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Clinical trials and research at Rutgers the State Univ of Nj Newark
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 40 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $19.4 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 40NIH research projects
NIH-funded research (40)
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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Targeting TFEB to help repair long nerve gaps using patient’s own cells
A small NIH grant aims to boost the body’s own repair cells to improve repair of long nerve gaps in adults.
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Identifying social media behaviors that help early teens connect and feel less stressed
This grant looks at how 12–14 year olds use social media to form friendships and cope with stress, with findings that could guide healthier online experiences.
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Molecular factors that control stress granules in nerve cells
This funding supports research to understand how stress granules form and behave in nerve cells after injury, to see how they affect healing and growth.
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Restoring reward responses in people who smoke using targeted brain stimulation and robotic guidance
This project uses targeted brain stimulation, brain recordings, and robotic guidance to try to restore normal reward responses in people trying to quit smoking.
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Understanding how intestinal cells use TET3 to control DNA and gene activity
This grant studies how a specific gene (TET3) in gut lining cells changes DNA marks to control which genes are turned on or off, with potential implications for intestinal health.
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Risk factors for future cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in older African Americans
Researchers are studying how genetics, sleep, fitness, and environment may influence brain aging and Alzheimer’s risk in older African Americans.
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Catalytic Methods for Organic Synthesis that Enable Faster Pharmaceutical Molecule Making
A lab-led program is developing new catalysts and precursors to make the creation of medicines faster and more efficient.
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How the brain protein TTYH1 helps move fats and ApoE in support cells and affects brain aging and Alzheimer’s
This work looks at how a brain protein called TTYH1 helps move fats and the Alzheimer’s-linked protein ApoE in support cells, which could influence brain aging and memory loss.
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How the insula notices important events and surprises
Researchers are mapping how the insula, a brain region tied to mood and anxiety, signals important or surprising events to help guide future treatments for people with psychiatric conditions.
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How the brain builds social connections
This work looks at how brain circuits create feelings of connection and how that might help people who feel isolated or struggle with substance use.
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Understanding how the brain learns new tasks quickly
This study is looking at how our brains quickly learn new tasks from instructions, especially focusing on how certain brain areas work together to help with this learning, and it aims to find out if these processes are different in people with schizophrenia, which could lead to better ways to support cognitive challeng
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How CTL1 moves choline to keep myelin healthy
This project looks at how a protein called CTL1 helps brain support cells take up choline so myelin can form and stay healthy, with relevance for people who have white-matter or demyelinating conditions.
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Why aerobic exercise helps some older African American adults' brains more than others
This project looks at whether genetic risk and fitness explain why aerobic exercise improves brain health and lowers Alzheimer's risk for some older African American adults but not others.
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Babies' everyday emotional world, ages 6–17 months
This project looks at the facial expressions and emotion words babies hear and see between 6 and 17 months to better understand how they learn about feelings.
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Understanding how a protein called TET3 works in your gut
This research explores how a specific protein called TET3 helps control gene activity in the gut, which is important for keeping your intestines healthy.
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Understanding Brain Cell Development in Young Rats
This project explores how a specific protein, p75NTR, guides the growth of important brain cells called oligodendrocytes in young rats.
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Understanding Memory Changes and Alzheimer's Risk in Older African Americans
This project looks at why Alzheimer's disease is more common in older African Americans by exploring how health, lifestyle, environment, and genes affect brain health.
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Using brief flickering light to boost vision and attention
This project tests whether short sessions of gentle flickering light can strengthen brain responses to improve sight, attention, and visual memory for people with amblyopia, age‑related decline, or other vision problems.
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Investigating how a specific protein affects lipid metabolism in the brain and its role in aging and neurodegeneration.
This study is looking at how a protein called TTYH1 affects fat processing in brain cells, especially as we age and in conditions like Alzheimer's, to help us understand what might go wrong in brain cell function.
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Understanding how sensory-seeking behavior relates to behavioral addictions in adolescents
This study is looking at how teenagers who love seeking out exciting sensory experiences, like sounds and lights, might be connected to behavioral addictions, using mice to understand what drives this behavior and how it can help or hurt them.
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How brain oscillations coordinate movement in the motor cortex
This study looks at how certain brain waves help different types of nerve cells in the motor area of the brain work together when rats reach for things, which could help us understand movement problems and find new ways to treat them.
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Understanding how a specific choline transporter affects myelin formation in brain cells.
This study is looking at how a specific protein helps brain cells called oligodendrocytes get the nutrients they need to repair myelin, which is important for brain health, and it could lead to new treatments for conditions like multiple sclerosis.
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How the insula processes important signals and errors in expectations
This study is looking at how a specific part of the brain helps us understand when things go as expected or not, using rats to learn more about how brain cells communicate, which could help us find new ways to treat mental health issues.
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Traumatic brain injury affects nerve connections in the brain.
This study is looking at how a moderate traumatic brain injury affects important nerve connections in the brain that help with thinking and memory, using mice to learn about both the short-term and long-term effects of the injury.
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Understanding how social connections affect substance use and mental health
This study looks at how feeling lonely affects mental health and substance use, and it’s for anyone dealing with substance dependence; it aims to understand how having strong social connections can help people cope better and make healthier choices.
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A new method to influence decision-making in the brain
This study is exploring a new way to gently influence brain activity in a part of the brain that helps with decision-making, specifically looking at how it affects choices about money, and it's designed for researchers interested in understanding how our brains work when we make decisions.
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Understanding how TET3 affects DNA changes in the intestines
This study is looking at how a protein called TET3 affects the DNA in the cells of your gut and how things like gut bacteria and stress can change this DNA, which is important for keeping your intestines healthy, with the hope of finding new treatments for conditions like inflammatory bowel disease.
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How exercise affects brain health and Alzheimer's risk in older African Americans
This study is exploring how aerobic exercise, like cardio-dance, can boost brain health and lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in older African Americans, while also looking at how genetics might affect how well exercise works for different people.
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Understanding how infants experience emotions from 6 to 17 months
This study looks at how babies aged 6 to 17 months learn about feelings from their everyday interactions with caregivers, by watching videos of these moments to see what emotions and words they are exposed to, helping us understand how this shapes their emotional growth and social skills.
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Investigating how a specific receptor affects brain cell development in young rats
This study is looking at how a specific protein affects the growth of important brain cells in young rats, which could help us understand how to support healthy brain development.
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How being socially isolated as a teenager affects decision-making in adults
This study looks at how being socially isolated as a teenager affects how mice make decisions as adults, helping us understand the impact of loneliness on choices about rewards and costs, especially in light of increased isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Investigating how choline affects myelin formation in nerve cells
This study is looking at how choline helps build the protective covering around nerves, which is important for them to work properly, and it aims to find out how this process might help us understand and treat conditions where that covering is damaged.
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Using brain stimulation to help people quit smoking
This study is testing a new way to help people quit smoking by using a special technique that sends gentle magnetic pulses to the brain, adjusting based on how the brain is responding, to reduce cravings and make it easier to stop smoking.
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Understanding how electrical stimulation affects brain activity
This study is looking at how a gentle electrical stimulation on the scalp can change brain activity in awake mice, which could help improve treatments for people with brain conditions in the future.
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How sound influences visual processing in the brain
This study is exploring how sounds can change the way our brain sees things, especially in the early stages of visual processing, to help us understand how our senses work together and adapt to what we need.
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Creating technologies to protect privacy in biomedical data sharing
This study is working on new ways to keep your health information safe and private so that researchers can share and analyze data about serious conditions like cancer and diabetes without worrying about security issues.
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Improving reward function in people with nicotine addiction using advanced brain stimulation techniques
This study is looking for ways to help people with nicotine addiction feel more motivated and make better choices by using special brain techniques to improve how their brains respond to rewards.
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How intestinal lysozyme affects immune responses to gut bacteria
This study is looking at how a protein called lysozyme, which is made by cells in the gut, affects the immune system and gut health, especially for people with conditions like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, to help find better ways to manage these diseases.
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How calcium signaling affects the clearance of harmful proteins in Alzheimer's disease
This study is looking at how problems with calcium signals in brain cells might cause harmful proteins to build up in Alzheimer's disease, and it hopes to find new ways to help keep brain cells healthy, which could lead to better treatments for patients.
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Investigating brain function impacts of chemotherapy in children with solid tumors
This study is looking at how chemotherapy might impact the thinking and memory skills of children aged 6-17 who have survived certain types of tumors, and it hopes to help us understand the challenges they may face compared to kids who haven't had cancer.
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