A new study explores vaccine hesitancy in underserved communities and aims to develop a new system for predicting disease outbreaks and targeting interventions.
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Rutgers Researchers Identify Impacts of Russia-Ukraine War on Hospitals
A study involving international collaborators highlights the realities facing health care systems in regions impacted by combat.
Rutgers Giving Days Results Show Strong Support for Health Equity
Through the March 20–21 fundraising event, the institute raised $30,550 toward cancer equity, local health equity, and global health equity.
Global Health Seed Grants Fund Five New Faculty-Led Projects
Funded by Global Health Seed Grants, five faculty-led efforts will address disparities in cardiovascular health, tuberculosis, impacts of climate change on noncommunicable diseases, vaccination coverage, and cervical cancer.
Naa Oyo A. Kwate to Receive the 2024 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award
A core faculty member of Rutgers Global Health Institute, Kwate spent many years on the research that led to White Burgers, Black Cash. The book explores how the fast food industry has evolved from a history of racist exclusion to the current targeting of Black Americans.
Cancer Epidemiologist to Join Rutgers Global Health Institute
Tara M. Friebel researches the prevention and early detection of women’s cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on implementation science. She will be an assistant research professor of global health at the institute.
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.
Institute Faculty Member’s Research Provides Insight into COVID-19 Immunity
Exposure to common cold-causing coronaviruses may contribute to pre-existing immunity to COVID-19, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Virology Plus. Rutgers Global Health Institute assistant professor Bobby Brooke Herrera is a lead author.
Study Offers Guidance for Improving Access to Oncology Drug Treatments in Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health researchers review treatments that could improve outcomes for patients in a region where cancer rates are rising significantly. The study is published in the journal PLOS Global Public Health.
From New Jersey to Botswana to ABC News: Global Oncology Fellow Reflects on Rutgers Experiences
Faheem Farooq recently finished a three-year fellowship in hematology and oncology at Rutgers that included a one-month rotation in the ABC News Medical Unit and substantial involvement with the Botswana-Rutgers Partnership for Health.