Strong Show of Support for Health Equity in New Jersey
On Rutgers Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising event, Rutgers Global Health Institute raised $18,870 to help confront health disparities in New Jersey.
The Impact of the U.S. Re-engaging with the World Health Organization
The importance of a global COVID-19 vaccination strategy and how WHO involvement benefits the U.S. overall are topics that institute director Richard Marlink discusses in this Q&A.
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
“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
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.