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Rutgers Global Health Institute is now on LinkedIn!
Rutgers Global Health Institute is now on LinkedIn! Follow us for the latest on: International health programs and partnerships Research breakthroughs and faculty initiatives Opportunities for engagement, grants, and global collaborations Stories of impact from our...
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine’s New International Collaboration with South Korea
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine’s New International Collaboration with South Korea Jae Hyeok (Jerry) Lee (center) with (left to right) first-year RSDM student In Kang (Richard) Bang, Associate Dean for Admissions Rosa Chaviano Moran, fourth-year student Daniel Kim,...
Patient Navigation Critical for Survival in Breast Cancer Treatment: Training Expanded in Botswana
Dr. Carl Swart, a nursing educator and researcher specializing in oncology and palliative care, served as a facilitator on the ethics of being a patient navigator. His expertise helped deepen participants’ understanding of ethical principles essential to compassionate...
Global Health Seed Grants
Global Health Seed Grants In collaboration with Rutgers Global, 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. Our...
Go Together Reaches Namibia
Global Health Connection - August 2025 In July, the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health team visited Namibia to present Go Together—A Global Alliance to Expand the Oncology Workforce in Sub- Saharan Africa. The program aims to address the critical shortage of...
Resilient New Jersey: Continuing Our Collaboration with the Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency
Global Health Connection - July 2025 Resilient New Jersey: Continuing Our Collaboration with the Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency In 2023, Rutgers Global Health Institute partnered with Dr. Kevin Lyons (Rutgers Business School) and the Center for Local...
Welcome President William F. Tate IV: A Champion for Health Equity and Academic Excellence
Rutgers Global Health Institute warmly welcomes William F. Tate IV, who will begin serving as the 22nd president of Rutgers University on July 1, 2025. A renowned social scientist and current president of the Louisiana State University system, Dr. Tate brings a...
Rutgers Health Researchers Find Disparities in Outcomes of Hospice Discharges
Black patients who leave hospice care and patients with short stays in hospice care are at increased risks for being admitted to a hospital after being discharged from hospice, according to a recent study.
Rutgers Health Research Addresses Vaccine Hesitancy in Alaska
A new study explores vaccine hesitancy in underserved communities and aims to develop a new system for predicting disease outbreaks and targeting interventions.
Principal Faculty Member Receives the Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
Umer Hassan’s award recognizes his outstanding teaching accomplishments in his years at Rutgers, as documented in the evaluation that has led to his recent recommendation for promotion to associate professor.