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The Rutgers University CounterACT Center of Excellence, in cooperation with the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology, fosters comprehensive research training to launch scientists into exciting careers. Postdocs and predocs pursue innovative research projects that capitalize on state-of-the-art tools and equipment and they disseminate their research through multiple forums – annual seminars and symposia, regional and national meetings, and in highly regarded journals.

If interested in a postdoc or predoc fellowship opportunity with Rutgers CounterACT, please contact Dr. Lauren Aleksunes.

 

Our Center
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to Rutgers University to support a Center of Excellence focused on the development of new and improved medical countermeasures against high priority chemical threats. The Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence is focused on developing drugs to treat vesicant poisoning. Read more…

Message from the Director
“This is a massive effort designed to coordinate many different research groups. We will develop drugs that can be used against actual chemicals that could be used in a terror attack.”
— Jeffrey D. Laskin, Ph.D. – Center Director

About Us

The Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence is a collaboration between Rutgers University, New York Medical College, Lehigh University, United States Coast Guard Academy, MRIGlobal, and Target Health Inc.

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