When it comes to disaster response and recovery operations, it is crucial that workers are prepared before there is an emergency, according to Rutgers researchers.
Rutgers scientists have examined the physical and chemical attributes as well as the possible toxicological health effects of the Canadian wildfires that sharply impacted air quality in New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.
Laura E. Liang, associate dean for academic affairs, has launched the Academic Matters podcast to help address these and other student questions (as well help everyone learn more about the school)!
Youth Reproductive Equity has received the 2023 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award from the Adolescent Health Initiative. Rutgers School of Public Health professor, Laura Lindberg, PhD, has helped build and direct Youth Reproductive Equity, which is a coalition of researchers, healthcare providers, and legal and policy experts collaborating to promote young people's reproductive equity.
Panos Georgopoulos, professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, has received the 2023 Excellence in Exposure Science Award from the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES).
Perry N. Halkitis and his colleagues explain how the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies is a training ground for scientific activism
Rutgers School of Public Health faculty Cristine Delnevo, Ph.D., and Leslie M. Kantor, Ph.D., M.P.H., have been awarded 2022-23 Faculty Year-End Excellence Awards. Each year, these awards honor members of the Rutgers community who have been selected by their colleagues for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and public service.
About half of cigarette smokers and young adult non-smokers think that nicotine-based electronic cigarettes have the same amount or even more harmful chemicals than regular tobacco-based cigarettes, according to a Rutgers study.
Meet Sana Chawla, 2023 Master of Science in Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics graduate and Stanley S. Bergen Jr. Medal of Excellence recipient.
No Menthol Sunday on May 21 is an annual observance led by the Center for Black Health & Equity to encourage communities to address the detrimental impact of tobacco on Black communities and ask faith leaders to educate their congregants about smoking and the role of menthol and flavored products.
Black adults – particularly Black women – with higher levels of education and experiences of discrimination and crime are more likely to own a firearm, according to a study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers.