Sociologist Gets NIH Funding to Study Links Between Eviction and Mortality
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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.

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
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Yana Rodgers is a professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at the School of Management and Labor Relations. She also serves as faculty director of the […]

Shaheen Abkenari
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Shaheen Abkenari provides support for the research and evaluation efforts for oncology programs in Botswana. She has prior experience working in laboratory research and holds a bachelor of science in […]

New Jersey Women Living in Costly Rental Areas More Likely to Experience Labor and Delivery Complications
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A Rutgers study suggests affordable housing can improve maternal health and reduce socioeconomic differences.

Will Omicron Show Up On Rapid COVID Tests?
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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.

Geospatial Epidemiologist Is Joining Rutgers Global Health Institute
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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.

White House Announcement Highlights Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health
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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.

Ubydul Haque
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Ubydul Haque is an assistant professor of global health at Rutgers Global Health Institute with a joint appointment as an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and […]

Christina Bergey
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Christina Bergey is an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, where her research uses population, evolutionary, and functional genomic approaches to understand the effects of past selection on modern […]

Meet Yonaira Rivera, Who Researches Social Media Communication and Public Health
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A core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute, Rivera explores the roles of culture, community, and communication in public health. For her work related to cancer health disparities in Latino communities, she developed a qualitative research method to study how individuals use social media.