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Universitywide Global Health News
This page pulls together global health news from across Rutgers. To receive our monthly e-newsletter, a short, curated list of global health stories, events, and resources, subscribe to Global Health Connection.
Meet Michelle Stephens, a Humanist Who Explores Connections between Race and Health
The founding executive director of Rutgers’ Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice believes that health is “perhaps the most pointed area in which the discrimination against people who look different” has tangible impact. She cofounded the Black Bodies, Black Health project and is a core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute.
A Two-Fold Crisis in Black Families: Caring for a Family Member with Dementia
Although Black families are more likely to be caring for a family member with dementia, they are less likely to have financial resources for outside care. Rutgers University–Newark has programs to help.
Rutgers Researchers to Provide Antibody Testing to Help Study Long COVID in Children
As part of an NIH initiative, Rutgers researchers will provide serologic antibody testing to help determine the incidence and effects of long COVID on children. The testing will be performed in the laboratory of Maria Laura Gennaro, a core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute.
Graduation Inspires Faculty to Reflect on Their Own Journeys into Global Health
Cancer epidemiologist Hari Iyer had considered becoming a medical doctor. Woojin Jung has done work related to data science, poverty, and international aid policy. These Rutgers Global Health Institute core faculty members, now in roles focused on improving the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, discuss the unexpected directions their career paths have taken.
Rutgers Giving Days Campaign Supports Global Health Faculty
During the March 20–24 fundraising event, we came together as a community to help Rutgers Global Health Institute faculty confront health disparities, locally and worldwide.
Achieving Prevention and Health, Rather Than More Health Care
Gregory Peck and Shawna Hudson are conducting research on new health care models emphasizing primary care and prevention over emergency care as well as the role of community engagement in underserved communities. Both are core faculty members of Rutgers Global Health Institute.
Spotlight: Office of Global Health at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
This medical school office is a hub for many types of global health activities, which involve people throughout the school and places around the world, including the school’s local communities in New Jersey and international partnership sites.
Ongoing Institute Partnerships Support the Health of Small Businesses and Their Communities
Recent educational events have featured presentations on supply chain resilience, digital communications, and financial goal setting. Helping small businesses is a way to address social determinants of health and help low-income and minority communities thrive.
World Health Day Calls for a Renewed Drive for Health Equity
Rutgers Global Health Institute joins the World Health Organization in commemorating World Health Day on April 7. Institute director Richard Marlink says that a global commitment to health equity is key to addressing current and future health challenges.
Rutgers Around the World Podcast Features Core Faculty Member Joachim Sackey
The nutritional epidemiologist discusses food insecurity from multiple perspectives, including different definitions of the term, its social and environmental influences, and the related global disparities.