Thank you for your support during the 2024 Rutgers Giving Days on March 20-21! Your donations are essential for BHI and its Centers to support Rutgers scientists integrate cutting-edge basic and clinical research, develop robust educational programs, and enhance scientific collaborations with the goal to become a highly translational and internationally preeminent neuroscience and brain health research enterprise.

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Dr. Max Tischfield, Assistant Professor at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences and a Regular member of the BHI, leads a team that included Rutgers undergrads to show that the experimental drug Yoda1 has the potential to drain cranial waste and neurotoxins linked to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. To learn more about their ground-breaking discovery, watch Dr. Max Tischfield's interview on NJ Spotlight News:

The 16th Annual Rutgers University Newark NJ Regional Brain Bee, sponsored by BHI, took place on March 10. Fifty students from 22 NJ high schools engaged in the neuroscience Question & Answer final competition, testing the neuroscience knowledge of high school students on such topics as brain structures, learning, memory, sleep, vision, and movement. The regional winners are invited to the National Brain Bee championship competition typically held during Brain Awareness Week. The National Brain Bees are the second qualifying round of the International Brain Bee competition where the winners from each country's National Brain Bee will be invited to the International Brain Bee competition. 

The Inaugural Symposium for the Herbert And Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at the BHI was held on March 28 in the Busch Student Center. The symposium opened with introductory remarks by the Director of the new AD center, Dr. Michal Schnaider Beeri, and Rutgers Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer & Distinguished Professor, Dr. Prabhas Moghe. The Keynote Speaker was David A. Bennett, MD, Director of the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences at Rush University, Chicago. The day-long symposium included talks by Rutgers faculty and trainees involved in AD research. More than 100 participants attended the inaugural symposium.

The BHI 2023-2024 Plenary Seminar Series has so far featured speakers Andriana Di Martino, MD, from the Child Mind Institute, and Robert Froemke, PhD, from NYU. Save the date for our upcoming Plenary Seminars in April & May!

The Brain Health Institute and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research are pleased to announce the availability of funds for pilot grants. Separate mechanisms are available for RU-NB and RBHS faculty. The application due date is April 30th, 2024. Please see the RFP for details.

The New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence (NJACE) aims to help New Jersey researchers connect with individuals with autism and their families who may be interested in participating in research. We anticipate funding up to four seed grants with a maximum of $2,000 per award. Please complete the request form and submit it to Hnorris@childrensspecialized.org to be considered for funding.

The newly established Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at BHI will serve as a hub for collaboration, innovation, and transformative research, with the mission of making meaningful strides in the prevention, diagnosis, and care of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD). If you are interested in learning more or collaborating with the center, please submit the form to provide your contact information.

The Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at the BHI is recruiting a tenured or tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level to expand our research portfolio in the basic science of neurodegenerative diseases. We seek scholars with innovative, rigorous, and impactful basic research programs focusing on the gut-brain axis related to aging, Alzheimer’s disease, or associated dementias.

Two full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate positions are available in Dr. Kristina Jackson’s laboratory at the Rutgers Addiction Research Center (RARC). Candidates will have the opportunity to make contributions to ongoing grant-funded studies at Rutgers and collaborating sites while also developing their own research careers. 

The BHI and the Dept. of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, RWJMS are recruiting a tenured or tenure track faculty member at the Associate or Full Professor level to expand our research portfolio in auditory neuroscience, broadly defined to include animal- or human subjects-based research programs. The successful candidate must have a PhD, MD, or equivalent doctoral degree as well as a research program with currently active federal funding addressing key questions regarding auditory neuroscience.

The Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at BHI seeks a neuroimaging leader for a tenure-track position at the Associate or Full Professor level, a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist with clinical experience in caring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, and a neuropsychologist with a research career devoted to the neuropsychology of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.

The BHI, RARC, and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine are recruiting a tenure-track faculty member at the Associate or Assistant Professor level with expertise in addiction, substance use, or overdose. We are particularly interested in candidates with research programs in opioid and/or alcohol addiction.

The BHI, RUCARES, and Department of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) are seeking a tenure-track assistant or associate professor for a clinical research program focused on improving interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder. 

The CAHBIR is recruiting for multiple faculty positions at all levels (Assistant/Associate/ Professor). We seek investigators who use innovative MRI approaches to image human brain structure and function. Individuals who utilize additional approaches such as EEG, tDCS, and rTMS to study human brain function would also be attractive.