At the Rutgers School of Public Health, we’re educating leaders, putting research into practice, and developing public health solutions rooted in our deep commitment to health equity, social justice, and advocacy.
The Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology focuses on biostatistics and epidemiology, as well as other areas like pharmacoepidemiology, through its research, educational programs, and community engagement activities.
The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice focuses on environmental and occupational health, occupational safety, and environmental sciences, as well as other areas like sustainability and occupational and environmental medicine, through its research, educational programs, and community engagement activities.
The Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy focuses on social and behavioral health, health systems and policy, population aging and mental health, as well as other areas like economics and ethics, through its research, educational programs, and community engagement activities.
The Department of Urban-Global Public Health focuses on urban and global public health, public health nutrition, LGBTQ health, and other areas like public administration and leadership, through its research, educational programs, and community engagement activities.
The Rutgers School of Public Health is New Jersey’s premier research, teaching, and service institution guided by the principles of health equity and social justice.
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Rutgers School of Public Health's Center for Public Health Workforce Development was honored with the President's Special Recognition Award from the New Jersey Association of County and City Health Officials (NJACCHO). This accolade recognizes the center's commitment to providing timely workforce development training for personnel in local health departments across New Jersey.
Panos G. Georgopoulos, professor in the Rutgers School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, participated in the development of the Fifth National Climate Assessment over the past three years.
Rutgers research finds pollutants from fossil fuel combustion interfere with prenatal hormone activity, affecting reproductive development
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