As part of her statewide Nurture NJ campaign to improve maternal and infant health, First Lady Tammy Murphy hosted a Family Festival on Saturday, March 2, at Octavius V. Catto Family School in Camden. In January, at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, the First Lady unveiled a sweeping commitment to raise awareness of and […]
Nutritional Sciences
More Vitamin D May Improve Memory But Too Much May Slow Reaction Time
How much vitamin D can boost memory, learning and decision-making in older adults, and how much is too much? A unique Rutgers-led study found that overweight and obese older women who took more than three times the recommended daily dose of vitamin D showed improvements in memory and learning – but also had slower reaction […]
Kids Cook Monday Campaign Comes to Culture of Health Academy at IFNH
Kid’s Cook Monday, Tuesday, and every day of the week! The Monday Campaigns came to the Culture of Health Academy at the Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health to film a promotional video highlighting the collaboration among the Monday Campaigns, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) and the Center for Childhood Nutrition Research. Research has […]
Faculty Field Trips
Some researchers make breakthroughs in the lab. Others must travel the world in search of answers. With interests ranging from the human microbiome to health and nutrition, the SEBS researchers profiled below achieve “ah-ha” moments around the globe. DANIEL HOFFMAN Department of Nutritional Sciences Daniel Hoffman’s research focused on how poor growth early in life […]
Strengthening Healthy Community Connections in New Brunswick: Farmers Market Pops up at Lincoln Annex School
The schoolyard at the Lincoln Annex School on Somerset Street in New Brunswick was abuzz on a chilly day in October. The clackety clack of a prize wheel and delighted cries of children claiming their apples and mini pumpkins gave the aura of a carnival, however this festivity was actually a health and wellness-based farmers […]
Rutgers Center for Lipid Research holds Symposium “Lipid Diversity and Human Disease”
On November 9, 2018 the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research (RCLR) held its fourth annual symposium, with this year’s theme “Lipid Diversity and Human Disease.” Chaired by Judith Storch, distinguished professor of nutritional sciences and George M. Carman, board of governors professor of food science and founding director of the Center, the symposium brought together […]
IFNH Founding Director Peter Gillies Retires
Peter Gillies, who served two terms as the founding director of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH), retired Oct. 1, after eight years of building and launching the institute. Faculty, staff and students assembled on his last day for a sentimental sendoff. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Dean Bob Goodman […]
Summer Science Scholars Get a Taste of Culinary Medicine
Each summer, a handful of rising New Jersey high school seniors interested in health care careers participate in the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) Summer Science Scholars Academy (S3A). The students engage in a “mini-medical school” experience exploring the human body through a series of lectures, organ laboratories and clinical experiences. Students are […]
SEBS Real-World Research
Research At SEBS Has The Opportunity To Effect Real Change. Here Are Just Two of Those Projects, With Input from the Faculty And Students Involved. Project: Sustainable Fishing and Population Management John Wiedenmann – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources John Wiedenmann’s research interests center around how to manage fisheries in a sustainable way. […]
Two Graduates | One EOF Family
The New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) provides financial assistance and support services to college students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Here are just two success stories from the CLASS OF 2018. CLARESSA LOPEZ – Animal Science, SEBS’18 As soon as she stepped on campus during Summer Start-Up, a five-week residential program for all […]











