Ph.D Program News

Why Leadership Outweighs an Interdisciplinary Mix in the Effectiveness of a Research Team

“Leadership matters,” said Ralph Gigliotti, one of the study's lead authors and an affiliate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “Leaders play a critical role in the enthusiasm level of working group members and influence their interest in wanting to continue with a project of this kind.”

Supporting the Psychological Health of Breast Cancer Patients

A new Rutgers study shows that breast cancer patients who experience anxiety prior to oncology appointments communicate differently and may require additional support from their clinical teams to optimize their treatment and post-treatment outcomes.