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Nanoscale plastic particles like those that permeate most food and water pass from pregnant rats to their unborn children and may impair fetal development, according to a Rutgers study that suggests the same process happens in humans.
Rutgers study of cadmium in pregnant women yields crucial insights into the placenta’s role in regulating toxin exposure
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.
New grant money will help the Rutgers School of Public Health strengthen the public health workforce throughout New Jersey by providing 50 percent tuition scholarships to 84 students.
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Public Health Will Change the World
According to Rutgers Health researchers, training correctional officers in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for adults, a 7.5-hour national education program from the National Council of Mental Wellbeing, may help provide them with the necessary skills to effectively identify signs and symptoms of mental distress and advocate for incarcerated individuals facing mental health crises.
Meet Paromita Hore, Rutgers School of Public Health Class of 1998 (MPH) and 2003 (PhD)!
Meet Nakaysha Gonzalez, Rutgers School of Public Health 2024 Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence Awardee!
Meet Onyinye Nnajiofor, a Rutgers School of Public Health MPH/MSW dual-degree graduate!
After decades of deception, Black adults who smoke menthol cigarettes are often unaware of the deceitful ways tobacco companies market their products to them, according to a Rutgers study.
Kristen Krause, instructor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health, has been accepted into the Sustained Training in HIV and Aging Research (STAHR) program.
Opposite to white heterosexuals, state-sanctioned discrimination may increase suicidal tendencies among Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer community members, Rutgers Health researchers find
Perry N. Halkitis, dean and Hunterdon Professor of Public Health and Health Equity at the Rutgers School of Public Health, will be honored with the Hippocratic Award from the Hermes Expo Business Committee for his outstanding contributions to public health.
Uzo Achebe, a Rutgers School of Public Health student, was recently honored for her maternal health work by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy.