NJ Transit celebrates Pride Month with specially marked buses

NJ Transit celebrates Pride Month with specially marked buses

NEWARK, NJ — NJ Transit has unveiled two Ride with Pride themed buses to celebrate the LGBTQ community and its allies during Pride Month. The wrapped buses will be on display throughout New Jersey on the transit system. In collaboration with its sponsor, Hackensack Meridian Health, the Ride with Pride wraps are designed to show […]

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine graduates its first class

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine graduates its first class

NUTLEY, NJ — Eighteen students from the first class of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine graduated June 3 and are now ready to start their medical careers. The medical students, who began working toward their degrees in 2018, graduated in an accelerated three-year program at the School of Medicine campus in Nutley. All will […]

Medical school reaches major milestone, now operates independently

Medical school reaches major milestone, now operates independently

NUTLEY, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Health and Seton Hall University have announced that the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine has been established as an independent medical school. This is a major milestone for the three-year-old school that offers a three-year path to residency, partners students with underserved communities and strives to keep more physicians in […]

Hackensack Meridian Health is studying the blood of COVID-19 survivors

Hackensack Meridian Health is studying the blood of COVID-19 survivors

NUTLEY, NJ — Researchers and clinical experts at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive health network, based in Nutley, are looking into the blood of COVID-19 survivors as a potential treatment for current COVID-19 patients, according to an April 10 press release. The work will scrutinize the antibodies within the serum of […]

Hackensack Meridian Health launches rapid-response coronavirus test

Hackensack Meridian Health launches rapid-response coronavirus test

NUTLEY, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Health recently announced that its Center for Discovery and Innovation, located in Nutley, has created a test to dramatically reduce the time it takes for diagnosing COVID-19. According to a press release from the organization, this is a major advance that will benefit patients, create a more effective triage system […]

SHU med school launches grant program to help deliver treatment breakthroughs

SHU med school launches grant program to help deliver treatment breakthroughs

NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, located in Nutley, has announced a $100,000 program to support network physicians and researchers working to develop novel treatments for some of the most costly and challenging diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression and epilepsy. The newly launched Research Pilot Project Funding […]

Area HS students graduate from MINDS Program at SHU med school

Area HS students graduate from MINDS Program at SHU med school

NUTLEY, NJ — The Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University celebrated the graduation of 15 outstanding high school students who participated in the Medical Internship Navigating Diversity & Science Program. “Our mission is to create a physician workforce that is capable of delivering excellent clinical care and optimal health to all individuals […]

SHU’s med school in Nutley welcomes second class

NUTLEY, NJ — Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, New Jersey’s first private medical school in decades, has welcomed its second class of 91 students, who were selected from nearly 5,000 applicants. “Dynamic changes in health care require a new approach to medical education and we are thrilled to welcome our next […]

SHU receives training grant related to opioid-use disorders

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded Seton Hall University’s College of Nursing, School of Health and Medical Sciences, and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University an interprofessional training grant designed to expand patient access to […]