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Meet Shawna Hudson, Who Researches Health Care through a Sociological Lens

Meet Shawna Hudson, Who Researches Health Care through a Sociological Lens

Influenced by family experiences and her early research on health outcomes for aging Black populations, Hudson has carved a professional niche in medical sociology. An accomplished research leader, the core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute is now a vice chancellor at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.

Graduation Inspires Faculty to Reflect on Their Own Journeys into Global Health

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.

Faculty Research Leads to Global Health Impact

Faculty Research Leads to Global Health Impact

The principal faculty of Rutgers Global Health Institute are innovators. They’re confronting diverse global health challenges – the critical issues that affect everyone, and the complex problems that are especially detrimental to the most vulnerable among us.

Oncology Researcher to Join Rutgers Global Health Institute

Oncology Researcher to Join Rutgers Global Health Institute

Wilfred Ngwa develops technologies that integrate with radiation therapy to improve cancer treatment. He also chairs the Lancet Oncology commission on cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and advises the Biden Administration. He will be a professor of global health and radiation oncology.