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Universitywide Global Health News
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Botswana Team Awarded $25k Grant to Study Advanced Breast Cancer
Rutgers Global Health Institute’s Botswana team was selected to receive up to $25,000 in grant funding for its “Improving Timely Access to Care for Women with Advanced Stage Breast Cancer in Botswana” research study.
Students Pledge to Help Those Without Access to Primary Care
Three students in the physician assistant program receive scholarships from the National Health Service Corps in exchange for working in underserved communities after they graduate.
A Healing Environment
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.
Communicating for Better Health
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.
Bilingual Rutgers Surgeon Combats Disparities in Breast Cancer Care
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.
Ethnically Diverse Mothers, Children Living in Poverty at Risk for Sleep Problems
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.
A New Way to Fight Deadly Fungal Infections
Rutgers researchers are developing a broad-spectrum vaccine that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.
In Colombia, a Long Road to Care
Rutgers student Marlena Sabatino spent eight weeks in Colombia assessing the impact of a medical brigade on improving access to surgical care.
Fifth team of Japanese nursing students participates in annual simulation training
Rutgers School of Nursing welcomed the fifth team of Japanese nursing students from the TOMODACHI Initiative to New Brunswick, where participants underwent intensive disaster simulation training.
Racial Disparities in Pediatric Cancer Survival Discovered
Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey found that black pediatric patients with Hodgkin lymphoma have significantly worse overall survival rates after five years than white patients.