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Health-care workers of color report a dual pandemic in new study by Rutgers researcher.
As a young Black nurse, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins saw it all. Staffers of color denied leadership roles and promotions, and believing that they were being held to higher standards. The automatic assumption that they had a lesser education. Patients assuming that a...
21PHirst Signature Series Webinar on Mapping Value: Structural Racism and Health Consequences – Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 11:30am-12:45pm
Join the Rutgers School of Public Health for “Mapping Value: Structural Racism and Health Consequences,” presented by Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway on Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. EST. How do we measure our values and what are...
Effective Mentoring of Undergrads Virtual Workshop on Thursday, May 5, 2022 10am-12pm
This active learning virtual workshop will use techniques and case study discussions in breakout rooms to teach PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows tools and skills to better mentor undergraduate students in a laboratory setting. Attendees will also reflect upon...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Aleksunes' article in Reproductive Toxicology titled, "Extravillous trophoblast migration and invasion: Impact of environmental chemicals and pharmaceuticals." A successful pregnancy requires a healthy and properly functioning placenta to provide...
NJ ACTS Pilot Program Letter of Intent Deadline May 6, 2022
NJ ACTS Pilot Program Deadline–Letter of Intent Deadline: May 6, 2022 (required)(midnight) via REDCap link: https://redcap.rwjms.rutgers.edu/surveys/?s=LJYKKM3J9A or https://redcap.link/nc0eena5 Read more about the NJ ACTS Pilots Program One of the major objectives...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Obesity can boost your risk of asthma.
Scientists from Rutgers University found that obesity changes how airway muscles function, which increases the risk of developing asthma. The research is published in the Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and was conducted by Reynold...
Covid and Diabetes, Colliding in a Public Health Train Wreck
After older people and nursing home residents, no group perhaps has been harder hit by the pandemic than people with diabetes. Experts hope policymakers will take notice, and finally get serious about tackling the nation’s diabetes crisis. Read the Full Article.