The Impact of COVID-19 on Underserved Communities

The Impact of COVID-19 on Underserved Communities

Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink discusses the disproportionate hardships facing low-income and minority communities in New Jersey because of the COVID-19 pandemic and why helping everyone recover is important for our state.

Student-Produced Videos Offer Practical COVID-19 Guidance

Student-Produced Videos Offer Practical COVID-19 Guidance

“Masks?” and “Mental Health” are the first two videos in a COVID-19 educational series being produced by the Rutgers Global Health Institute Student Council. Leading the project—and combining her passions, medicine and the arts—is committee co-chair Laura Palm, a medical school graduate and current doctoral student at Mason Gross School of the Arts.

When ‘Global Health’ Hits Home

When ‘Global Health’ Hits Home

Much of Mansi Shah’s undergraduate experience at Rutgers has involved caring for marginalized populations, whether close to home or in another country. She’s come to understand it’s all global health, an outlook that will continue to inform her path long after graduation.