Students Pledge to Help Those Without Access to Primary Care
Three students in the physician assistant program receive scholarships from the National Health Service Corps in exchange for working in underserved communities after they graduate.
A Healing Environment
Every year, millions of people in developing countries die from tropical infectious diseases. Rutgers scientists are leading an effort to help researchers in these countries discover botanical compounds with medicinal potential.
Communicating for Better Health
Health Communication & Community Health, a course offered at the School of Communication and Information, explores communication as an important process through which we become aware of, make sense of, and address health-related problems.
Bilingual Rutgers Surgeon Combats Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
Adriana Suarez-Ligon, a surgical oncologist with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, is gathering data on the disparities and language barriers minority women face when accessing preventative care and treatment for breast cancer.
Ethnically Diverse Mothers, Children Living in Poverty at Risk for Sleep Problems
A recent Rutgers study examined the sleeping patterns of 32 women and their children, ages 15 months to 5 years, living in Newark, New Jersey.