example of a highly specialized, advanced capability that is available at only a small number of academic medical centers in our state and region,” adds Yi-Horng Lee, MD, associate professor of surgery at the medical school and chief, pediatric surgery, at BMSCH and the medical school. “We’re proud that our team has earned this recognition, which is a testament to their commitment to training, education and providing the highest quality care to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients and families.”
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Monica Roth, PhD, professor of pharmacology, received a five-year renewal R35 grant from the NIH for the project “Interactions of retroviral and host proteins guided by advanced modeling,” sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in the amount of $3,156,288.
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M. Maral Mouradian, MD, Distinguished Professor and William Dow Lovett Professor of Neurology at the medical school and vice chancellor for faculty development at RBHS, received a new three-year RF1 grant for $1,653,093 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the project “PME-1: Pathogenetic Role and Therapeutic Opportunity in Neurodegenerative Mixed Proteinopathies,” sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Shaohua Li, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery (contact PI), together with Christoph Buettner, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition, received a new four-year MPI R01 grant from the NIH in the amount of $1,970,188, for the project “Role of CREG1 in metabolic homeostasis,” sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Learn IT @ Lunch - Register for the April 12 Session on Zoom Bombing |
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Are You Ready for Your Close-up? |
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The spring Faculty and Staff photoshoots are here!
Faculty and staff are invited to take part in free professional photo shoots planned for this spring. Photos are used in the school's print and online communications.
No appointment is necessary.
Thursday, April 20
8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.*
Old Student Lounge
Piscataway
*Please note: The photographer will be on break from 12:30 - 1 p.m.
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2023 N. Ronald Morris Lecture |
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Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology, this year's N. Ronald Morris Lecture features "Fidelity and Infidelity in the Repair of Broken Chromosome," by James Haber, PhD, Abraham and Etta Goodman Professor of Biology, Brandeis University, and director, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center.
Thursday, April 13
4 p.m.
Main Lecture Hall
675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway
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2023 Gould Lecture Lecture |
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Hosted by the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, join us in person for the Annual Gould Lecture Series featuring "Metabolic-Epigenetic Regulation of Memory: How to Fix Too Much or Too Little," presented by Shelley L. Berger, PhD, Daniel S. Och University Professor Departments of Cell & Developmental Biology; Biology; Genetics Director, Epigenetics Institute; Co-leader, Tumor Biology Program, Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania
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Conference Room 3101
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
89 French Street, New Brunswick
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All are Welcome! Surgical Residents and Faculty Reunion Symposia Honoring Dr. Stanley Trooskin |
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The Department of Surgery is hosting a seminar featuring faculty and resident alumni who trained with Stanley Z. Trooskin, MD, who served as professor and chief of general surgery at the medical school and chief medical officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital prior to his retirement in 2022. CME credits will be provided by Monmouth Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.
All are welcome to attend the symposia and the celebratory dinner following the event, and submit a scientific poster.
Saturday, April 22
Clinical Academic Building, Room 1302
125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick
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April dates of celebration, observance, reflection and/or awareness:
Month-long observances:
- Arab American Heritage Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- Diversity Month
- National Minority Health Month
Individual dates:
- April 9 – Easter Sunday
- April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week
- April 13 – Last day of Passover (Pesach)
- April 14 – National Day of Silence (to protest harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools)
- April 16 – Orthodox Easter Sunday
- April 22 – Eid al-Fitr (three-day Islamic celebration marking the end of the month-long, dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan)
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April 22 – Earth Day
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April 26 – Administrative Professionals Day
(Above list of April observances is courtesy of the RWJBarnabas Health/Rutgers Health Combined Medical Group newsletter. A list of Health Awareness Months/Weeks/Days for 2023 also can be viewed here.)
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The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health's Grand Rounds will feature "Maternal Attachment, The Social Network, and the Development of Psychopathology," on Tuesday, April 11 from 8 - 9 a.m. in hybrid format at 303 George St., training Rroom 620 and via Zoom, by Michael Lewis, PhD, University Distinguished Professor and director, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Child Development.
The Department of Surgery will host its Rubin-Salvati Grand Rounds Lecture on Wednesday, April 12, from 8 to 9 a.m. in MEB 102 and on Zoom, featuring "The Future of Minmally Invasive Colon and Rectal Surgery," by Sang W. Lee, MD, chief of colon and rectal surgery and professor of clinical surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. For more information, contact Artemis Karlsons.
The Department of Psychiatry will hold Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 13 at 9 a.m. in a live/hybrid format. It will highlight, "Clinical and Legal Implications of Buprenorphine Dosing and Risk of Diversion in NJ Biomarkers for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury," with William McBride, DO, forensic fellow; Tracy Martin, MD, forensic fellow; and Rusty Reeves, MD, professor of psychiatry and forensic psychiatry training director. Zoom link; meeting ID is 928 2215 3006; password is 389511.
The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences will highlight "Integrative Gynecologic Oncology – Review of Evidence-Based Use of Complementary Medicine in Gynecologic Oncology, Future Directions," by Sagar Chokshi, DO, instructor, on Friday, April 28, at 9 a.m. Please contact Cande Ananth, PhD, MPH, or Beth Dillon for further details.
Please note for your convenience and flexibility that hybrid and in-person options have become more widely available for accredited programming to complement virtual platforms.
Feel free also to send me programs that you would like featured with as much notice as possible.
Best wishes!
Paul F. Weber, MD, RPh, MBA, associate dean, Continuing Medical Education
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Social Media Post of the Week |
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