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NJACTS Community Engagement Core COVID-19 Resources
The situation around the current spread of COVID-19 is changing rapidly. We have compiled resource links for the general community highlighting local resources across New Jersey, ways to get involved, and mental and physical wellness. Visit our COVID-19 page for...
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...
The Impact of the U.S. Re-engaging with the World Health Organization
The United States will begin participating in an international collaboration to distribute COVID-19 vaccines more equitably around the world after President Joe Biden reversed the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization on his first day in...
When it comes to vaccine efficacy, here’s why 94% isn’t much different than 72%
In an interview about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, Richard Marlink, the director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, responds to public opinion about the differences among vaccines that are authorized or in the pipeline for use in the United States. The...
Opinion: Health Care’s Social Movement Should Not Leave Science Behind
Americans are dying at startling rates, not only from COVID-19 but also its reverberating socioeconomic effects: massive unemployment, food insecurity, social isolation, and stress-related increases in smoking, alcohol use, opioid use, and suicide. To save lives, we...
NJ Acts Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series, March 4th
Join us on Thursday, March 4th at 2:30pm for our workshop on “Basic Data Visualization in R for New Users”. Presented by: Stephanie Shiau, PhD, MPH Instructor of Epidemiology Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Rutgers School of Public Health In this hands-on...
Beyond ventilators: Princeton engineers design, build and program a noninvasive breathing system for COVID-19 patients
On April 1, 2020, as the pandemic threatened to overwhelm area hospitals, Andrew Leifer was looking for a way to help. The Princeton University physicist connected with doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia who were working to prevent...
NJ.com comic “How the COVID vaccine can save your life”
NJ.com recently spoke to Rutgers experts Dr. Rey Panettieri and Dr. David Cennimo to get an explanation and then grabbed (digital) crayons to make a comic! View the Slide Show Here!