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Universitywide Global Health News
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White House Announcement Highlights Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health
During this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the White House’s Cancer Moonshot program highlighted several initiatives to drastically improve cancer outcomes in Africa. Two Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health efforts were featured.
Geospatial Epidemiologist Is Joining Rutgers Global Health Institute
Ubydul Haque conducts data-based research for predicting locations of infectious disease outbreaks and examining climate-related health hazards. He will be an assistant professor of global health with a joint appointment at Rutgers School of Public Health.
Will Omicron Show Up On Rapid COVID Tests?
Rutgers Global Health Institute principal faculty member Bobby Brooke Herrera spoke with Verywell Health about the use of rapid antigen tests to detect Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
New Jersey Women Living in Costly Rental Areas More Likely to Experience Labor and Delivery Complications
A Rutgers study suggests affordable housing can improve maternal health and reduce socioeconomic differences.
New Training Program Addresses Cancer Care Knowledge Gaps in Africa
The program, called Cancer Kitso, is being developed by the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health to educate health care workers about cancer care and prevention. Pharmacists Joyce Kgatlwane and Jiyeon Joy Park discuss their involvement.
Sociologist Gets NIH Funding to Study Links Between Eviction and Mortality
A Rutgers University–Newark sociologist has been awarded a $1.9 million grant to evaluate the effects of pandemic eviction-prevention policies on individual and community mortality.
Three Rutgers School of Dental Medicine Students Receive National Health Services Corps Scholarships
The scholarship program provides financial support in exchange for the awardees’ commitment to practicing in communities with limited access to care after obtaining their degrees and licenses.
Meeting of Botswana and Rutgers Presidents Revitalizes Partnership
President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi of Botswana and President Jonathan Holloway of Rutgers met in New York to revitalize the distinct Botswana-Rutgers partnership.
Bobby Brooke Herrera Joins Rutgers Global Health Institute as Principal Faculty Member
Herrera is a research scientist who studies epidemic viruses and infectious diseases, with a focus on developing diagnostic and therapeutic tools to improve disease outbreak preparedness and response. He is an assistant professor of global health at Rutgers Global Health Institute with joint appointments at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Reducing Barriers to Health Care: A Public-Private Solution
Rutgers has partnered with Quest, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, seeks to provide no-cost laboratory tests to diagnose and manage acute and chronic diseases for uninsured and underinsured patients at a university clinic.