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.
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.
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.
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.
Rutgers researchers are developing a broad-spectrum vaccine that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.