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Clinical trials and research at Rutgers, the State Univ of N.j.
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 208 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $89.8 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 208NIH research projects
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 208)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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Causes and consequences of intra-genomic coevolution
Scientists are studying how repetitive DNA in human cells interacts with proteins to impact genome health, fertility, and cellular functions.
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How BRAF changes spark serrated colon cancer, from stem cells
This project studies how a BRAF mutation affects colon stem cells to understand what triggers serrated colon cancer.
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Understanding how copper affects staph bacteria to fight infections
Scientists are studying how copper ions change the proteins inside Staphylococcus aureus to find new ways to treat resistant infections.
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Sensory guidance of how diet affects healthy aging
Researchers will study how the way we experience food and our senses influence aging, using fruit-fly models to mirror human dietary choices.
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Non-Invasive AI-Enhanced Neonatal Blood Pressure Monitoring in NICUs
A new AI-powered system uses the baby’s existing sensors to continuously track blood pressure in the NICU without invasive procedures, helping clinicians spot problems early.
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How the brain drives overeating and weight loss with GLP-1 medications
Scientists are studying how brain circuits that control food seeking respond to obesity and weight loss with a GLP-1 drug, to understand why weight loss often doesn’t hold.
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Energetic cost of walking and mitochondrial function in aging and Alzheimer’s
This study looks at how the energy needed for walking relates to brain aging and Alzheimer’s risk in older adults.
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Microbes and Insect Senses: How Tiny Helpers Shape Behavior
A research program explores how microbes living in insects influence their senses and behaviors that affect disease transmission and crop health.
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Novel Virtual Reality Tool to Help Emerging Adults with ADHD Focus
A VR-based program helps adults with ADHD stay focused on homework and studying using structured environments and real-time feedback.
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Understanding how chromosome separation is controlled in female egg cells to prevent miscarriages and birth defects
A study at Rutgers looks at how three Aurora kinases work together to ensure chromosomes separate correctly during the formation of egg cells, with the aim of reducing miscarriage and birth defects.
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Understanding how biomolecular condensates behave in living cells
Researchers are studying how tiny cell droplets form, behave, and sometimes harden in living cells, which could influence health and disease.
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How biomolecules organize themselves in cells to affect disease
Scientists are studying how tiny, droplet-like compartments in cells form and change, with the goal of understanding diseases and how drugs might target them.
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New smart methods to compare diabetes treatments using complex data
A scientist team at Rutgers is developing new, user-friendly statistical methods to compare different diabetes drugs and their safety in real-world data.
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PDB Access and Tools for 3D Biological Structures
A large NIH grant supports Rutgers and collaborators in maintaining and expanding the Protein Data Bank so patients and researchers can freely access high-quality 3D protein and DNA structures.
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How CHD4 helps hair cells in the ear stay healthy
This grant studies how a CHD4 protein helps hair cells in the ear keep their identity and survive, with the hope of guiding new treatments for hearing loss.
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Next-generation free-energy methods and quantum/ML models to speed drug discovery
Aims to dramatically improve how we predict which drug candidates will best bind to targets, using advanced computer methods to help researchers find safer, more effective medicines.
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Disease gene discovery using a Markovian gene network
A new, patient-friendly method uses network thinking to find genes that may cause complex diseases based on patient data and how genes interact.
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Regulation and Role of PAP in Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes
A study exploring how a key lipid enzyme (PAP) affects fat metabolism and its links to adult-onset diabetes.
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Human cell and data bank to study neurodegenerative diseases
A national repository collects and shares patient-derived cells and data to help researchers understand and treat diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS, and related conditions.
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Small-molecule and nucleic acid engineering for therapeutic design
Researchers are developing smart molecules that can selectively target disease-related RNA and pathways to help treat cancers and related disorders.
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Cryogenic imaging to understand how AAV viruses infect and package their genes
AAV gene-delivery viruses will be examined with advanced cryo-imaging to see exactly how they move into and release their genetic material in human-like cells.
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Personal air sampler to measure bioaerosols and occupational exposures
A new, portable device will collect airborne biological particles from workers so researchers can measure exposures and understand health risks.
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Understanding how meiosis starts and progresses to prevent birth problems
A study in mice aims to uncover how the cell division steps that create eggs and sperm are controlled, with the goal of reducing miscarriage and birth defects linked to chromosomal errors.
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Understanding how recycling endosomes control cell membranes in diabetes biology
Aims to uncover how recycling endosomes regulate membrane components in cells, which could shed light on mechanisms relevant to adult-onset diabetes.
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Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegans
A study in a worm model investigates how disease-related proteins (polycystins) travel in tiny bubbles and how this might relate to kidney disease in people.
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Cannabis use, stress hormones, and sleep in women of childbearing age
This project studies how recreational cannabis affects sleep in women who are of childbearing age, using detailed brain and body measurements over two months.
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Innate immune control of brain signals in viral infections
Aims to see if activating a neuron’s own immune signals can protect brain cells during infections like West Nile and Zika by dampening harmful nerve signals.
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Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing Program: Interventions that may extend healthy aging
A research grant that tests potential anti-aging interventions in a worm model to identify approaches that could help people live longer and healthier lives as they age.
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Prefrontal brain circuits linking arousal and drinking behavior
A scientist is studying how brain arousal and alcohol drinking influence each other using mice, to help people with alcohol use problems.
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How polycystin proteins, cilia, and tiny cellular packets work in a worm model
Using a tiny worm model, researchers are learning how the proteins that cause ADPKD are sent out from cells in tiny packets so we can better understand and help people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
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How Neighborhoods Shape Aging and Health Over Time
This study looks at how long-term and current neighborhood factors in Baltimore-area neighborhoods affect aging-related health, memory, and daily functioning.
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How emotion-related brain circuits shape new mothers' caregiving
This research looks at how changes in emotion-related brain circuits after childbirth affect mothers' stress responses and caregiving.
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Massed PTSD Treatment in a Community Substance Use Program
A community program will test a faster, intensified PTSD treatment delivered alongside substance use care to help people with both conditions.
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Intranasal insulin plus exercise to protect brain health in adults with type 2 diabetes
A small study will test whether combining inhaled insulin with aerobic exercise can improve brain blood flow, insulin signaling in the brain, and thinking skills in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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BRAF mutations in serrated colon cancer: how early changes drive cancer from stem cells
This grant studies how a BRAF mutation pushes colon stem cells toward cancer, with the aim of catching it early or preventing it.
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Prokaryotic Transcription Termination: how bacteria and archaea stop copying DNA
A funded project aims to learn, at a molecular level, how bacteria and archaea stop reading DNA and how this process is controlled.
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Meiotic midbodies: how they shape egg quality and embryo development
This project studies tiny cellular structures called meiotic midbodies and how they influence the quality of eggs and early embryos, using mice to uncover new methods and tools.
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Fibrin networks: how blood clot structure affects healing, cancer, pregnancy, and inflammation
A funded project will explore how the structure of fibrin, a key blood clot protein, changes with the surrounding environment and how that impacts healing, cancer progression, pregnancy, and inflammation.
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A precise fullerene-based route to designer nanoparticles
A researcher at Rutgers is developing highly uniform molecular nanoparticles made from fullerene that can carry imaging agents for MRI and fluorescence to help diagnose diseases.
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The genetic origins of vertebrate evolutionary novelties: how fins became limbs
A long-term project from Rutgers aims to uncover the genetic roots of major vertebrate changes, like fins turning into limbs, to better understand human congenital conditions linked to development.
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