Rutgers School of Public Health recently celebrated the success of Expressions of Community: A Workplace Program of Mind and Body Wellness. This unique initiative, led by Michelle Ruidíaz-Santiago, executive assistant in the Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy, and John Ciampi, administrative assistant in the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, was funded by a Rutgers Health Joy at Work grant.
From beginning his career, working behind-the-scenes on daytime talk shows like The Bethenny Frankel Show and Anderson Cooper to joining Rutgers in an IT position that combines his passions of Media, Film, and Technology, Raymond Clinkscale knows how to multi-task and capitalize on any opportunity that comes his way.
Erica L. Eliason, Ph.D., M.P.H. has joined the Rutgers School of Public Health Department of Urban-Global Public Health as an assistant professor. She is also a member of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy within the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.
Mara Getz Sheftel, Ph.D. has joined the Rutgers School of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy as an instructor. She is also a member of the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.
Perry N. Halkitis, School of Public Health dean and Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity at Rutgers, has been appointed to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (The National Academies) COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research and Communications Committee.
The Rutgers University Board of Governors appointed Emily S. Barrett, professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, to the George G. Rhoads Endowed Legacy Professorship in recognition of her research on the early origins of health and disease and how exposures early in life shape human health and developmental trajectories.
The Rutgers Board of Governors also appointed Nir Eyal, professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health and a bioethicist whose renowned work in population-level bioethics focuses on health inequalities, health promotion, and research ethics, as the first holder of the Dr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Bergen Jr. Chair in Biomedical Ethics.