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NJACTS draws leading academic, industry and community groups together to understand and address the health needs of New Jersey. Central to this is engagement with our community to ensure that our efforts respond to their priorities. Our goal is to conduct research with the New Jersey community, in the community and for the community, and yet, have impact beyond our state’s boundaries.
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Dr. Johnson featured on NJ Spotlight news: Why is vaccine equity still lagging among NJ’s Black and brown residents?
State health officials are taking the pharmaceutical company at its word that a 100-million dose goal will be met by the summer. But racial gaps persist in the effort to vaccinate more Black and Brown residents. The needle hasn’t moved much, with just 15% of all...
Bariatric Surgery Significantly Reduces Obesity-Related Cancer Risk, Rutgers Study Finds
Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of cancer—particularly obesity-related cancers like pancreatic, colorectal, endometrial and thyroid—by as much as half in certain individuals, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson...
Life Expectancy: Could where you live influence how long you live? Interactive Map
People living just a few blocks apart may have vastly different opportunities to live a long life in part because of their neighborhood. Unfortunately, significant gaps in life expectancy persist across many United States cities, towns, ZIP codes and neighborhoods....
Team Science Inaugural Seminar Series Event with Patrick Hobbs
Patrick Hobbs, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Rutgers will speak on the topic “Secrets of Successful Teamwork: What Can Academia Learn from Non-Academia?” Monday, April 19, 2021 2:30 – 3:30 PM Register in advance for this zoom meeting:...
The Cost of Caring
Rutgers expert explains how health care workers can be affected by empathy and compassion. Compassion fatigue is just one of many consequences of working through the pandemic as a health care worker, according to Shari Munch, an associate professor at Rutgers School...
Rutgers professor discusses COVAX initiative, U.S. involvement
Rutgers Global Health Institute director Richard Marlink discusses the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative to distribute vaccines more equitably worldwide. The following is an excerpt from the story published by The Daily Targum: With the currently...