The Global Health Interest Group at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is hosting a virtual lecture at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 5, 2021. "Rondon Project: Strengthening Leadership and Social Accountability in the Brazilian Amazon" Presented by Mara Rúbia A A de Lima - Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the medical school's Office of Global Health […]

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.