March 12- 13 are Rutgers Giving Days!?Rutgers researchers at the Child Health Institute of New Jersey need your support to continue innovating, discovering, and combating childhood diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and autism. Please support the students, researchers, and faculty members who are bettering the world when it needs it most. To make your contribution go further, a generous donor will match up to $2000 in donations.?Click here to support life-changing discoveries for children and families. https://lnkd.in/eA-5ZUKS
Child Health Institute of New Jersey
生物技术研究
New Brunswick，New Jersey 1,028 位关注者
At the leading edge of discovery in such childhood diseases as asthma, diabetes, autism, and neuropsychiatric disorders.
关于我们
The Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ) improves children's health everywhere by studying the causes of childhood illnesses and developing new treatments and preventions. Our groundbreaking research integrates with world-class pediatricians at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and our partners at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital.
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https://childhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/
Child Health Institute of New Jersey的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 生物技术研究
- 规模
- 51-200 人
- 总部
- New Brunswick，New Jersey
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- 教育机构
- 创立
- 1999
- 领域
- asthma、neurodevelopment、childhood obesity、metabolism、inflammation、immunity、infection、pre-term birth、Tourette Syndrome、stem cell biology、pediatric cancers、Autism、juvenile diabetes、inflammatory bowel disease、muscular dystrophy、infectious diseases、neuropsychiatric disorders、HIV/AIDS和models of childhood diseases
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89 French St
US，New Jersey，New Brunswick，08901
Child Health Institute of New Jersey员工
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A shout out to Reem Alatrash for her Best Talk Award. Two things to highlight: (1) the importance of training the next generation of scientists at Child Health Institute of New Jersey; and (2) LaCrosse virus. LACV is mosquito-borne and results in 50-150 reported cases a year in United States. Results of the virus can be severe in children. Reem and others in her lab, working under the direction of Dr. Bobby Brooke Herrera are working toward rapid tests and treatments. Congratulations again, Reem. Finally, sound science is critical.
In a time when misinformation spreads faster than viruses and science is often tangled in politics, speaking up about research is more critical than ever. This week, I had the privilege of presenting my work on characterizing T cell responses in La Crosse virus (LACV) at the Rutgers Rising Stars Conference—a platform designed to give underrepresented graduate students an authentic scientific conference experience. Winning the Best Talk award was an honor, but more importantly, it was a reminder: our voices matter. Scientific discoveries don’t exist in a vacuum—we have to communicate them, advocate for them, and ensure they reach the people who need them most. Because if we don’t speak up for science, someone else will— and they may not have the facts. A huge thank you to the Rutgers Rising Stars organizing committee for creating such a supportive space for young scientists to share their work. It’s opportunities like these that help shape the next generation of researchers. #ScienceCommunication #VaccinesWork #RURisingStars #PublicHealth
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The Child Health Institute of New Jersey deals with serious topics around child health: autism, T1 Diabetes, obesity, and asthma. Amazing scientists and world-class science. Sometimes, even with serious topics, you need to be light hearted. In this photo, Dean Amy Murtha has taken a selfie, with our Director, Dr. Arnold Rabson, our important partner and colleague Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka, and our Board Co-Chair William R "Bill" Downey in the background. In just four days, we have gotten nearly 5000 LinkedIn impressions. We guess the LinkedIn world wants more selfies of Dean Murtha and more collboration with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School!
Dr. Amy Murtha is well know for her selfies. Dr. Murtha is the Dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and will be the founding Dean of the Rutgers School of Medicine when its first class starts in 2028. I have now achieved a goal of a selfie with Dean Murtha! Maybe next time she catches my better side?
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Another example of how Child Health Institute of New Jersey impacts the world. Dr. Bobby Brooke Herrera’s is one of CHI’s principal investigators, and his lab’s work and learnings also impact how to tackle a little known mosquito-borne disease that occurs in the center of the United States. La Crosse encephalitis can be very serious in children. <https://lnkd.in/eXECtJUb>. This is another reason that Dr. Herrera’s call for consistent funding of research into infectious diseases is sound and his voice is an important one. Thank you for your work Bobby.
At a time when funding for infectious disease research faces uncertainty and global health threats continue to emerge, our lab remains committed to impactful, data-driven science that directly informs public health strategies. Our lab at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has been especially productive these past few months, with multiple publications tackling key questions in global health: ?? "Pre-pandemic cross-reactive antibody and cellular responses against SARS-CoV-2 among female sex workers in Dakar, Senegal" explores how past exposure to common cold coronaviruses influenced immune responses to SARS-CoV-2. Remarkably, we identified an individual with antibodies capable of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 before the pandemic, suggesting prior infection with a closely related virus. This work supports the idea that cross-reactive immunity may have played a role in the lower COVID-19 morbidity and mortality observed in parts of Africa. ?? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dj6JrcBp ?? "Multicenter cross-sectional study of HTLV-1 prevalence and associated risk factors in epidemiologically relevant groups across Brazil," provides a comprehensive look at HTLV-1 prevalence across different populations. While HTLV-1 prevalence remains stable in the general population, we found persistently high rates in high-risk groups, such as individuals with HIV and tuberculosis. This study was co-led by Dr. CARLOS BRITES and myself, with the manuscript and analyses spearheaded by Dr. Prince Baffour Tonto, Ph.D. Baffour Tonto. ?? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dApDGqMY ??"Seroprevalence of Chikungunya and O'nyong-nyong Viruses in Senegal, West Africa," presents a large-scale seroprevalence study, revealing significant endemicity of these epidemic-prone arthritogenic alphaviruses. This work was a collaboration between Dr. Pr DAOUDA NDIAYE’s lab in Senegal and ours, with major contributions from Dr. SY MOUHAMAD and a lead role by Dr. Prince Baffour Tonto, Ph.D.. ?? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dZBvzkTB These studies highlight why sustained investment in infectious disease and global health research is not just important—it's essential. If we don’t stand up for this work, who will? Looking forward to discussions, collaborations, and continued efforts to push the field forward. #InfectiousDisease #GlobalHealth #PublicHealthResearch #Virology #Immunology Child Health Institute of New Jersey
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Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ) supports the great value of childhood literacy, as demonstrated in the terrific work of our developmental and behavioral pediatrician, Dr. Manuel Jimenez, of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities. Literacy predicts healthcare outcomes in a child’s future as well as being an indication of readiness for school. Last week, CHINJ board member, William R "Bill" Downey participated in a literacy ride with the #CaresCrewInc. of Palm Beach County. The Crew’s focus is on food security and literacy. They help children in their community in after school reading and homework programs as well as drives to collect household necessities for those in need. <https://carecrewinc.org/> The picture below shows Downey with a group of moms who guide the Cares Crew, but the engine of the Crew are students in area high schools. They lead and shape the Cares Crew’s program. If you'd like to find out more about the Cares Crew activities in Palm Beach County, you can see their website above. For more information about the literacy activities of the CHINJ, please click here <https://lnkd.in/grA_RzsF and https://lnkd.in/gFCDDMqy >
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The Child Health Institute of New Jersey is proud to recognize Rare Disease Day and all of the great research going on around the world to help children and families affected by rare disorders. When taken together, "rare" diseases, defined as affecting fewer that 1/2000 people, nonetheless affect upwards of 4% of the population, making them quite prevalent as a class of health issues. Most are genetic and many affect brain and nervous system development. The pioneering work of Chiara Manzini and her lab at the CHINJ, with the dedicated help of affected families, provides new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of two subsets of genetic disorders of nervous system and muscle development, as she described below. Her unique animal models are allowing her team to test for novel therapies that have the potential to provide a meaningful difference in the lives of affected children and families. Others at CHINJ work on rare pediatric cancers, and disorders of immune function. We are dedicated to helping the lives of children and families affected by rare, as well as more frequent diseases of childhood and adolescence!
Feb 29 is Rare Disease Day and it's celebrated on Feb 28 during non-leap years. Our lab at the Child Health Institute of New Jersey wore stripes to support the National Organization for Rare Disorders. Our work focuses on rare forms of intellectual disability and autism and on severe neuromuscular disorders with brain malformations acting on multiple fronts: 1) Genetic studies. By finding the genes mutated in these disorders, we can begin to understand how they happen. A genetic diagnosis can help the families find the right doctors, but also community with other families with the same rare condition. 2) Understanding what these genes do. We have generated the same types of mutations in both mice and zebrafish to follow disease progression and study their function. Since these disorders are rare and happen all over the world, having a good clinical description can be difficult, and we can learn a lot from animals with the same genetic changes. 3) Looking for new drugs. There are no treatments or cures for the diseases we study. By finding similarities with more common conditions and screening already approved drugs in our animal models, we are trying to speed up therapy development. We are really thankful for the families, clinicians, and collaborators that have been involved in our studies! #RareDiseaseDay #ChildHealth PS: even our animals have stripes!! -with from right Abigail Heller Aniket Bhattacharya, PhD, Rose Clark, Kyle Flannery, Lilly Simhon, Harshini Ganesh, Shanzeh Rauf.
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Changes, they are a’comin’! Child Health Institute of New Jersey wants to thanks our Board member Rick Smith and the Rutgers University Foundation for hosting a wonderful event focused on children’s health at Breakers West this week. Great fellowship, food, and learning about the work of CHINJ, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and its Department of Pediatrics. More on each speaker in later posts!
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Thanks to the Rutgers University Foundation for hosting an event this week focused on children and children’s health. We have been assembling some posts about the event when we discovered that one of our fellow speakers was very humble about his ‘paddle proweress’! We were in Florida, land of many pickleball courts, and here we had a world-class pediatrician and a nephrologist, with nationally-ranked paddle skills. The Child Health Institute of New Jersey may not be ready for a match, but we do look forward to much collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics! https://lnkd.in/egvUBGSQ
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The Child Health Institute of NJ’s own Dr. Lisa Denzin (picture below on left) and longtime collaborator, Dr. Laura Santambrogio's (Weill Cornell Medicine) proposal to initiate a new Gordon Research Conference was successful! Their proposal to create this meeting was deemed to represent a "vital, emerging areas of science". This achievement is the result of their enormous contributions to the field of antigen recognition, the process by which the body recognizes something as foreign and begins to mount an immune response to it. This is the second time that Dr. Denzin has organized a major meeting in the field, directly reflecting her international prominence in the science of immunology. Lisa noted: “Organizing international conferences is an honor and an incredible opportunity to learn the latest breakthroughs in my field of study. These meetings also teach and inspire the next generation of scientists. I’m always amazed at how many great new things happens when scientists meet and share their research and ideas.” Congratulations to Lisa for her work on this Conference and all she does at Child Health Institute of New Jersey. If you are interested in this information, Please follow Child Health Institute of New Jersey on LinkedIn!
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As we have reflected on the New Year, we are very fortunate for our scientists and the work that they do, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey’s leadership and our funders and grantors. Last year, we asked for and got increased levels of support from Rutgers University Foundation and Rutgers University Athletics. They understand our desire to raise awareness of the world-class science that the Institute does, especially within the Rutgers community. Specific thanks go to Jim Livengood, Marco Battaglia and Lavinia Boxill from the Foundation and Michael Greengarten and Shawn Tucker from Athletics. One example is captured here, where a CHI Board member Canaan Himmelbaum, Esq., gathered part of his amazing network, including a Purdue University Boilermaker and a Rutgers MLax letterman, at a Rutgers MBB event to talk sports, Rutgers University and CHI. We can’t wait for Canaan and his crew to visit the Institute and see our work first hand.
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