Center for Public Health Workforce Development - Rutgers SPH

11/10/2025

☢️A couple spots just opened up in this Friday's FREE in-person course. This full-day session will cover key federal regulatory frameworks and review modern remediation techniques and technologies. Designed for facility personnel overseeing contaminated-site monitoring and remediation. Sign up today! https://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?course=ENV111425

11/04/2025

What can you do today to positively impact the health of your community? HINT: It's FREE, doesn't involve needles, and takes just a few minutes.

11/04/2025

Forget where your polling location is? Not sure about the hours or if you're even registered? Visit the NJ Voter Information Portal for answers to these and many other questions 👇

NJ Voter information about the Elections.

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!

11/02/2025

📆 Mark your calendar! One of our Region 2 Public Health Training Center colleagues will be presenting a timely webinar on the health consequences of food insecurity, examining the relationship between food insecurity and public health.

Register for "Shaping Diet, Shaping Health: Impact of Nutrition and Policy on U.S. Health Outcomes" at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w3m53M0ySy-UeeVPyi065A #/registration

10/31/2025

Now this would be scary 👇

10/23/2025

Today we remember the explosions at the Philips Petroleum Company complex in Pasadena, Texas, near Houston. The plant produced a plastic material used to make milk bottles and other containers, and was caused by extremely flammable gases that were released during maintenance on one of the plant's reactors. 23 employees were killed and another 314 were injured.

10/22/2025

"Public health is what we do collectively to assure the conditions in which all people can be healthy." The next election is rapidly approaching. Learn more about why voting is so essential to health equity in this webinar recording with Jeanne Ayers, RN, MPH.

What do democracy and power haveto do with health and health equity? And what role can public health play in promoting inclusive democratic practices? These ...

10/20/2025

🏆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.

10/13/2025

🥇Congrats to Kelly Orlando (pictured second from left) who earned her Safety and Health Specialist Certificate in General Industry last week! This certificate requires successful completion of 9 safety and health courses on topics including Industrial Hygiene, Respiratory Protection, Machinery and Machine Safeguarding, and Safety and Health Management.

10/08/2025

Today is Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day, and we want to help Rutgers University . There are many great organizations doing important work in this area-- we picked five to promote and call attention to. They're each helping to address domestic violence in different ways and offer important assistance to those that need it.

💜 Safe+Sound Somerset helps survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence with compassionate, trained professional help. Services include safe emergency housing, counseling, legal advocacy and education on healthy relationships.

💜 1in6 Did you know 1 in 6 men have been sexually abused or assaulted? 1in6.org is a place they can go for help, support, and answers.

💜 The 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline Su***de & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States and its territories.

💜 St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center Safe Haven program offers short-term housing for the pets of owners experiencing domestic violence. This enables victims to leave abusive relationships and know that their animals remain safe from harm as well.

💜 The Rutgers Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance is a free and confidential resource for the Rutgers University community (staff, faculty, and students). The Office works with people who have experienced domestic/dating violence, sexual violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and other crimes. They can assist with crisis intervention services, advocacy, and counseling.
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