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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...
On the Pandemic Podcast Episode 6 with Dr. Shawna Hudson
Host Mary Marchetta O’Dowd discusses the issues of trust and how it affects testing and vaccinations for COVID-19 with Shawn Hudson, Professor and Research Division Chief, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and...
NJ Leads U.S. In COVID Case Rate, Vaccine Disparities Persist
New Jersey now has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 cases in the country. With infections on the rise and hospitalizations starting to creep up, Gov. Phil Murphy says he has no plans to relax any more of the state's COVID restrictions in the near future. WNYC’s...
NJ Nursing Students Get Hands-On Experience by Administering COVID Vaccinations
After spending months in a virtual environment, nursing students are getting hands-on experience by vaccinating thousands of people in New Jersey. NBC10’s Yaima Crespo spoke with a nurse and staff member involved in the program. To watch the full interview.
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in Feminist Criminology titled, "Age Gradient in Women's Crime: The Role of Welfare Reform". Social scientists have been studying age patterns of crime and arrest rates for decades, both to increase understanding of criminal behavior...
Team Science Inaugural Seminar Series Event with Patrick Hobbs
Patrick Hobbs, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Rutgers will speak on the topic “Secrets of Successful Teamwork: What Can Academia Learn from Non-Academia?” Monday, April 19, 2021 2:30 – 3:30 PM Register in advance for this zoom meeting:...
Behind the Scenes at a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
In the race to develop a vaccine to battle the coronavirus, Rutgers has served as a site for Phase 3 COVID-19 clinical trials for two of the country’s pharmaceutical giants. Jeffrey Carson, a Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical...
New Jerseyans Relaxing Social Distancing Measures, New Survey Finds
New Jerseyans are relaxing some of their adherence to social distancing and public health recommendations, according to a new survey by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern Universities. The data, published...