by William Jester | May 12, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
The COVID-19 pandemic set back state preschool enrollment and funding across the United States more than any other education sector, according to the 2020 State of Preschool Yearbook by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Rutgers...
by Lisette Nazario | May 11, 2021 | Community, News
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11a-1pm – Virtual on Zoom Workshop Presenters M. Maral Mouradian MD, RBHS Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development Andrew Gow, PhD, Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Anita Siu, PharmD., BCPPS, Clinical Professor, Ernest Mario...
by Pamela Dahlen | May 11, 2021 | News
Featuring the Research of Dr. Soko Setoguchi, Dr. Bonnie Qin and Dr. Jennifer Miles Tuesday, May 18: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Environmental and Community Determinants of Health: Exploring Health Outcomes Using Area-Level Data – Health outcomes are increasingly...
by William Jester | May 11, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
A university in the Tri-State area has been selected as a clinical trial site for the global Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine study in children. Rutgers University, the only New Jersey site for the vaccine trial, will enroll as many as 200 kids ages 6 months to 11 years...
by William Jester | May 11, 2021 | Community, Covid, News
Racial disparities have been accentuated throughout the pandemic. Blacks and Latinos have been stricken, and, in too many cases, died from COVID-19 at higher rates than their white counterparts. Meanwhile, educational equity, one thing that can narrow the gap between...