Rutgers School of Public Health

New Jersey Safe Schools Program Recognized for Emerging Leadership in School Health

👏 Congratulations to Maryanne Campbell, assistant director of the New Jersey Safe Schools Program at #RutgersSPH, on receiving the 2025 Dr. Robert Synovitz Emerging Professional Award from @ashanews.bsky.social.

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Alumni Spotlight: Advancing Public Health and Sustainability Through the Power of Sport

Meet Lou Mialhe, MPH ’24, a #RutgersSPH alumna using sport to advance public health and sustainability. Her journey from NCAA athlete to sustainability leader demonstrates how environmental stewardship can shape healthier communities.

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#NJGVRC is funding over 💰$1.1 million in gun violence research grants! 👂 Hear from @mikeanestis.bsky.social, the Executive Director of the #NJGVRC, as he discusses this years funding and the incredible work of our grant recipients.
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Faculty Receives 2025 Society of Family Planning Mentor Award

👏 Congratulations to Laura Lindberg, professor in #RutgersSPH’s Department of Urban-Global Public Health, on receiving the 2025 Mentor Award from @societyfp.bsky.social!

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🎧 Listen to Rutgers Project ECHO's recent podcast episode featuring Gwyneth Eliasson, assistant professor in #RutgersSPH's Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy!

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This week’s #WednesdayWisdom comes from CSHP & @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social, who recently co-authored a piece for the #GenerationsJournal about the need to protect #workers from #extremeheat on the job: go.rutgers.edu/w62pyx6m

Researchers to Investigate How Wildfire Smoke May Affect Fertility and Reproductive Health

👩‍🍼 Supported by NIEHS, Rutgers Health researchers — including #RutgersSPH professor Philip Demokritou — are launching a collaborative research program with the Rollins School of Public Health to explore how wildfire smoke may affect fertility and reproductive health.

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Join #RutgersSPH Dean Perry N. Halkitis on Thursday, October 30, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. (EST) for the UTMB AIDS Education and Training Center’s Lunch & Learn, “Living Longer, Living Stronger: HIV and the Aging Journey.”

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Burn Out Reimagined: Extreme Heat, Work Disability, and Sociodemographic Disparities in America - ASA Generations As temperatures rise and our labor force ages, protecting workers from extreme heat on the job becomes crucial.

#NEW in Generations Journal: CSHP and @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social joins colleagues in exploring policy solutions for mitigating the growing impact of #extremeheat on U.S. #workers.

Read it here: go.rutgers.edu/w62pyx6m

#NEW: A study published in #Demography, co-authored by CSHP and @rutgerssph.bsky.social Instructor @marasheftel.bsky.social, found that the undocumented #immigrant population has aged dramatically over the last two decades.

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Older Adults With HIV May Be Facing Unequal Burden in the Opioid Crisis

📊 A study led by Stephanie Shiau, associate professor at #RutgersSPH, found that older adults living with HIV are prescribed opioids at higher rates—and face greater risks of opioid use disorder—than those without HIV.

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The Increasing Enrollment of Paid Family Leave for Parents in the U.S. - New Jersey State Policy Lab Over the past 10 years, many U.S. states have implemented mandatory paid family leave policies to help address the lack of such policy on the national level. In this post, we examine how paid family l...

#Rutgers researchers have been examining data related to paid family leave enrollment & found that overall enrollment for paid leave increased for both mothers and fathers between 2000 and 2024 in the U.S., from 29% to 58% for fathers and 47% to 54% for mothers:

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Contributor: Why Public Health Keeps Failing—and How to Fix It | AJMC Public health must address emotional and structural inequities, emphasizes Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health.

#RutgersSPH Dean Perry Halkitis penned an AJMC op-ed examining the limits of science in shaping healthier societies and urging that public health move beyond data to embrace empathy, emotion, and equity to truly protect communities.

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Explore findings from The National Academies’ COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research and Communications Committee report, "Vaccine Risk Monitoring and Evaluation at the CDC", featuring insights from #RutgersSPH Dean Perry Halkitis.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 7, 2025
⏰ 2-3 PM (ET)
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Model for Group Prenatal Care Bolsters Patient Satisfaction, Support and Trust, Researchers Find

🚼 A new evaluation led by Leslie Kantor, professor at #RutgersSPH, with support from The Burke Foundation, shows CenteringPregnancy:
✔️ Builds patient–provider trust
✔️ Strengthens parent support
✔️ Boosts breastfeeding & postpartum visits
✔️ Improves provider satisfaction

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Why Cheap Cigarettes From Other States Are a Costly Problem for New York City

🚬💡 A study led by Kevin Schroth, an associate professor in #RutgersSPH's Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy, found that New York City smokers are avoiding the nation’s highest cigarette taxes @ru-ints.bsky.social

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2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor Awards: Showcasing Excellence at the Rutgers School of Public Health

👏 Four faculty members of the #RutgersSPH community have been recognized with 2025 Rutgers Health Chancellor Awards for their outstanding contributions. These awards honor exceptional achievement in research, education, mentorship, service, and lifetime contributions 🏆

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Laura Lindberg, a professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at #RutgersSPH, spoke with New Jersey 101.5 about findings from a recent analysis of the indirect effects of Nurture NJ.

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Cigarette packs littering NYC streets tell story of taxes going up in smoke A Rutgers University study of cigarette packs found that many are coming from places that charge lower taxes for smokes.

Here’s a story on my latest paper on cigarette trafficking. The most common littered packs in NYC are menthol Newports from Georgia NYC-stamped packs came in 4th @RU-INTS.bsky.social @rutgerssph.bsky.social @rutgersarc.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/cigaret...

Researchers to Examine Los Angeles Wildfires and Their Implications for Public Health

#RutgersSPH researchers, Philip Demokritou and Jose Guillermo Cedeño Laurent, will launch a study on the recent Los Angeles wildfires to better understand their potential impact on public health and the environment.

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Dean to Deliver Remarks at National Conference on the Future of Public Health Leadership

👋 Happy first day of the Fall 2025 semester!

In #RutgersSPH Dean Perry Halkitis' upcoming remarks at the IAPHS annual conference, he reflects on the values that bind us together as a community and calls public health leaders to keep humanity at the center of their work.

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📰 The Fall 2025 edition of The Scarletter, #RutgersSPH’s quarterly newsletter, has arrived! Hear from members of our community making an impact in public health and beyond.

🔗 Read The Scarletter: go.rutgers.edu/koepgft7

Doctoral Student Receives National Recognition for Advancing Environmental Health Research

👋 Meet Lila Bazina, a PhD student at #RutgersSPH! She presented her research at the SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, showcasing her work that combines nanotoxicology, molecular biology, and environmental health to address some of today’s most urgent public health challenges.

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Faculty Named to the American Public Health Association’s Governing Council

👏 Congratulations to Derek Shendell, a professor in #RutgersSPH’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, on being named a Governing Councilor in the Environment Section with @apha.org.

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Check out our new brief @ccfamilies.bsky.social on the limitations of population projections for understanding future fertility patterns. The growing public discourse on declining fertility needs demographers voices and expertise, while recognizing the limits of our methods.

Access to Green Spaces May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children

💭🌳 "Our findings suggest that enhancing green space access in urban environments may support early childhood neurodevelopment and help reduce the burden of neurodevelopmental delays,” said Stefania Papatheodorou, associate professor at #RutgersSPH and senior author of the study.

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Rutgers School of Public Health Dean Receives J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award

#RutgersSPH Dean Perry N. Halkitis received the J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, which honors a leader whose outstanding accomplishments, commitment, values and contributions advance population health.

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The Summer 2025 edition of #RutgerSPH's quarterly newsletter is now available!

Explore innovative research, student and faculty achievements, and impactful initiatives that propel our community forward.

🔗 Read The Scarletter: go.rutgers.edu/vc6xnt8w

LGBTQ+ youth 988 suicide prevention help ordered to end | NJ Spotlight News Trump administration orders 988 national suicide prevention hotline to stop specialized support to young LGBTQ+ callers beginning next month.

#RutgersSPH Dean Perry N. Halkitis discussed the administration's recent decision to cut the 988 suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ youth with @njspotlightnews.org.

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Daniel Horton, MD, MSCE, FISPE, an assoc prof of pediatrics  @rwjms.bsky.social  and of epidemiology at @rutgerssph.bsky.social  received the 2025 CARRA grant for his research "JIA Flares, Recapture of Inactive Disease, and the Patient’s Voice."  go.rutgers.edu/tmnpglc4
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