Rutgers School of Public Health

11/07/2025

👏 Congratulations to Laura Lindberg, professor in ’s Department of Urban-Global Public Health, on receiving the 2025 Mentor Award from the Society of Family Planning!

🏆 This national honor celebrates her outstanding dedication to supporting and shaping the next generation of clinicians and scholars in the field of family planning.

💭 “My academic journey — and eventually my career — was shaped by mentors who offered guidance and direction,” Lindberg said. “Growing into a mentor myself has been the most fulfilling part of my professional life, and it gives me optimism for the future.”

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Laura Lindberg, a professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health, has received the 2025 Mentor Award from the Society of Family Planning.

11/05/2025

🎧 Listen to Rutgers Project ECHO's recent podcast episode featuring Gwyneth Eliasson, assistant professor in 's Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy!

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of All Teach, All Listen Beyond the ECHO, exploring federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), community health, and medical-legal partnerships. Guests Professor Gwyneth Eliasson and Dr. Eric Jahn explain how FQHCs deliver holistic care, address social drivers of he...

11/04/2025

We are proud to share that our Director Mitchel Rosen was elected last year to be a Fellow of the prestigious Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy dedicated to advancing knowledge in occupational and environmental health and working to prevent disease, protect workers, and save lives across the globe. He recently traveled to Italy to attend his first meeting as a Fellow and present a talk on Interdisciplinary and Experiential Education in Occupational Safety and Health, sharing the work he does at our Center and Rutgers School of Public Health with colleagues from around the world.

Congratulations on this well-deserved honor and recognition!

11/03/2025

is excited to officially welcome our new Vice Dean, Deanna Kerrigan 👏🎉

She will also serve as the Henry J. Rutgers Chair of Whole Person Health and a professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy at the school.

10/29/2025

10/28/2025

👩‍🍼 Backed by support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Rutgers Health researchers will expand their wildfire research to explore how wildfire smoke may affect fertility and reproductive health.

🔬 The multi-institutional research program will be led by:

- Philip Demokritou, Henry Rutgers Chair and professor of nanoscience and environmental bioengineering at and the School of Engineering, and founding director of the Rutgers Environmental Health Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC).
- Shuo Xiao, associate professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.
- In collaboration with Audrey Gaskins, associate professor at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health.

💭 "Working across institutions and disciplines allows us to address these complex questions rigorously and ensures that our findings are comprehensive and applicable to real-world public health challenges," Demokritou said.

🔗 Learn More: https://sph.rutgers.edu/news/researchers-investigate-how-wildfire-smoke-may-affect-fertility-and-reproductive-health

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 Following grants to examine the Los Angeles wildfires’ impact on wildfire-related respiratory health and air quality, Rutgers Health researchers have received additional funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a research program in collaboration wit...

10/27/2025

You're Invited! - UTMB AETC Lunch and Learn: Thur., October 30, 2025 Hybrid Event
Registration link: https://scaetc.unm.edu/scaetc/event/?ER_ID=10977

10/21/2025

🏆Congratulations to Center Director Mitchel A. Rosen and Program Director Colleen McKay Wharton who were recognized at last week's New Jersey Public Health Association Awards Dinner.

🏆Mitchel Rosen received the Dennis J. Sullivan Award in recognition of a distinguished career of dedicated and outstanding public service and contributions to the cause of public health in New Jersey.

🏆Colleen McKay Wharton received the Presidents Award from the NJ Local Boards of Health Association for her outstanding contribution in developing a new education program.

10/16/2025

Attend our upcoming Virtual Open House to learn more about !

🗓️ Tuesday, October 21, 2025
⏰ 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. (ET)

The event will begin with a welcome from Dean Perry N. Halkitis, followed by an overview of our academic programs 📚

💡 Attendees will have the opportunity to join breakout sessions by department, where faculty will provide formal presentations and answer your graduate school questions. Hear directly from current students about their experiences and connect with the school's admissions staff to learn more about the application process!

🔗 Register Here: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/fq29H0FuTLO9kUfRvwO_KQ #/registration

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10/15/2025

📊 A study led by Stephanie Shiau, associate professor within 's Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, found that older adults living with HIV are prescribed opioids at higher rates—and face greater risks of opioid use disorder—than those without HIV.

💭 “As the HIV population ages, we must recognize the unique vulnerabilities they face in the midst of the opioid crisis,” Shiau said. “Tailored strategies for safely prescribing and expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder are essential to improving health outcomes.”

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Drawing on more than a decade of Medicare data, Rutgers Health researchers found disparities in opioid prescribing and use disorder

10/08/2025

🗞️ ➡️ Dean Perry Halkitis penned an AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care - op-ed examining the limits of science in shaping healthier societies and urging that public health move beyond data to embrace empathy, emotion, and equity to truly protect communities.

🔗 Read more about his call to humanize public health

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Public health must address emotional and structural inequities, emphasizes Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health.

10/06/2025

Explore the findings and recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research and Communications Committee report, "Vaccine Risk Monitoring and Evaluation at the CDC", featuring insights from Dean Perry Halkitis.

🗓️Tuesday, October 7, 2025
⏰ 2:00 - 3:00 PM (ET)
📍 https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/45855_10-2025_vaccine-risk-monitoring-and-evaluation-at-the-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-report-release-webinar

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Learn more from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine