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Data Science to Power Implementation with Social Determinants of Health Inaugural Conference April 30th!
Have you wondered how to make data work for you, how to make sense of the deluge of data, and how to use data to help in your day-to-day clinical, policy and other decisions? If this sounds like you, mark your calendar to attend "Data Science to Power Implementation...
5 Health Care Jobs on the Rise
Occupations in the industry are increasingly in demand because of an aging population and longer life spans. Jobs include: nurse practitioner, home health and personal care aide, mental health specialist, massage therapist and respiratory therapist. Read the Full...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Goldman's article in Health & Place titled, "Visual cues of the built environment and perceived stress among a cohort of black breast cancer survivors." Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States...
Life in N.J. will never be the same after COVID. Here’s what ‘new normal’ could look like.
Picture this, next year or the one after: Highways are wide open and fewer cars are on the road with remote working now the norm for many former commuters. Office buildings stand sparsely populated as businesses have gone virtual. People still are wearing face...
New Jersey appears to be in yet another COVID wave with cases, hospitalizations rising
Is the next wave of COVID upon us? After a nearly month long plateau, it looks that way. New Jersey has had the highest rate of new COVID infections in the nation for a week now. On Tuesday, more new cases were reported — 4,378 — than on any day since Jan. 30. But...
NJ still hasn’t bridged the racial gap in COVID vaccination. Here’s what’s going wrong
Among the biggest challenges has been getting vaccine appointments. In New Jersey, that means navigating the state's complicated rules for eligibility and multiple vendors' online scheduling systems, where new batches of appointments may pop up at midnight or in the...
Rutgers Nursing professor Jeffrey Kwong is first nurse to co-lead national HIV & Aging initiative
In 1986, when Jeffrey Kwong (DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN) was working as a volunteer at an HIV community organization in Northern California, the words “HIV” and “aging” were rarely spoken together in the same sentence. Back then, a diagnosis of the disease that...
What to know about schools, employers requiring the COVID vaccine
While the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to beat the pandemic, many want to know if a business or school can require you to get vaccinated. The road back goes down an essential path as universities have jumped to the forefront, requiring students get immunized...