by William Jester | Sep 9, 2022 | Community, News
Behavioral scientists have long researched how to help children cope with extreme adversity – such as poverty or exposure to violence. Yanping Jiang, a researcher at the Rutgers Institute for Health, thinks she’s found the answer in rural China. Building on previous...
by Pamela Dahlen | Sep 8, 2022 | Community, News
Students are guaranteed admission and are exempt from taking the MCATs if they meet requirements including maintaining a 3.6 GPA, completing two summers of research and getting recommendation letters. RWJMS and NJMS are among schools with pathway programs to prepare...
by Pamela Dahlen | Sep 7, 2022 | Community, News
A helpful resource for seeing food deserts and disparities from the USDA. Healthy food security is a core social determinant of health and health-related social care. Read the Full Article.
by Pamela Dahlen | Sep 6, 2022 | Community, News
On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation. Based on documents leaked by Peter Buxtun, a whistleblower at the U.S. Public Health Service, the then...
by Pamela Dahlen | Sep 3, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
According to a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, among households that had a serious illness in the past year, one in five respondents said they had trouble accessing care during the pandemic. ...