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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.
Class Action: Learning to Advocate in “Food and Drug Law”
Food and Drug Law, a course offered at Rutgers Law School, explores how regulation empowers consumers to make safer and more informed decisions about the products they buy and the companies they support.
Project Map Spotlight: Improving Food Security in Tribal Communities in India
In Jharkhand, India, years of deficient rainfall have resulted in drought, leading to crop failure, food insecurity, and diminished livelihoods.This study is investigating the potential of indigenous foods in contributing to dietary diversity and nutritional value to improve food security in Jharkhand’s vulnerable tribal communities.
Rutgers Grad Inspired to Pursue Medical Career after Witnessing the Carnage of War Named Tillman Scholar
As an undergraduate at Rutgers University-Newark, Saul witnessed how social factors—poverty, education, food insecurity, transportation, and housing—impacted the health of people in his community. He felt compelled to explore solutions beyond the boundaries of the clinical setting.
Champion of Agricultural Health and Education Worldwide
Meet Mark Robson, a core faculty member who studies environmental exposures to agricultural chemicals and their effects on rural populations, especially farmers and their children.
Marlink to Mandela Fellows: Big Changes Needed to End AIDS Epidemic
During a seminar with the Rutgers cohort of 25 young African leaders, institute director Richard Marlink led a discussion about mobilizing three essential strategies to end the epidemic: follow the science, treat the whole person, and expand the health care workforce.
Project Map Spotlight: Reducing Health Disparities in Adult Vision Loss Via Technology
Adults are increasingly affected by progressive vision loss by age 65. Disparities in this health realm have broadened worldwide, but influencing factors are underexplored. School of Engineering faculty member Maribel Vazquez is investigating how emerging technologies—such as biomaterials, nanoscience, and microtechnologies—can work together to help address this inequity.
‘A Floodier Future’: Scientists Say Records Will Be Broken
Government scientists predict 40 places in the United States will experience higher-than-normal rates of “sunny-day flooding” this year because of rising sea levels and an abnormal El Niño weather system, according to the Associated Press. Rutgers climate scientist and core faculty member Robert Kopp offers commentary about the “repetitive flooding that disrupts people’s lives on a daily basis.”