Rutgers University Alumni Association is hosting a virtual discussion at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, titled "Advancing Racial Justice and Health Equity through Housing and Homeless Services." Today, more than half a million people are homeless in the United States. Blacks and Indigenous people experience homelessness at higher rates than whites. Why do these […]

The National Cancer Institute is hosting a seminar at 1 p.m. on November 9 that will feature Rutgers faculty member Yonaira M. Rivera, School of Communication and Information and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, as a guest speaker. The seminar is part of the institute's Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities series. "Using […]

The Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative is hosting a virtual event at 10 a.m. on November 10 to discuss the political background, risk communication, and government distrust around the COVID pandemic. "Pandemic Politics: Science, Distrust, and Division" Panelists: Judith Persichilli Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health Ava Majlesi Associate Director, Miller Center for Community Protection […]

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting the David Mechanic Keynote Lecture at 12 p.m. on Thursday, November 18. Oxiris Barbot will present "Operationalizing Health Equity Through Research." Barbot is a pediatrician and the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Currently, she is a […]

Rutgers Global, Rutgers Global Health Institute, and the School of Nursing are hosting a film screening and panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, to commemorate World AIDS Day. AIDS in Africa, WHY? film description from Kanopy.com: Seventy percent of the world's HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Swaziland, for example, has the […]

The Rutgers Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness is hosting the inaugural Rutgers COVID-19 Research Retreat as a virtual event on December 2, 2021. The research symposium will allow investigators engaged in COVID-19 research from across all of Rutgers' schools, departments, centers, and institutes to share their work, learn about the tremendous diversity of […]

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting a seminar at 12 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, as part of its Brown Bag Seminar Series. “Building Equity and Resilience in Vulnerable Communities” Presented by Richard Marlink and Arpita Jindani, Rutgers Global Health Institute This seminar will include an overview of Rutgers Global […]

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research is hosting a seminar at 12 p.m. on Thursday, January 13, as part of its Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Latinx Health Paradoxes, Resilience, and the Pursuit of Health Equity" Presented by John Ruiz, University of Arizona John Ruiz is an associate professor in the Department of […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is collaborating with partner organizations to hold a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, January 22, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The clinic will offer Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for individuals aged 5 and older. Booster doses are available for adults, and […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is collaborating with partner organizations to hold a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, from 4 to 7 p.m. in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The clinic will offer free COVID-19 vaccines for individuals aged 5 and older. Pfizer vaccines will be available for children and adults, and Moderna and […]

Faculty and students from Botswana, Nigeria, and Tanzania will discuss their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The seminar is hosted by the Center for Global Health at Rutgers School of Nursing.

Rutgers Global is hosting a virtual study abroad fair on January 26, 2022, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. During the event, Rutgers faculty, international partners, campus partners, and Study Abroad team members will talk about the university's many study abroad programs and opportunities. Find out how you can engage in these life-changing cultural and social […]

The School of Public Health is hosting a webinar at 11:30 a.m. on January 27, 2022, as part of its 21PHirst Signature Series, for which the theme is "Racism Is A Public Health Crisis: A Call to Action." The webinar, titled "Using Genomic and Environmental Methods to Unravel Hypertension Health Disparities," will feature a presentation […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute awards Global Health Seed Grants to faculty conducting collaborative, interdisciplinary activities that address health inequities in New Jersey and around the world. With these grants, we aim to help faculty pursue new ideas and seed expanded research and funding. Five projects will be awarded up to $10,000 in either one of […]

Rutgers Student Affairs and Rutgers Cooperative Extension are hosting a virtual conference on February 10–11 that focuses on addressing student food insecurity at New Jersey colleges and universities. The conference will highlight innovative programming at institutions across the state and discuss how to move our campuses toward becoming hunger free. Conference agenda: Thursday, February 10, […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 14, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Bobby Brooke Herrera E25Bio, Inc. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Exploiting Adaptive Immunity to Detect […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 18, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Gwenyth Lee University of Michigan, Department of Epidemiology Child Health Ecosyndemics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Worldwide, […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: D. Cristina Stefan Institute of Global Health Equity Research, University of Global Health Equity Solving the Puzzle […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Wilfred Ngwa Johns Hopkins Medicine Global Health Catalyst Premier Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Cloud (C4): Powered […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Michelle Hindin Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Gilda Sedgh Principal research scientist Global Sexual and Reproductive Health: Spotlight on Abortion Information on abortion, including […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 7, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Devaki Nambiar The George Institute for Global Health, India Mainstreaming Equity: Applications in and Lessons from Low- […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is collaborating with partner organizations to hold a COVID-19 testing clinic on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 12 to 3 p.m. in Trenton, New Jersey. The clinic will offer free, non-invasive nasal swab COVID-19 testing. Test results are available within approximately 15 minutes. Latino Merchants Association, 375 Morris Avenue, Trenton, NJ […]

The University of Botswana Faculty of Medicine and Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital in collaboration with the Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health are hosting a public session of the Botswana COVID-19 Webinars series at 4 p.m. SAST (9 a.m. EST). The webinar, titled “Botswana COVID-19 Guidelines Update from […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Kelly Baker Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is collaborating with partner organizations to hold a COVID-19 testing clinic on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, from 12 to 3 p.m. in Trenton, New Jersey. The clinic will offer free, non-invasive nasal swab COVID-19 testing. Test results are available within approximately 15 minutes. Latino Merchants Association, 375 Morris Avenue, Trenton, NJ […]

Rutgers Global Health Institute is hosting a guest faculty seminar at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, as part of its Viewpoints in Global Health Research: Guest Faculty Seminar Series. This online seminar will be presented by: Paul Morgan Center for Educational Disparities Research, Pennsylvania State University Which U.S. Children Are Being Diagnosed and […]